The Temple University Chemical Society (TUCS) focuses on the betterment of the university's student body, and the surrounding communities in Philadelphia by using chemistry. By hosting the "Setting the Spike for Science" and "Chemistry Wars" events annually, and with help from the new community service committee, TUCS has been increasingly successful with its goals and growth each and every year! Since the inaugural event in 2015, the "Setting the Spike for Science" volleyball tournament held to raise money for Duckrey Elementary School to provide their students with a better education has been TUCS largest event. "Chemistry Wars," is only slightly smaller scale, but is a gathering of many of the local chemistry clubs and societies from nearby universities where they compete against one another in a friendly competition centered around chemistry knowledge. "Chemistry Wars" is an annual event hosted by Temple University since 2014 to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Foundation. These two events have proven to be successful in achieving their goals of raising money for their respective causes, but there has been more recent growth with community service! The community service committee is a group of undergraduate students who give their time to brainstorming new ways in which TUCS can improve the on-campus and surrounding communities, as well as traveling to the local schools to perform exciting experiments with the children who would otherwise not have exposure to much of a science education.

Temple University Chemical Society

2019 Spring National Meeting

The official archive and repository for all ACS Meetings & Expositions abstracts and select posters or presentations.