Interested in mass balance accounting tools and certification for the circular economy of plastics? NIST is gathering input for an assessment of available tools, including current challenges and needs! To learn more, visit nist.gov/news-events/ev…

Jennifer L. West, our next dean, is a creative, bold leader accomplished in research and teaching, said UVA Provost Liz Magill, and “a change-agent in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is well-poised to take our superb UVA Engineering to the next level.”

Such a sad loss. Chang was not only brilliant, he was a wonderful human being.

Cool work from National Institute of Standards and Technology and Kalman Migler!

It took me a minute to figure this out, after the PTS trigger subsided. [Insert nervous chuckle here.]

The latest episode of Out of Our Elements is now live on the NOVA | PBS Terra channel on You tube: youtu.be/tp-FsXHVFoU Watch me, Caitlin Saks and Arlo Perez destroy some plastics and discuss the plastics problem . While UC Berkeley Prof. Ting Xu offers solutions. #PBSNOVA

Also critical for advancing towards a Circular Economy! Let's make stuff from that captured carbon. The world’s biggest plant to capture CO2 from the air just opened in Iceland washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

📣Calling grad students, postdocs, & undergrads curious about academic and non-academic career paths📣 Join us for a Professional Development Workshop on Nov. 4th @ 1PM ET with an inspiring group of speakers! More info and registration here: mrsec.udel.edu/2021/10/18/ear… #MRSEC

Looking for a #postdoc? The Centers for Chemical Innovation are recruiting and have several postdoc fellowships available for underrepresented groups in the chemical sciences. Please share! Apply & learn more here: nsfcci.org/postdoc #postdocjobs #postdoctoral #chemjobs

We must end plastic pollution in our oceans. Today we announced support for a global agreement to combat ocean plastic pollution in the February 2022 UN Environment Programme intergovernmental negotiations. Countries, the private sector, and civil society must make progress together.

Check out the #openaccess perspective co-authored with LaShanda Korley, Kate Beers, Tiffani Burt and Tianwei Yan - Sustainability of Synthetic Plastics: Considerations in Materials Life-Cycle Management pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), UD_CRiSP

The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy National Science and Technology Council’s Strategy Team on Sustainable Chemistry is hosting the first in a series of webinars on its strategic plan preparations. Mark your calendar for the webinar: 📅 March 10 🕒 3pm ET Register here: zoomgov.com/webinar/regist…

This is so cool!! The University System of Maryland Board of Regents has appointed Valerie Sheares Ashby as the next president of UMBC. wtop.com/baltimore/2022…

A great opportunity to work with a dynamic future leader in the field!

How many wished Elon Musk would be more respectful? So many kids looking up to you, realize your impact, elevate your role and responsibilities that come with it, please.

Join us Thursday, June 23 @ noon for the 3rd webinar in a series from the NSTC Sustainable Chemistry Strategy Team: whitehouse.gov/ostp/events-we… via @whitehouse

Going to #ACSFall2022? Check out the Presidential Symposium: Enabling the Circular Economy through Polymer Molecular Recycling. For more information and to register, visit: acs.org/content/acs/en…

Indeed. Solutions to mistakes of the past are amazing, but don't absolve us from stopping perpetuation of the problem. The whole system is ripe for change.

Congratulations ISM on 10 great years, and cheers to many more!