Chicago Area Younger Chemists

	CHICAGO AREA YOUNGER CHEMISTS

The Younger Chemists Committee of the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society was formed to help identify the needs and concerns of younger chemists by developing programs responsive to their needs and to cultivate communication and interaction all in a collegiate atmosphere in the Chicago Area.

The goals of the YCC are to

Make the ACS relevant to younger chemists
Increase involvement of younger chemists in the ACS at all levels
Develop mechanisms to integrate younger chemists into the profession

You are a Younger Chemist if you are under the age of 35 or if you have been in your chemistry career less than ten years. Academic and industrial chemists, postdocs and students are all included!

The current YCC Chair is Jen Horne. If you are interested in YCC events – participating, planning, volunteering – or if you would like to be on our mailing list to receive notices of upcoming events, please contact Jen at: jenhorne@att.net or at 847-936-3508.

UPCOMING EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

May 17, 2003 - YCC held a pizza dinner for all Chicago-area Younger Chemists, their family and friends at Lou Malnati's, Chicago-River North location.
April 29, 2003 YCC co-sponsored the Careers in Chemistry booth at the annual Career Expo at Harper College.
YCC table at the ACS Chicago Section dinner meeting (2/03)
Chicago Chemistry Day 2002 at UIC - The Chemistry of Clean: How to get juice stains out of your clothes using household chemistry (10/02)
Oktoberfest Happy Hour - at RAM in Wheeling (10/02)
YCC Happy Hour - June 13, 2002 at Rock Bottom in Warrenville
Booth at Harper College Career Expo for high school students (4/02)
Free “2002 Kickoff” Happy Hour at Ram Brewpub in Schaumburg (2/02)
Booth at Chicago Chemistry Day at Adler Planetarium - with “invisible ink” experiments! (11/01)

Please also visit the National YCC site at http://www.acs.org/ycc.

Last update 5/9/05