BZS
Photo Credit: Peter Cutts Photography
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
2012 President of the American Chemical Society

2012 ACS Presidential Initiatives:

ACS Presidential Commission on Graduate Education
— in the Chemical Sciences —

Charge to the Commission
Commission Webpage

Summary Report
Full Report

Speaking to the President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology (PCAST)

PCAST transcript excerpt

"Engaging and empowering graduate students
and postdoctoral scholars"
Comment, C&E News, November 2, 2022


— ACS Climate Science Initiative —

ACS Public Policy Statement on Climate Change
Climate Science Toolkit

About the Toolkit
Working Group
"Action on Climate Change"
C&E News, March 17, 2014
"Climate Change Conversations"

Science Magazine, April 5, 2013
"ACS Climate Science Toolkit: A New Resource for Members"
C&E News, December 3, 2012


— ACS Global Water Initiative —

Charge to the Working Group
"ACS Global Water Initiative: The Grand Challenge of Water"
C&E News, May 20, 2013



American Chemical Society

SCIFUN.org