American Chemical Society at UCSD
Welcome to the home of UCSD ACSSA! We are much more than just the chemistry club at UC San Diego. ACSSA provides its members with not just great speakers and free food, but also opportunities to just relax with your fellow chemistry students and faculty or network with industry representatives. We typically meet on Wednesday nights at 6:15 PM in the Natural Sciences Building. You can read more about us in the about page.
ACSSA's Undergraduate Research Symposium!
ACSSA's 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium is Week 7 Spring Quarter this year. Abstracts are due May 7th. For more informationa and abstract submission link, please go to our Symposium website located here.
May 9th, 2012
How to Present a Poster presented by Dr. Judy Kim
Event page To all those who submitted abstract, this event will be very helpful, please RSVP on the event page. All others are welcome. Food and Drink will be provided as usual, get here early at 6:30pm to socialize and food and the talk will be from 7:00-8:00pm.April 25th, 2012
We have study GBM this week. Facebook pageGrab a book or homework, a study buddy and come join us.
April 18th, 2012
Officer Panel. Meet our new offciers and ask any questions about ACSSA or chemsitry courses.
April 11th, 2012
Don't forget, we have Hoeger speaking at NSB from 7pm. Please come early (6:30pm) for pizza and drinks!
February 27th, 2012
This week's speaker is Dr. Stacey Brydges! She will be giving a talk titled "On Be(com)ing a Chemist: From Academic Integrity to Professional Ethics." Please come for free pizza and drinks as well! :)
Another reminder, don't forget that the ACSSA officer elections are next week! If you'd like to be an officer next years, please fill out the officer application form here and email it to ucsdacssa@gmail.com!
January 30, 2012
Hey everyone, the ACSSA officer elections are coming up! You can find the officer application form here! If you're interested in running for office, please fill out the form and email it to ucsdacssa@gmail.com! Please also bring a hard copy the day of the election week 9. :)
January 18, 2012
The Rock Bottom brewery tour is this Friday, from 3-4pm! We will be meeting at the triton statue at 2:00pm. There are ten spots total for the tour, so if you are interested in going, Mark at mgianino@ucsd.edu! If you are willing to drive, please notify Mark as well and mention how many people you can take. :) You don't have to be over 21 to take the tour, but you do have to be at least 21 to drink. :) Have a wonderful week and we can't wait to see you Friday!
January 11, 2012
Whew, the website is finally back up and running! Unfortunately, the "contact us" page and the mailing list are down, and likely will be for a little longer. The events page has been updated, however, and the reinburstment form is still up on the "forms" page. Thank you everyone who showed up for tonight's GBM, and we look forward to seeing you next week!
May 9th, 2011
The powerpoint for how to make a research poster is now on the resources page! For more informations, please view the ACSSA 5th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium webpage! Furthermore, we are extending the submission deadline to Wednesday, May 11th. However, should you submit late, your abstract will not be in the booklet.
This week's GBM has unfortunately be cancelled.
April 25th, 2011
Our next GBM will be on Wednesday, April 27th! Our speaker for this week will be Dr. Figueroa, an inorganic chemist. Come for free pizza and the chance to win a free t-shirt!
April 18th, 2011
Hope everyone had a great time at Green Open House! The ACSSA 5th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium webpage is now avaliable for viewing here! The ACSSA constitution has also been added to the website under "resources" and the events page has finally been updated. Also, a reminder, if anyone has questions about reinburstment, please email Elena for the time being.
April 05, 2011
If anyone needs to reach Jon about reimbursements, please redirect your emails to Elena for the time being. Her email can be found on the "contact us" page or in the "officers" page. Furthremore, admit day is this Saturday, the 9th! If anyone's interested in tabling, please email Dina, and if anyone's interested in helping set up and do demos for admit day, please email Rebecca ASAP.
March 28, 2011
Welcome back everyone and we hope that everyone had a wonderful spring break! A list of future events will be up soon, so stay tuned!
March 06, 2011
Thank you all who came to our Career Development Workshop and our Faculty Mixer! We hope you had a great time at those events. :) Just a reminder, the deadline to let us know if you're interested in going to National ACS is the 18th, next Friday. Furthermore, Admit day (Aprit 9th) and the Green Open House event (Apirl 16th) are both coming up spring quarter! Please email Dina if you are interested in participating in either event!
Feburary 26, 2011
Thanks to everyone who came out for our new '11-'12 officers! Our Third Annual Career Development Workshop is this Saturday (the 27th) at 10:15 in Pacific all 4500! Please RSVP if you're still interested.
Feburary 04, 2011
Officer applications are up! If you're interested, check out our resources page.
Feburary 02, 2011
After some technical difficulties, the ACSSA website will now once again be updated regularly. Now for some news!
Mark your calendars! Our third annual job workshop is coming up on Saturday, February 26th from 1pm-5pm in Pacific Hall 4500. Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear from industry, government, and academic professionals about how to build your resume and find the perfect job in the science industry. Dress is business casual and light refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by the Young Chemists Committee of the San Diego ACS, Johnson & Johnson, and UCSD's American Chemical Society Student Affiliates. To attend please RSVP via our Eventbrite.
In addition, for the EYH announcement could you add: "If you would like to carpool or if you need a ride, please contact Rebecca at rsou@ucsd.edu."
November 10, 2010
There is no GBM today or next Wednesday, however, Faculty Mixer is next Thursday! Check the events page for more details!
October 24, 2010
Next week we have an industry speaking coming to speak to ACSSA! His name is Damien Perriman, VP Business Development of Verdezyne. Free pizza, as usual, please see the events page for more details!
October 23, 2010
Slight change in plans regarding this quarter's events. The fifth week social has been changed to laser tagging! Please check the events page for more details.
October 12, 2010
Chem expo is this weekend! Training this Saturday, tentatively 12:00-1:00pm. Meet at Peterson Loop at 11:00am for carpool. If you have signed up, please be check your email for more information and be on the lookout for more emails regarding Chem Expo. If you have not signed up, sign ups are already closed for this year. If you have any questions, please email acssa.outreach@gmail.com
October 05, 2010
The ACSSA reimbursement form is up! They are also linked in the resources page. :)
September 29, 2010
Frist General Body Meeting tonight in the Natrual Sciences Building (NSB)! It's in Revelle next to Plaza and Pots, we're meeting right in the lobby. For those who cannot make it, or who just want to keep in touch, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook!
