Welcome!
This is the website of the UCSD Chapter of the American Chemical Society - Student Affiliates Organization. We are also known as the "Chemistry Club". We serve both UCSD and the greater community of San Diego County. If you would like to know more about us, please click on "About Us" on the left.
General-Body meetings are every Wednesday, 6:30 to 8 (ish) in Natural Science Building room 1205. Anyone is welcome to attend! There will be free pizza and soda, and probably a speaker! Check the Calendar for more details.
Announcements:
Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
posted May 6, 2007Are you doing Chemical or Biological Research? Want to share your work and findings? Come present your research at our second-annual ACSSA Undergraduate Research Symposium!
The symposium itself will be on Thursday, May 29th, from 6-8 PM where our meetings usually are (the Natural Science Building Foyer). There will be fellow undergrads, grad students, UCSD faculty, industry representatives, and company recruiters!
And of course, free delicious food from Olive Garden!
If you are interested in participating, or even if you're not, you can click here to go to the Symposium Information Page!
Questions? Contact us at ucsdacssa@gmail.com
New Officers and a New Quarter
posted April 7, 2008Welcome to spring quarter at UCSD. Also welcome our new leadership, headed by Will Truong. Spring is always a busy time for us, so look here for updates on applications for the undergraduate research symposium.
Apply This Week to be an Officer!
posted February 25 2008Get involved more intimately! Virtually all of our current officers are moving on next year, and we need your help! If you would like to apply for a position, please visit the forms section of the website and download the officer application. Fill it out, and bring it to the S/F Mixer this Wednesday. Next week will be the elections. Thanks to anyone who is considering applying!
Undergraduate Chemistry Symposium: Abstracts Needed
posted January 9 2008Back by popular demand is the Undergraduate Chemistry Symposium. Last year's event was a huge success, and we would like this year's to be even better. But we need your help! Tenatively the symposium is scheduled for late May, depending on conflicts with other events. So if you are working in a lab on campus, off campus, or otherwise, and would like to present a poster showing the work you have done, please prepare an abstract of your work and submit it to us for review. Fame and money may await! Detail on this process, as well as all abstracts, will be posted here.
Need Leadership Experience?
posted January 9 2008Are you looking for an opportunity to rise above the flock and lead? Then you should think about running for UCSD ACSSA office! Elections will be coming up this quarter, and we NEED people to run! Come see any officer after the Wednesday night general body meeting for more information.
NOTEBOOKS NOTEBOOKS NOTEBOOKS!
posted January 8 2008Just a reminder that we are selling chemistry lab notebooks in York 2200 this week until Wednesday afternoon. Hurry and get one while you can for the CHEAP CHEAP price of $17. OR get a notebook and goggles for just $30! The notebooks are spiral bound, approved for use in ALL labs on campus (PHYS, MAE, BENG, etc). Hurry and get them while we are open!
Cooler, Neater Pictures Page!
posted November 1 2007It has been something in the pipes since last spring, but I have finally finished installing a better picture management system for us. Check it out by clicking the "Pictures" link on the left. This will let us get better pictures on the website faster, and more of them! Yay!
Outreach Volunteers Needed!
posted October 19 2007We have two big outreaches scheduled for the coming weeks.
First, on Sunday November 4th, we will be at Balboa Park for Chem Expo from 11 to 4. Our team won last year's demonstration competition, so we have big shoes to fill! Volunteers will have to be available for the whole time period: there is an onstage demonstration and then required manning ofinteractive demonstration booths.
Second, the Saturday after that is Sally Ride day at USC. This is an opportunity for local middle school girls to come and get interested in science.
If you are interested in either of these events, please contact Henry at "hyan at ucsd dot edu".
First Meeting Update!
posted October 2 2007Due to room scheduling conflicts, our first meeting will be rescheduled from tomorrow (3rd) to Thursday (4th). The time and venue will be the same (NSB 1205 at 7 pm), just a different day. We hope you all can come!
Support Chemistry Programs for Undergraduates! Buy OUR Notebooks!
posted September 25 2007Starting Monday of Week one (October 1) we will be selling top-quality, undergraduate-approved notebooks and googles at York hall. Follow the signs to savings! Our prices are hard to beat, and every dollar goes to support the great programs we fund, like the Undergraduate Research Symposium, outreaches to underrepresented schools, and more!
Big Changes for 07-08!
posted September 25 2007Hope everyone had a nice summer. The first big change for the new year is our new location for meetings, in NSB 1205. Our first meeting will be next Wednesday October 3rd. This is a much larger room, and hopefully we do not fill this one to capacity as well! The rest of the big changes are... well ... secret! (for now) Check the calendar now and in the coming weeks for more details on speakers and planned activities. We hope to see everyone next Wednesday!