For today's Spring ACS VT chem highlighted talks we've got T. Daniel Crawford 8:50-9:15am in room B214 of the Georgia World Congress Center. #vtchem #vtcos #acsspring #springacs #springasc2026 #acs

Spring ACS has come once again! With it comes updates on VT Chem at the conference! For Sunday's schedule: John Matson 8:25; International B - Marriott Marquis. Amanda Morris 11:15 - 11:40; A401GWCC Nadim Mahmud 4:40; M304 - Marriot Marquis.

Chemistry Alumni and Friends Social! Monday, March 23 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
STATS Brew Pub
300 Marietta St. NW, Suite 101
Atlanta, GA 30313 Flying in for ACS or live in the Atlanta area? We want to see you at our Spring 2026 ACS meetup at STATS Brew Pub!

🎉 Our swag store is open! 🎉 Grab your favorites—and don’t forget, registration is open too. na.eventscloud.com/website/8671... 👉 Register now & shop the swag na.eventscloud.com/website/8671... #MOF2026 #Conference #MetalOrganicsFramework #Chemistry #MaterialsScience #ConferenceSwag

Happy New Year! 🎉 New year idea: ✔️ Big goals ✔️ Big energy ✔️ A ticket to MOF 2026 🎟️ Future you will thank you 😉 register.cpe.vt.edu/portal/event... #MOF2026 #Conference #MetalOrganicsFramework #Chemistry #MaterialsScience #NewOrleans

Are any chemists running in the marathon?

#VTChemFamily

Annual rant that ratings (drop downs and radio buttons) in graduate admissions are annoying and meaningless. #chemchat

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

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This effort has been several years in the making, so we're excited that it is finally ready for public review. Please let us know what you think!

IUPAC Polymer Division@iupacpolymer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Calling all chemists and polymer scientists! We are seeking your feedback on new recommendations for classifying and defining polymerization reactions—a chance to help shape the language of our field. Read the provisional recommendation here: iupac.org/recommendati... #chemsky #polymers @iupac.org

Come be my colleague! Hope College Chemistry is hiring a tenure-track prof in General & Inorganic Chem starting Fall 2026. Great undergrad research culture, strong support, and a fantastic community. Apply by Sept 20: hope.edu/jobs #ChemJobs #facultyjobs #academicsky ⚗️🧪

First night of #GRCPhoto in the books! @ksenia-glusac.bsky.social capped off a great night of science with spectacular MOF Photochem! Now, it’s time to catch some Zzzz.

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ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh sleeping with a purple hat

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A bit of a rainy evening, but excited to start #GRCPhoto. #Maine #Bates #letsgo

Exciting news from MOF2026! Abstract submissions are open - check it out below and share with your networks! 🎉

MOF2026@mof2026.bsky.social · last yr.

Abstract submission is OPEN! PhD students and postdocs — we’d love to see you in the Young Investigator Symposium! Everyone — send in your posters or talks for the main event! Can't wait to hear your science in New Orleans! 🎉⚜️ na.eventscloud.com/website/8671... Share far and wide!!! #MOF2026

MOFs (and COFs, HOFs, ChOFs) in the Mountains! Our Telluride workshop is off to a great start this week 🤗

Seems a good time to invite Sen Britt to watch an NIH review panel (aka study section) analyze piles of grants over several days to identify the <10% that win funding. Applications that scientists spent months preparing, whose peers spent weeks poring through in advance of review mtg at NIH.

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Republican Senator Katie Britt: We need to create a system "where the beat idea wins... This is our opportunity to make a dollar go further and to make it have a greater impact." (NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)

What is ScholarGPS? Do we care about it?

Mark your calendars: NSUNS is hosting its third "Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopy" symposium at the joint SERMACS/SWRM this October! Abstract submission opens Monday, April 21st. We hope to see you there!

Great banquet to celebrate the VT MII conference and review. Love connecting with alumni, EAB members, and colleagues. Congrats to the poster winners - so many @vtchemdept.bsky.social members!

Great first day of the Virginia Tech Macromolecules Innovation Institute #VTMII conference and review - highlighting our Materials in Medicine leaders @jbmatson.bsky.social and @schulzlabvt.bsky.social!

I am not a hockey fan, but you can bet I am watching today. Greatness deserves the watch. The GR8 Chase! #ovechkin

A great night celebrating College of Science Excellence and Chemistry superstars! Meng Jiang and Quinn Smith for Deans Roundtable Scholarships and Mitch Koppelman for being inducted into the Hall of Distinction!

Gorgeous day for Department faculty happy hour!

Does anyone have insight into why an agency would do this? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

It is Wednesday! And, at #ACSSanDiego there are more awesome #VTChemDept talks! Check them out! 8:05 – 8:30 - Mechanochemical synthesis of hybrid biomass composites – Meng Jiang - Rm 8, Conv. Center

Best part of #ACSSanDiego? Hanging out with Morris group alums.

Adding to the Tuesday digest - an incognito talk because the name is wrong in the program! Happening in 15 minutes - start off your morning with Greg Liu! Deformation behaviors of laminate polymer/graphene bilayer thin film composites during thermal annealing

Here is your #VTChemDept Tuesday Digest! Great talks by great students and colleagues!

Awesome #VTChemDept event tonight - so great to catch up with alumni and friends!

Virginia Tech Department of Chemistry is holding an alumni, faculty, student, and friends meet-up during the Spring American Chemical Society Meeting! Join us at Roy's San Diego Waterfront, San Diego, CA at 5:30 p.m. TODAY on Monday, March 24.