Events

When: Friday, September 11, 2026 from 4:00-8:00 pm Where: Tennessee Tech University, Laboratory Science Commons 803 Stadium Drive Cookeville, TN What: Join the Nashville, East Tennessee, Memphis, and Kentucky Lakes ACS Local Sections for our joint section meeting and chemistry career night! This event is free and open to all! Schedule: 4:00-6:00 pm: Students can…

Join the Nashville Section for our annual awards luncheon at Amerigo's Nashville on October 3rd, 2026 at 11:30. We will present the Nashville Section ACS Ruth Page Woodall Excellence in High School Teaching Award. We will also recognize the 50 & 60 year ACS members, Nashville Section ACS Student Travel Grant recipients, as well as…

The Tennessee STEAM Festival is a statewide celebration that brings schools, museums, libraries, universities, businesses, and community organizations together to create engaging STEAM experiences for learners of all ages. Held annually in October, the festival showcases the creativity, innovation, and educational opportunities happening across Tennessee. The Nashville Section is a proud founding sponsor of this…

The Honorary Chair of the 10th Tennessee STEAM Festival, Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinosa,  will provide a public lecture at the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring.

National Chemistry Week (NCW) is a community-based program of the American Chemical Society (ACS). This annual program unites ACS local sections, student communities, ACs divisions, businesses, schools, and individuals in communicating the importance of chemistry to our quality of life. NCW occurs annually during the third week of October, typically the same week as Mole…

Our local section speaker will be Dr. Lac Ha Nguyen from TTU. Abstract Intrinsic Mesoporosity in Ribbons of Crystalline Titanium Oxyacetate Abstract: Reaction between titanium salts and acetate ligands typically favors the formation of small and discrete titanium oxo clusters. However, in this work, we report a crystalline titanium oxyacetate (TiOA) that exhibits intrinsic mesoporosity…

The SERMACS 2026 scientific program starts with our opening ceremony on Wednesday evening and concludes Sunday morning. More information will be announced on this website in the coming weeks and months at https://sermacs2026.org/