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| ACS New York Section | |
|---|---|
| Name | ACS New York Section |
| Type | Local section |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Parent organization | American Chemical Society |
| Region served | New York metropolitan area |
ACS New York Section is a local subdivision of the American Chemical Society serving the New York metropolitan area, coordinating professional, educational, and public-facing chemistry activities. It functions as an intermediary between the national American Chemical Society and members in New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester, and nearby New Jersey counties, facilitating meetings, professional development, student chapters, and public outreach. The Section engages with universities, national laboratories, cultural institutions, and industry partners across the region.
The Section traces origins to late 19th-century professional organization efforts that paralleled developments at institutions such as Columbia University, New York University, City College of New York, and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Early leaders drew on networks associated with Bell Labs, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Rockefeller University, Mount Sinai Health System, and industrial research at DuPont, Merck & Co., and Pfizer. During the 20th century the Section intersected with events and figures linked to World War I, World War II, the Manhattan Project, and scientists associated with I.I. Rabi, Harold Urey, Linus Pauling, and Harold C. Urey through public lectures, symposia, and advisory roles. Postwar expansion paralleled growth at SUNY Stony Brook, Rutgers University–Newark, Pratt Institute, Fordham University, and corporate labs such as Johnson & Johnson and ExxonMobil. The Section has hosted symposia commemorating milestones like the International Year of Chemistry and contributed to regional responses to regulatory changes shaped by statutes such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Governance follows a structure analogous to other ACS local sections, featuring an elected Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and councilors who represent the Section at national American Chemical Society meetings such as the ACS National Meeting & Exposition. Committees—analogous to those at American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry, ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, and ACS Division of Chemical Education—include programming, outreach, awards, finance, and communications. The Section chartering process involves coordination with national ACS governance bodies and adherence to policies connected to organizations like the National Science Foundation and professional standards set by entities such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers where interdisciplinary overlap occurs. Leadership elections, bylaws, and annual reports are modeled on practices from peer organizations including the San Francisco Section, Chicago Section, and Boston Section.
Membership spans academics, industrial chemists, government scientists, students, and retirees affiliated with institutions including Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Yale University alumni in the region, City University of New York campuses, and corporate employers such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and BASF. The Section supports student chapters at campuses like St. John's University, Hofstra University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and high school chapters linked to Regeneron Science Talent Search participants. Local units include technical divisions, topical interest groups, and regional subsections modeled after units in the ACS Greater New York area and coordinated with national units such as the ACS Committee on Meetings and Expositions.
Regular programming includes symposia, webinars, poster sessions, networking mixers, and technical presentations featuring speakers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and industrial research at Pfizer Research and Eli Lilly and Company. The Section organizes events tied to national observances like National Chemistry Week and collaborates on sessions at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. Career resources mirror offerings by ACS Career Navigator and include resume workshops, mentorship programs, and employer panels with representatives from Federal Bureau of Investigation forensic chemistry groups, Food and Drug Administration scientists, and regulatory labs at Environmental Protection Agency regional offices.
Education initiatives partner with K–12 programs, informal science education institutions such as the American Museum of Natural History, New York Hall of Science, and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and university outreach programs at Hunter College. The Section’s outreach includes hands-on demonstrations, chemistry camps, teacher workshops modeled after Project SEED, and student scholarship programs that have supported participants in competitions like the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and the International Chemistry Olympiad. Collaboration with state education authorities such as the New York State Education Department and foundations like the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation informs curriculum-aligned programming.
The Section presents awards recognizing professional achievement, service, and student research, analogous to national honors such as the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry and the ACS Award for Researcher of Distinction at the local scale. Recipients have included faculty from Princeton University, Columbia University, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering, as well as industrial scientists from Abbott Laboratories and GE Research. Awards often culminate in named lectureships, symposium sessions, and nominations for national ACS awards, fostering ties with entities such as the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Partnerships span universities, cultural institutions, corporations, and government agencies including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York City Department of Education, and philanthropic organizations like the Simons Foundation. The Section’s community impact includes STEM pipeline development, public science literacy initiatives, workforce development aligned with regional industries such as pharmaceuticals and chemical manufacturing at sites like Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, and contributions to public policy discussions involving state agencies and advocacy groups like the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute). Through collaborations with industry consortia, research institutes, and community organizations, the Section reinforces New York’s role as a hub for chemical science research, innovation, and education.
Category:American Chemical Society local sections Category:Organizations based in New York City