Join our team members and community at the ACS Spring National Meeting 2023 from March 26th – March 30th online and in-person in Indianapolis, IN, USA. The theme of this year’s conference is Crossroads of Chemistry! Follow our team and our community’s presentations on the list below! 

Visit Beyond Benign’s Booth (#314) anytime in the Exhibitor Lounge of the ACS Spring National Meeting to learn more about our team and our programs! 

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Beyond Benign Presentations:

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 8:05 AM – 8:50 AM (EST)
Sustainability solutions for a changing world, that is green chemistry
Greg Sloan, Lead Teacher

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 3:05 PM – 3:35 PM (EST)
Development and assessing the impact of student-generated videos, infographics, and open education resources related to sustainability and green chemistry
Alexey Leontyev, GCTLC Leadership Committee Member

Sunday, March 26, 2023 @ 4:10 PM – 4:40 PM (EST)
Systems thinking approaches to teach green and sustainable chemistry in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
Glenn Hurst, GCTLC Leadership Committee Member

Monday, March 27, 2023 @ 8:05 AM – 8:45 AM (EST)
Chemical Epistemology: Understanding why people think the way they think as the first step towards a sustainable future
John Warner, Co-Founder and Board Member

Monday, March 27, 2023 @ 9:20 AM – 9:45 AM (EST)
Marine biorefinery and green chemistry education: A crossroad towards a sustainable future
Juliana Vidal, Higher Education Program Manager

Monday, March 27, 2023 @ 9:20 AM – 9:45 AM (EST)
Greening your chemistry curriculum: How to get started
David Laviska, GCC Advisory Board Member and GCTLC Leadership Committee Member

Monday, March 27, 2023 @ 5:15 PM – 5:35 PM (EST)
Using a temporal systems thinking framework to design and redesign a biorefinery to facilitate dynamic problem solving
Glenn Hurst, GCTLC Leadership Committee Member

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 @ 9:05 AM – 9:25 AM (EST)
Environmental justice: Achieving global equity through green and sustainable chemistry
Edward Brush, GCC Advisory Board Member

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Green Chemistry Presentations and Symposia:

Join the following Green Chemistry Commitment Signers and learn more about their ACS Spring Presentations in the ACS Spring Meeting Program.

University of Minnesota

• Sunday, March 26: CEI Award for Incorporation of Sustainability in the Chemistry Curriculum.
• Monday, March 27th: Green Chemistry Theory and Practice: Engaging Students in the Crossroads of Chemistry for the Betterment of Society.
• Monday, March 27th: Creating a departmental culture of sustainable and green chemistry practices.
• Tuesday, March 28th: Intrinsic kinetics of polyethylene pyrolysis via pulse-heated analysis of solid reactions (PHASR): Enabling a plastic circular economy

Augsburg University

• Sunday, March 26th: Sustainable chemistry at Augsburg University inspired by the Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

• Sunday, March 26th: Studies of the cobalt boride-mediated conversion of nitriles to alcohols.
• Sunday, March 26th: “Novel” tautomeric equilibrium for use in a course-based undegraduate research experience.
• Monday, March 27th: Polyesters, quick! Epoxide/anhydride copolymerization for organic laboratory students.
• Monday, March 27th: Aluminum aminotriphenolate catalysts for CO2/epoxide coupling.

Seton Hall University

• Monday, March 27th: Academy for green chemistry and sustainability for undergraduate students.
• Monday, March 27: Shaker mill mechanochemical metalation of porphyrin.

Saint Francis University

• Monday, March 27: Greener way to teach the Frens nanoparticle synthesis.
  

Bridgewater State University

• Monday, March 27: Synthesis of 2-monoacylglycerols: 2-oleoyglycerol and 2-palmitoylglycerol: A project-based learning experiment for the organic chemistry laboratory
• Monday, March 27: Applying bio-based hydrogels in project-based learning at Bridgewater State University.
  

Wayne State University

• Monday, March 27: Activator free C-to-N solid phase peptide synthesis.

Millikin University

• Monday, March 27: Solventless synthesis of E-2-4-pyridylmethylidene-5-fluoro-1-indanone as a potential inhibitor of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2).

Texas Woman’s University

• Monday, March 27: The Sustainability Project: A first year chemistry majors’ laboratory activity.
• Monday, March 27: Synergistic research project between non-chemistry and chemistry majors to address microplastics pollution in urban and rural soil.
• Wednesday, March 29: Bringing photodegradation of plastic-waste into the ‘green age’.
• Wednesday, March 29:“Closing the loop” in the production and chemical recycling of poly(bisphenol A carbonate) found in e-waste through microwave-assisted alcoholysis.
• Wednesday, March 29: Removal, isolation, analysis, and characterization of microplastics found in urban and rural soil: Scrutinizing the Fenton reagent process.

Michigan State University

• Monday, March 27: Plant oil-based eco-friendly approach for paper coatings and their packaging applications.

Tennesse Technological University

• Monday, March 27: Synergistic research project between non-chemistry and chemistry majors to address microplastics pollution in urban and rural soil.
• Monday, March 27: Chapter activities at Tennessee Tech University.
• Wednesday, March 29: Design and investigations of sustainable end-of-life polymers, furfural derivatives as potential antibiotics, and porphyrin-like macromolecules toward well-defined materials

University of Detroit Mercy

• Monday, March 27: Detroid Mercy green chemistry fall retreat.

Florida Southern College:

• Monday, March 27: Florida Southern College ACS Chapter.

Montclair State University

• Tuesday, March 28: Exploration of bio-inspired synthetic polymer in graphene derivative (rGO) synthesis.

Northeastern University

• Tuesday, March 28: Creating a successful ACS student chapter through inclusive community and professional development

South Dakota State University

• Tuesday, March 28: Summer laboratory research experiences for educators: A component of a Master’s in chemistry program for in-service science teachers.

University of Toronto

• Wednesday, March 29: Synthesis of sequence-controlled peptoid polymers.

Harvey Mudd College

• Wednesday, March 29:TCFH as a mild, green, non-sensitizing coupling reagent.

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To visit us in the booth #314 and attend the evens highlighted above you need to be registered for the ACS Spring National Meeting 2023.

Event Details

• Who: Chemistry students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty
• When: March 26th – March 30th, 2023
• Where: Indianapolis, IN, USA
• How: Register here.