Safety Committee News, Fall 2025 The DivCHED Safety Committee welcomes all interested in chemical safety education, regardless of experience level. We support embedding safety throughout chemistry curricula and offer resources like the new Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students eTextbook and RAMP analysis worksheets. Recent efforts include launching a new professional development workshop and planning safety programming for BCCE 2026. To get involved or propose symposia, contact Committee Chair Steve Wietstock at swietsto@nd.edu.
News from the Safety Committee, Spring 2025 The DivCHED Safety Committee promotes chemical safety education at all levels and welcomes participants of any experience level. It collaborates across ACS divisions to integrate safety into education and is developing a faculty workshop on instructional safety strategies, debuting at MARM 2025 on May 30. The committee also helped develop the upcoming free ACS eBook, Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students (3rd edition), launching March 24 at the San Diego ACS meeting. Additional resources, including RAMP analysis worksheets, will be available on the revamped Safety Committee webpage. Interested individuals can join meetings, contribute to projects, or help organize safety symposia.
Safety Committee, Fall 2024 Members of the Safety Committee work on a range of projects at the intersection of safety and education. These include collaborative projects with other components of the ACS, always with a focus on bringing the education perspective to safety issues, and the safety perspective to educational issues. We are excited to begin new collaborative efforts within the ACS Office of Safety Programs and our safety partners throughout the Society.
Safety Committee, Spring 2023 The DivCHED Safety Committee welcomes anyone interested in safety education.
Safety Committee Comments, Fall 2021 The DivCHED Safety Committee meets at each National Meeting, seeking to pursue its vision of education that embeds accurate chemical safety instruction at all educational levels and implement its mission to provide resources and strategies to chemical a
Safety Committee Comments, Spring 2021 Amid the ongoing educational adjustments associated with COVID-19, safety continues to be an aspect of chemistry instruction.
Safety Committee Comments, Fall 2020 Chemical safety remains a top priority as educators adapt to pandemic-driven changes—check out resources, workshops, and ways to get involved from the Division of Chemical Education's Safety Committee.