The Virginia Section of the ACS invites allVirginia two-year and four-year schools to join us for a forum / information session about establishing Laboratory Safety Teams (LSTs) at these institutions on Friday, October 18, from 4:30-6:00 PM EST. In partnership with the ACS Office of Safety Programs, the Virginia Section of the ACS will be facilitating this hybrid session at the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Richmond, VA.

LSTs are communities of graduate students and postdoctoral associates that promote a bottom-up approach to safety cultures, empowering members to propose solutions to safety-related issues.

The purpose of our session will be to further acquaint faculty and students with the concept of LSTs and explore how to initiate such student-led communities at their own institutions using the available mechanisms of support. Strengthening student understanding of safety culture and informing them of supportive networks as early in their educational career as possible can only help them to be better scientists in the future!

We hope you can join us to learn more about the LST grassroots movement and how your institution can get involved! Please RSVP and/or address all inquiries about this session to me, Joe Crockett, at jcrocketchem@gmail.com.