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Most of the section’s members reside in the Northeastern states, however the demographics and diversity of their membership have grown following the COVID-19 pandemic. Many more members were able to join the meetings remotely from as far as California, Chicago and Hawaii. The hybrid format of these events has engaged a greater number of college-level students, varying in age and background, as well as those with limited mobility.

The section’s engagement with the wider community continues to be strong: sometimes, around half of its event attendees have a non-chemistry or science background. Its event programme is diverse and includes scientific presentations as well as creative activities, like tea-tasting, making lip balm with older adults at senior centres, historic garden parties, and ‘speak to a chemist’ book-signing events at bookstores.

Since 2009, the section has held nearly 42 meetings, engaged around a thousand attendees, and impacted over 300 students and around 400 non-scientists. It continues to attract high school to graduate-level educators, industrial scientists, consultants and governmental scientists to its meetings.

The UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ USA East Coast Section represents the UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ in the United States and around 2,000 UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ members. The committee includes two educators, one pharmaceutical scientist, and one well-published author/consultant chemist, along with occasional support from past presidents. They are passionate about chemistry and engaging the wider community through a diverse programme of activities.