Nine new awards in chemistry in the Course and Curriculum Development (CCD) program for FY 1997 have been made by the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) of the National Science Foundation. They are named below and described in more detail on JCE Online: http://jchemed.

chem.wisc.edu/. Proposals received in June 1997 are currently under consideration for awards in FY 1998 for the regular CCD program, and for the first round in the adapt/adopt emphasis of the Systemic Changes in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum initiative. Information about programs, activities, and awards in DUE is available on the Web page at http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/start.htm or by calling the DUE Information Center at 703/306-1666. Sandra D. Nelson, Science Education Analyst, gathered these data.

Title: Optimizing a Windows-Based Computer Data Acquisition and Reduction System for the General Chemistry Laboratory
Principal Investigator: Edward W. Vitz, Kutztown University

Grant: DUE 9652855, $156,981

Title: Decision Making and Technology: A Case Study Approach

Principal Investigator: Laurence I. Peterson, South Dakota State University

Grant: DUE 9652889, $266,210

Title: Support of the Caltech Chemistry Animation Project

Principal Investigator: Nathan S. Lewis, California Institute of Technology

Grant: DUE 9652909, $250,000

Title: General Chemistry Investigations: An Interdisciplinary, Research Team Laboratory

Principal Investigators: Carmela Amato-Wierda and Christopher F. Bauer, University of New Hampshire

Grant: DUE 9653007, $150,000

Title: Electronic Homework and Intelligent Tutoring on the World Wide Web: Course Delivery Tools for Large Enrollment Classes

Principal Investigators: Roberta O. Day, William J. Vining, Beverly P. Woolf, and Beatrice H. Botch, University of Massachusetts­Amherst

Grant: DUE 9653064, $358,000

Title: CPLP: A Chemical Professional Laboratory Program for General Chemistry

Principal Investigators: Donald J. Wink, Elizabeth Whitt, William Haney, Sharon M. Fetzer, and Luke Hanley, University of Illinois Chicago

Grant: DUE 9653080, $285,371

Title: Modeling Effective Teaching and Learning in Chemistry

Principal Investigators: Barbara A. Burke and Edward D. Walton, Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc.

Grant: DUE 9653107, $125,049

Title: Continued Development of a Science Course for Non-Scientists on the Chemistry of Art

Principal Investigator: Michael Henchman, Brandeis University

Grant: DUE 9653252, $65,296

Title: A Cost Effective Method for Production and Internet Distribution of Computer Generated Multimedia for Chemistry and Biology Courses

Principal Investigator: Harry Ungar, Douglas G Scott, Cabrillo College

Grant: DUE 9653272, $100,000

Call for Award Nominations

The Gustav Ohaus Awards for Innovation in Science Teaching are designed to reward ideas that would substantially improve the effectiveness of science education. This is the 28^th year that Ohaus Corporation and the National Science Teachers Association have honored outstanding contributions to education through these awards. While subject material is not restricted, areas of interest might include new designs in curricula, instructional methods, organizational and administrative patterns, or new approaches to activities. The program is designed to reward ideas that would substantially improve the effectiveness of science education.

In 1998, one award of $1,000 and one of $750 will be made to teachers in each of four grade-level categories: elementary, middle school, high school, and college. Application forms are available by writing NSTA-Ohaus Awards Program, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000 or by accessing NSTA's Website at www.nsta.org. Fax on demand is available at 1-888/400-6782. The closing date for receipt of applications by NSTA is November 14. Awards will be presented at the 1998 NSTA National Convention in Las Vegas.

Gordon Conference- Innocations in College Chemistry Teaching

The Gordon Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching will be held in Ventura, CA, from Sunday morning, January 4 through Thursday lunch, January 8, 1998. This meeting of presentations, formal and informal discussions, poster sessions, workshops, and socializing will focus on many current areas of research and development in chemistry education and science education.

Active and interested participants are encouraged to obtain further information from the Gordon Research Conferences (WWW: www.grc.uri.edu; fax: 401/783-7644; phone: 401/783-4011) or the conference organizer, Stanley Pine (email: spine@calstatela.edu; fax: 213/343-6490; phone: 213/343-2333). Space is limited, so early application is encouraged. Some support for attendance by faculty at two-year colleges will be available.

Summer Opportunity for Students

The ACS Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology is awarding 24 fellowships to undergraduates for attending its intensive six-week summer schools in nuclear and radiochemistry, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The courses will consist of lecture and lab work on the fundamentals of nuclear theory, nuclear instrumentation, radiological safety, radiochemistry, and applications in research, medicine, and industry. Guest lectures, seminars, and field trips will broaden the scope of nuclear science presented to the participants. Twelve students will attend at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island and 12 will attend at San Jose State University in California, both for the period June 15 through July 24, 1998. Fellowships are valued in excess of $10,000 each, and six units of transferable college credit will be awarded through the ACS accredited chemistry programs at San Jose State University or State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Candidates should have senior (preferred) or junior standing in Fall 1998 and should have had at least two years of college chemistry, one year of college physics, and one year of calculus. No previous experience in nuclear science is necessary. Applications must be U.S. citizens or resident aliens. Completed applications must be received by January 30, 1998. For more information and application forms, contact Joseph R. Peterson, National Director of the Summer Schools, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1600; phone: 423/974-3434; fax: 423/974-3454; email: JoePete@utk.edu. World Wide Web information can be found at http://www.cofc.edu/~nuclear/nukess.html.

High School Chemistry Day

The ACS Division of Chemical Education and the Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas will sponsor High School Chemistry Day on Monday, March 30, 1998, during the Spring 1998 ACS Meeting in Dallas. Those who will make presentations and their topics include: Richard Smalley, Buckminsterfullerenes; George Gross, A Demo a Day; James Marshall, A Living Periodic Table; Rose Robacker, Anecdotes/Caricatures of Men and Women in Science. A luncheon is also planned. For further information contact: George Hague, High School Chemistry Day Chairperson, St. Mark's School of Texas, 10600 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75230; phone: 214/346-8147; fax: 214/346-8002; email: grhague@tenet.edu.

ACS Satellite TV Seminars

The American Chemical Society announces the following Satellite TV Seminars to be broadcast fall 1997.

Essentials of Organic Chemistry: An Update on the State of the Art, October 15­16, 1997, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT, each day. Presentations will be by Erick M. Carreira, Pat N. Confalone, Dennis P. Curran, Scott E. Denmark, Barry M. Trost, and Paul A. Wender. Registration fee $140.

Undergraduate Curriculum Reform: Its Effect on High School and College Level Teaching, November 3, 1997, from 6 to 8 p.m. EST. Panelists will be Orville L. Chapman, David Gosser, Herbert D. Kaesz, Susan E. Kegley, Steven Long, John W. Moore, and Brock Spencer. Registration fee $30. This program takes place during National Chemistry Week.

Combinatorial Chemistry and the Medicinal ChemistIs It a Match? September 25, 1997, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., EDT. Panelists are Stephen W. Kaldor, Peter L. Myers, William C. Ripka, Steven Schow, and David Spellmeyer. Registration fee $80.

Many ACS local sections are subscribing to these broadcasts. For more information about the seminars including licensing to tape off-the-air, contact ACS Satellite TV Seminarsphone: 800/227-5558, ext 2104; fax: 202/872-6336; email: sat-tv@acs.org.

Michael P. Doyle

Research Corporation, a national science advancement foundation headquartered in Arizona, has announced the appointment of Michael P. Doyle to the post of vice president. He assumes the new post immediately. Doyle was previously on the faculty of Trinity University in San Antonio and of Hope College in Holland, MI. He is a strong proponent of improved science education for all students and of undergraduate research. He has been widely honored for his research and teaching accomplishments.

Wanted - Newletter Editor

The ACS Division of Chemical Education seeks a person or persons to edit the CHED Newsletter. Since the present editor will step down at the end of 1997, a replacement is sought immediately so that there can be some overlap of duties. Anyone interested should contact Ronald Archer, DivCHED Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003; email: archer@chemistry.umass.edu; phone: 413/545-1521; fax: 413/5454490

Patricia Sokoloff

Pat Sokoloff, manager of education programs and a 34-year member of the staff of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, passed away on June 17. She had been battling cancer for the past year.

Sokoloff joined what was then named the Manufacturing Chemists Association in 1963. For the past fourteen years she had focused on CMA's Catalyst Awards program, through which she became well known among chemistry educators across the nation. Under her direction the Catalyst program grew to include recognition of science teachers from college to elementary levels.

ACS Abstract Deadline

The deadline for submission of abstracts for symposia of the Division of Chemical Education at the Spring 1998 ACS Meeting in Dallas is November 1, 1997. For further information contact the CHED Program Chair: Tom Wildeman, Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401; phone: 303/273-3642; fax: 303/273-3629; email: twildema@slate.mines.edu.

Materials Available

The Dexter Award winner for 1996, Keith J. Laidler, presented his award address, "Contrasts in Chemical Style: Sidgwick and Eyring", at the ACS Spring National Meeting in April 1997 as a video presentation. Those who heard this address felt it should have a wider audience, and would be of interest to anyone concerned with the history of chemistry and research styles. Laidler has given permission to the Division of History of Chemistry to distribute copies of this videotape in VHS format. The presentation runs approximately 45 minutes. To order a copy, send a check in the amount of $15 to: Vera V. Mainz, School of Chemical Sciences, 142B RAL, Box 34-1, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

Call for Award Nominations

The American Oil Chemists' Society announces the call for nominations for the Supelco/Nicholas PelickAOCS Research Award, sponsored by Supelco, Inc., a division of Sigma-Aldrich, and Nicholas Pelick, a longtime member and past president of AOCS.

This award recognizes outstanding original research in fats, oils, lipid chemistry, or biochemistry. The nominee must have published the results in technical papers of high quality, with preference being given to individuals who are actively associated with research and who have made discoveries that have influenced their fields of endeavor. The successful nominee must agree to be present to accept the Award and deliver an award address at the 89^th AOCS Annual Meeting in Chicago, May 1998. The award will be presented in the form of a plaque and an honorarium of $8,000. Nominations must be submitted before November 1, 1997, to Casimir C. Akoh, University of Georgia, Department of Food Science & Technology, Athens, GA 30602-7610. For more information contact Kathleen Atchley, AOCS, P.O. Box 3489, Champaign, IL 61826-3489; 217/359-2344; fax: 217/351-8091.