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Coming Attractions
Equipment Buyers Guide
Those fortunate enough to be planning the purchase
of equipment or supplies should note that the December
issue of the Journal will carry an insertion, The Equipment
Buyers Guide. This will be the second time that we have
published this guide, a comprehensive source of
information about laboratory equipment and supplies that are used
in colleges and high schools. The EBG will be organized by
item type and by the name of the supplier, with cross
referencing. The information in it will also be on
JCE Online, with hot links to manufacturer's home pages on the WWW.
Meeting Reports
Summer is a time for meetings, and the
Journal staff attended two in the month of August: Chem Ed '99 at
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, early in the
month and then the Fall ACS Meeting in New Orleans at the
end. The Journal had a booth at each meeting and there were
presentations and workshops by Journal editors. (In
between meetings, this issue went to press.) Reports from these
meetings are scheduled to appear next month in the
November issue.
Journal Unification
Our latest enhancement is unification of
JCE Print and JCE Online+. As of September 1, 1999, every
subscriber to JCE receives a printed issue of the
Journal each month and also has full access to all
JCE Online material on the World Wide Web. If you already subscribe to
JCE Online+, your subscription to JCE
has been automatically extended in proportion to what you paid for the months remaining in
your online subscription. We are excited by the advantages
this integration of print and online will bring you, and
subscribers we have talked to are just as excited.
Details of the new system, which first appeared on
pages 1184 and 1185 of the September issue, are recapped here.
Subscriptions for Individuals
- Beginning September 1, 1999, all
Journal print subscriptions will give you full access to
JCE Online+ - everything that we have online.
- If you don't want paper copy of your issue, there is a
No-Print Option. We will donate your print copy to our
Teacher Workshop Program and you will have full access to
everything online.
- If you do want both paper and online but don't want to
keep back issues - saving storage space - you can purchase
JCE CD each year.
Subscription prices for individuals are shown on
the Reader Inquiry Card on pp 1352 A & B.
Easy Access to JCE Online
For quick and easy access to
JCE Online, do this. Get the carrier sheet that comes in your
Journal plastic mailing bag, the one with your mailing label on it.
Enter the URL http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu
When asked for your name, enter your
name exactly as it appears on the mailing label of your
Journal issue - even if it is incorrect!
Name: JANE L DOE
Whenever asked for your password, enter your
5-digit subscriber number, the first number in the line above
your name.
Password: 23456
New IP-Number Option for Libraries
While standard username/password access (where all
users share the same access information) may be fine for
some libraries, others find this system too limited. Such
institutions have requested access by IP number, resulting in
immediate access with no prompting for Username and
Password. We have added this option for libraries and
institutions. Librarians should contact the Journal
for details and costs (modestly higher) for setting up this system.
Awards Announced
James Flack Norris Award
The Northeastern Section of the American
Chemical Society announces the recipient of the 1999 James
Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the
Teaching of Chemistry.
• J. J. Lagowski, University of Texas at Austin
MacArthur Foundation Fellowships
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation announces 32 new Fellows, four of whom are chemists.
- Jillian F. Banfield, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Carolyn R. Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley
- Laura L. Kiessling, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Wilma Alpha Subra, Subra Company, Inc., Louisiana
National Mole of the Year, 1999
The National Mole Foundation, Inc., announces the
recipient of its highest award, which was presented during
the ChemEd '99 meeting held at Sacred Heart University in
August 1999.
• Rose M. Blanchard, Buckeye Valley High
School, Delaware, Ohio
Chemical Heritage Foundation Awards
The Chemical Heritage Foundation has announced
the following awards for 1999-2000.
1999-2000 Scholars in Chemical Education
- Stephen Z. Goldberg, Adelphi University
- Johnnie-Marie Whitfield, Millsaps College
1999-2000 Senior Fellow in Chemical Education
• Jeffrey I. Seeman, formerly Phillip Morris Company
1999 Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship
• Gerard J. Fitzgerald, doctoral student,
history department, Carnegie Mellon University, and
fellow, Graduate Research and Training Program in
Cold War Science and Technology
Gordon Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy
and Entrepreneurship
• David B. Sicilia, Department of History, University of Maryland
Sidney M. Edelstein International Fellowship in
the Chemical Sciences and Technologies
• John Kenly Smith, Jr., History Department,
Lehigh University
Sidney M. Edelstein Studentship in the
Chemical Sciences and Technologies
• John S. Ceccatti, Committee of
Conceptual Foundations of Science, University of Chicago
Charles C. Price Fellowship in Polymer History
• Seymour H. Mauskopf, Department of
History, Duke University
Eugene Garfield Postdoctoral Fellowship in the
History of Information Science
• W. Boyd Rayward, School of Information,
Library, and Archive Studies, University of New South Wales
1999 Société de Chimie Industrielle
(American Section) Fellowship
• Gwen E. Kay, DePaul University
1999 EAS Awards
The Eastern Analytical Symposium announces the
winner of another of their 1999 awards. Awards will be
presented during the EAS annual meeting that will be held
November 14-19, 1999, at the Garden State Convention Center
in Somerset, NJ.
American Microchemical Society
Benedetti-Pichler Award
• Jonathan V. Sweedler, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Heller Award
The Cleveland Section of the American Chemical
Society announces the recipient of its 1999 Irene C. Heller
Award. The award, named after the late Irene C. Heller, is
presented annually to a teacher in the Cleveland Section to
recognize excellence in teaching high school chemistry.
• Jesse D. Bernstein, Hawken School, Gates Mills, Ohio
The Passer Award, CHED
The ACS Division of Chemical Education
announces the 1999 awardees. Background information and
guidelines for the award follow.
1999 Awardees
- Rachel Wang, Spokane Community
College, Spokane, WA: to take advanced nutrition courses
at Washington State University
- Bill Brent, Stephens College, Columbia, MO,
and James G. Goll, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV:
to attend a microscale workshop in Morgantown, WV
- Richard Myers, Alaska Pacific University,
Anchorage, AK: to attend an atmospheric instrumentation
and measurements workshop at Storm Peak Lab, CO
Goal
The vision of the Passer Award is to provide support
for teachers in small programs and teachers who are
somewhat isolated from others in their discipline.
Guidelines
1. Awards will be made to individuals, not groups
or institutions. An individual is eligible to receive only one
award in any two-year period.
2. The individual must teach chemistry or chemical
technology as a full-time faculty member at a 2- or 4-year
college in the U.S. that does not have a graduate program
in chemistry.
3. The continuing education activities must be
directly related to the applicant's teaching and must take the
applicant away from his or her campus.
4. Awards are to be used for activities that could
include, but are not limited to, ACS short courses, advanced
courses at a nearby college or university, and workshops at
colleges or universities. The awards cannot be used for general
attendance at national or regional ACS meetings, the
presentation of research results, the purchase of equipment,
sabbatical leaves, organizing workshops, or travel unrelated to
an educational pursuit.
5. There is no application form, but a successful
application must include a description of proposed activity
and how it relates to the applicant's teaching; the dates,
locations, titles, and contacts; a brief description of the applicant's
institution and department; a short curriculum vitae;
itemized estimated expenses, amount of aid requested, and source
of supplemental funds.
6. Applications are reviewed three times a year by an
appointed committee. Deadlines for the review cycles
are April 1, July 1, and November 1. Applicants are
encouraged to submit early.
7. Email applications are preferred, although fax and
paper copies by U.S. mail are also acceptable.
Applications should be submitted to Larry Peck, Chemistry
Department, Texas A & M University, P. O. Box 30012, College
Station, TX 77842-3012; phone: 409/845-2356; fax:
409/862-3308; email: peck@tamu.edu.
1999 AOCS Fellows
The American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS)
announces Fellows for 1999. The fellowships are awarded in
recognition of achievements in science, to the society, or to the
profession.
- Howard C. Black, formerly of Swift and Company
- Kenneth K. Carroll, formerly of University of
Western Ontario
- David R. Erickson, formerly of the American
Soybean Association
- Frank D. Gunstone, The Scottish Crop
Research Institute
- Tetsutaro Hashimoto, Chiba Institute of Technology
- R. G. Krishnamurthy, formerly of Kraft Foods
- Gerhard Maerker, formerly of the United
States Department of Agriculture
- Ted P. Matson, formerly of CONDEA Vista
- Lincoln D. Metcalf, formerly of AKZO
Chemicals, Inc.
- Milton J. Rosen, Brooklyn College of the City
University of New York
- Randall Wood, Texas A&M University
Award Deadlines
NSTA Toyota Tapestry Grants
The 2000 Toyota Tapestry program, sponsored by
Toyota Motor Sales and administered by NSTA, celebrates its
10th anniversary this year. The program will award 50 grants
of up to $10,000 for K-12 science teachers. Interested
teachers should propose innovative science projects that can
be implemented in their school or school district over a
one-year period. Individual science teachers or a team of up
to five teachers can submit proposals in two categories:
environmental education and physical science applications.
Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their innovative
approach in teaching science, ability to create a stimulating
and hands-on learning environment, interdisciplinary
approach, and ability to increase student participation and interest
in science.
To obtain guidelines and entry forms for the
program, contact Toyota Tapestry Grants for Teachers, 1840
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000; phone:
1-800/807-9852; email: tapestry@nsta.org;
WWW:
http://www.nsta.org/programs/toyota.htm.
The deadline for receipt of proposals
is January 20, 2000.
Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
The Chemical Heritage Foundation announces
application deadlines for its fellowships, scholarships, and grants.
2000-2001 Fellowships
Five academic year (September-May) fellowships
are available to support scholars in residence. The Gordon
Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship
is open to a scholar with a Ph.D. who will carry out
historical research on the development of the chemical industries.
The Sidney M. Edelstein International Fellowship in
the Chemical Sciences and Technologies is open to
established scholars pursuing the history of science. The Sidney
M. Edelstein International Studentship in the Chemical
Sciences and Technologies is open to a student in the history of
the chemical sciences and technology who has completed all
requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation. Both
the Fellow and Student will divide their time between CHF
and the Edelstein Center for History and Philosophy of
Science, Technology, and Medicine in Jerusalem.
The Eugene Garfield Postdoctoral Fellowship in the
History of Scientific Information is open to candidates with
a Ph.D. in the chemical sciences, information science, or
the history of science, medicine, or technology. The Garfield
Fellow should plan to research the history of information
science as it relates to chemistry or the chemical science
or chemical process industries.
The Charles C. Price Fellowship in Polymer History
is open to established scholars pursuing the history of
science. Preference will be given to candidates whose projects deal
with polymer history; however, applications in other fields
such as history of chemistry, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals,
and biotechnology are also encouraged.
Two summer fellowships to support scholars in
residences are available: The Société de Chimie
Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship seeks to stimulate public
understanding of the chemical industries. Applications are
encouraged from writers, journalists, educators, and
historians of science, technology, and business. The Glenn E. and
Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship supports advancement
of the public understanding of the importance of the
chemical sciences and industries to the public welfare. Applications
are encouraged from scholars, educators, and science writers.
The deadline for academic year fellowships is
December 1, 1999; the deadline for summer fellowships is
February 15, 2000. Materials should be sent to Leo Slater,
Director of Historical Services, Chemical Heritage Foundation,
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106; phone:
215/873-8224; fax: 215/925-1954;
email: lslater@chemheritage.org.
Research Travel Grants
CHF offers small travel grants to enable interested
individuals to make use of the research resources of the
Beckman Center, the Othmer Library, and associated facilities.
Grants may be used for travel, subsistence, and copying costs;
they do not normally exceed $500, but applications for up
to $1000 will be considered, particularly from international
applicants. Applications should be sent to Mary Ellen
Bowden, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19106; phone: 215/873-8228; fax:
215/925-1954. The deadlines are: February 1 for grants used
April-June; May 1 for grants used July-September; August 1
for grants used October-November; November 1 for grants
used January-March.
Call for Nominations: AOCS
The American Oil Chemists' Society announces the
call for nominations for two awards. The Supelco/Nicolas
Pelick-AOCS Research Award recognizes outstanding original
research in fats, oils, lipid chemistry, or biochemistry. The
award will be presented in the form of a plaque and an
honorarium of $8,000. Nominations should be submitted by
November 1, 1999, to Casimor C. Akoh, University of Georgia,
Department of Food Science & Technology, Food Science
Building, Athens, GA 30602.
Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities
Celebrating Polymers!
National Chemistry Week 1999
National Chemistry Week (NCW), is the annual
nationwide celebration of the importance of chemistry
sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS). This year it
will take place during the week of November 7-13 and will
carry the theme Celebrating Polymers! You can become one of
the thousands of volunteers across the U.S. who carry out
hands-on activities and demonstrations to help the public
understand the contributions that chemistry makes to the
quality of their lives. Events are held in schools, on college
campuses, in libraries, shopping malls, science museums, and
hospitals. The local sections of ACS will be inviting students to
participate in the unifying event, "It's Your Turn! Planning for
a New Century". Students will be challenged to offer a
unique, creative use for the polymer sodium polyacrylate after
observing some of its properties in activities appearing
in WonderScience and ChemMatters magazines. NCW-99
also marks the culmination of the International Chemistry
Celebration. There is still time left to participate in some of
the activities associated with IChC. To find out more about
National Chemistry Week, the 1999 activities, and the
International Chemistry Celebration, contact the Office of
Community Activities, American Chemical Society; phone:
1-800-227-5558 x6097 or email: ncw@acs.org. Celebrate!
Editor's Note: In keeping with the theme of polymers for
National Chemical Week, the November issue of the
Journal will contain several articles on polymers and a consumer chemical
hunt Classroom Activity.
ACS Congressional and Science Policy Fellowships
The ACS Congressional Fellowship Program will
place two ACS members in congressional offices for one year
beginning in September 2000 to gain first-hand knowledge
of the operation of the legislative branch, make scientific
and technical expertise available to the government, and forge
links between the scientific and government communities.
Applications are due January 3, 2000. The ACS is
seeking applicants from among ACS members who range
from the "seasoned" chemical professional to the recent
graduate with or without work experience. ACS provides a
stipend and an allowance for relocation expenses.
ACS also selects a Science Policy Fellow who works
in the Headquarters Office of Legislative and Government
Affairs, usually for two years. The Science Policy
Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for a scientist to contribute
to the Society's discussions and recommendations in areas of
importance to the chemical community.
Contact the program office for application
information: Congressional Fellowship Program/Science Policy
Fellowship Program, Office of Legislative and Government
Affairs, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20036; phone: 202/452-8917; email:
congfellow@acs.org;
WWW: http://www.acs.org/govt.
Sixth Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences
The Sixth Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences
will be held from February 27 to March 2, 2000, at the
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei, Darussalam. The hosts are Universiti Brunei Darussalam
and Brunei Darussalam Institute of Chemistry. Conference
secretaries are Linda Lim and Miroslav Radojevic.
Correspondence should be sent to: EuAsC2S-6, Department of
Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam,
BE 1410, Brunei Darussalam; phone: ++ 673 2 249001 ext
345/332; fax: ++ 673 2 249502; email:
euas6@ubd.edu.bn;
WWW: http://202.160.0.88/eurasia/index.htm.
The Web site has an online form for the second circular.
Colloid and Surface Science Symposium
The 74th ACS Colloid and Surface Science
Symposium will be held June 19-21, 2000, at Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA. Plenary speakers are P. G. de Gennes,
Erich Sackmann, and Matthew Tirrell. The deadline for receipt
of abstracts is November 15, 1999; additional information
about abstract submission can be found at
http://www.lehigh.edu/~esd0/Colloid1000/collhome.html.
Further information about the meeting can be obtained from M. S. El-Aasser,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 111
Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18105; phone:
610/758-4470; fax: 610/758-5880; email:
mse0@lehigh.edu.
Symposia at EAS
The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS)
announces two symposia that will take place during their annual
meeting to be held November 14-19, 1999, at the Garden
State Convention Center in Somerset, NJ.
One is a series of six technical presentations on
forensic science, chaired and organized by Alvin Bober of the
Chemistry Department of Towson University. The second is a
two-day session titled Genome Sequencing Instrumentation
that has been arranged by Bettie Graham and Jeffrey Schloss
of the National Institutes of Health and Charles Edmonds and
Roland Hirsch of the Department of Energy. Further
information can be found on the EAS WWW site,
http://www.eas.org/.
People
NSTA Officers
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
has announced that Emma Walton, a science education
consultant and communications director for the Alaska
Science Teachers Association, began her term as the
organization's president for 1999-2000 on June 1, 1999. Arthur
Eisenkraft, a physics teacher and science coordinator in New
York's Bedford Public Schools, was named president-elect.
Proposal Deadlines
National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate
Education (DUE)
For further information about NSF DUE programs consult the
DUE Web site,
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/start.htm.
To contact the DUE Information Center, phone: 703/306-1666;
email: undergrad@nsf.gov.
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
November 15, 1999, and November 15, 2000
- Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
June 30, 2000
- New Faculty Awards Program: May 15, 2000
- Faculty Start-up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions: May 15, 2000
- Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions: June 30, 2000
- Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences:
Preliminary Proposals: June 15, 2000
Complete Proposals: September 1, 2000
- Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: March 1, 2000
- Senior Scientist Mentor: September 1, 1999, and September 1, 2000
Further information may be obtained from The Camille and
Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., 555 Madison Avenue, Suite 1305,
New York, NY 10022; phone: 212/753-1760;
email: admin@dreyfus.org;
WWW:http://www.dreyfus.org/
Research Corporation
- Cottrell College Science Awards: May 15 and November 15
- Cottrell Scholars: First regular business day in September
- Partners in Science: December 1 (the final opportunity for this
program is summer 1999)
- Research Opportunity Awards: May 1 and October 1
- Research Innovation Awards: May 1
Further information may be obtained from Research
Corporation, 101 North Wilmot Road, Suite 250, Tucson, AZ
85711-3332; phone: 520/571-1111; fax: 520/571-1119; email:
awards@rescorp.org;
WWW:http://www.rescorp.org
You are invited to send contributions to the
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Elizabeth A. Moore, Associate Editor, by email at
betmoore@
chem.wisc.edu or at the address on the masthead.
Contributions should be concise, to the point, and
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