The National Science Foundation, the Dreyfus Foundation, the University of Michigan, and the Huron Valley Section of the ACS are cosponsoring a workshop symposium around a theme significant to the culture of curriculum innovation and reform in undergraduate chemistry instruction. This theme, "Day 2-to-40" (J. Chem. Educ. 1997, 74, 74-83) means to express that two changes are needed to accomplish education reform: the intellectual decision to change, which affects the first day of class, and the behavioral change, which begins on the second day and goes through the end of the term ("Day 40" in a typical semester). When innovators develop and make changes for themselves, many aspects of these changes derive from intrinsic motivations and skills. To develop and promote reform that can transfer from innovators, we must consider the difference between the skill to do something and the will to do it.

The workshops will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 10-11, 1997, at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Full details and on-line registration can be found at the Day 2-to-40 Web site, http://www.umich.edu/~michchem/2to40.html (Brian P. Coppola, organizer; email: bcoppola@umich.edu). A limited number of fellowships for secondary teachers are available.

The one-and-a-half-day program will be a series of interactive workshops. Workshop leaders are drawn from all areas of curriculum reform and development in the United States, including representatives from all five NSF-funded consortia. These leaders have agreed to conduct workshops where they (as innovators) and the participants (as potential users and adapters of the ideas) can have a conversation about how ideas can move into actual classroom practice when it is not the innovator who is doing the teaching. The culture of reform is a "work in progress"; leaders and participants alike should find that such a conversation will be of mutual benefit to all involved. Sessions on assessment and evaluation practices are available.
There will be keynote talks by Thomas Cech, Roald Hoffmann, and Dudley Herschbach on the reintegration and role of biology, history, social awareness, philosophy, and chemistry in the liberal arts education. These three Nobel laureates will address future trends and directions in chemistry and hence chemical education. A panel discussion to reflect on efforts in chemical education today will feature Robert L. Lichter, Michael P. Doyle, and John G. Stevens.

Preceding the workshops, on Friday, May 9, 1997, the Third Michigan Symposium on Contemporary Challenges in Molecular Medicine will be cohosted in Ann Arbor by the University of Michigan Chemistry Department and Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research. "Enantioselective Catalysis" features talks by E. J. Corey, B. M. Trost, E. Jacobsen, and M. P. Doyle. There is no charge to attend. Details are on the Web site cited above

2YC₃ Conference Theme: Cutting Edge vs. Cutting Costs

The 142nd 2YC₃ Conference will be held September 25-27, 1997, at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA. The conference centers around chemical education's dilemma: how does one maintain or even reach cutting-edge technology while facing budget cuts and dwindling support? A sampling of topics to be offered is using CBL in the chemistry lab, establishing partnerships with industry, creative ways of finding funding, the ABC (applied biology, chemistry) modules, low-cost improvements in lab safety, starting a co-op program in chemistry (a preconference workshop), microscale chemistry, and the origins and implementation of ACS Chem Tech Skill Standards. Our featured speaker is Mary Virginia Orna. Tours will be provided to various industries.

Inquires and program information are available from Ronald E. DiStefano, Chemistry Department, Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, PA 18017-7599; phone: 610/861-5437; fax: 610/861-5373; email: red@pmail.nrhmcc.pa.us.

Summer Instrumentation Institute for 2-year College Teachers

2YC₃ and a coalition of 2-year and 4-year colleges have received limited funding from the National Science Foundation for Instrumentation Workshops. Workshops on FTIR, PC-software, and GC/MS and GC/HPLC will be held at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, from 22­27 June 1997. Workshops on PC Interfacing and PC Software/Molecular Modeling will be held at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, from 27 July 27 to 1 August 1997. Applicants will be accepted on a rolling admissions basis. For additional information and the list of requirements necessary to attend, contact Richard Jones, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH 45402-1460; phone: 937/226-7907; fax: 937/449-5164; email: rjones@sinclair.edu.

Microscale Workshops

The National Microscale Chemistry Center (NMC²) announces microscale laboratory workshops in organic, general, and inorganic/industrial chemistry during summer 1997:

June 20-27: Organic Chemistry Laboratory

July 13-18: General Chemistry Laboratory

July 27-August 1: General/Inorganic/Chemistry/ Industrial Laboratory

The one-week workshops will be held at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. Participants will be selected from community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. Industrial chemists and chemists employed in government laboratories are encouraged to apply. The staff members are Mono M. Singh, Zvi Szafran, and Susan Brien. Attendance at the workshops is limited. There is a registration fee of $200, half of which will be refunded upon completion of the workshop. For more information, contact National Microscale Chemistry Center, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA 01845; phone: 508/837-5137; fax: 508/837-5017; email: msingh@merrimack.edu or sbrien@merrimack.edu.

ACS Science Policy Fellowships

The ACS Department of Government Relations and Science Policy announces ACS Science Policy Fellowships, a unique opportunity for a scientist to join the ACS staff for one or two years. The Fellow will complete one or more selected science policy projects, assist in developing official ACS policy statements and testimony for Congress, and meet with Capitol Hill staff and federal agency officials. Applications are due June 2, 1997. For more information and application instructions, contact Wanda Guice at 202/872-4479; email: w_guice@acs.org; or write to ACS Department of Government Relations and Science Policy, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.