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Reviewing the Year As soon as this issue has gone to press, many of the
Journal staff will pack up and travel to the Dallas ACS
Meeting. One thing we will do is meet with our Board of
Publication; we can happily report that in 1997 we published more
pages than ever and that thus far 1998 is ahead of 1997. In
addition, Classroom Activities have appeared each month
since their inception in September 1997 - the frequency of
their appearance has been driven by their popularity. Likewise,
the Viewpoints series has brought much favorable comment
and readers tell us they are making copies available to their
students. JCE Online+ is a reality. The manuscript backlog
is down dramatically.
Looking Forward
While we are in Dallas we will also attend and
participate in symposia, reporting on items of interest in these
pages next month. We will meet with our advertising
representative and together visit the booths of current and
prospective advertisers, hoping to bring you even more information
about products of use in your teaching and research. And we
will meet many of our readers, always a rich source of ideas.
Be a Journal Ambassador
In the January 1998 issue, Jerry Bell in his role as
chair of our Board of Publication issued challenge to readers: Be
a Journal Ambassador! Encourage your friends and
colleagues to subscribe. Get your students off to a great start with a
subscription. Take copies to workshops, short courses, and
in-service programs. Although the rewards will be mainly
intrinsic, we are offering a one-year subscription to
Print/Online+ for every six years of new or gift subscriptions
your ambassadorship brings in. For details see page 22 of the
January issue or contact the editorial office.
Celebrating 75 Years
15th BCCE (August 9-15)
Plans are taking shape. At the 15th BCCE (August
9-15) there will be a session for high school teachers and
an evening poster session-birthday party. At the Boston ACS Meeting (August 23-27) expect a Sunday evening mixer, a poster session, and a day-long symposium on the
Journal 's past and future that includes many familiar names.
As a part of our celebrations, we seek recollections from early readers. Who can tell us what it was like to know Neil Gordon or Otto Reinmuth? Many could recount what a subscription to the Journal meant as a young teacher just starting out. Was there an article that you read in our pages that had a profound effect on your teaching? Did you publish something in the Journal that changed your career or affected others? We are gathering such materials and invite your contributions. Photos from our archives will also be on
display - including some mystery photos that need the people and events identified. So, whether you are an early subscriber who knew Neil Gordon or a recent one who has found our pages useful, let us hear from you.
Viewpoints: Chemists on Chemistry
You will notice that this month we have interrupted
our Viewpoints series to publish the 8th Waters Symposium:
Lasers in Chemistry. The Viewpoints Series will continue
next month - as many readers will be happy to learn. Here is
where we stand as of press time.
Published
In Preparation
- Photochemistry, by Marye Anne Fox
- Computational Chemistry, by William Goddard
- Organic and Natural Product Synthesis, by K.
C. Nicolaou
- Industrial Chemistry, by George Parshall
and Chadwick A. Tolman
- Chemical Dynamics, by Richard N. Zare
Readers have found many uses of these very special
articles that review a particular field of chemistry for the
past 50 years and predict its evolution over the next 25
years - not just for themselves but also for advanced
undergraduate and graduate students. We welcome this wide use and
remind readers of our very generous policy regarding
making copies: "For classroom use by teachers, one copy per
student in the class may be made free of charge."
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