News from Journal House

Recent Releases, JCE Software

The following issues have been released by JCE Software and shipped to those who placed orders. See Latest Releases for information about new and upcoming issues from JCE Software.

• Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 5, Special Issue 29, is a CD-ROM for Mac OS and Windows. It is the fifth in the CCA! series and contains several hundred movies dealing with organic chemistry and biochemistry (nearly two hours of video!). (Volumes 1-4 in the CCA! series are also available from JCE Software.) The authors are Jerrold J. Jacobsen, Kristin Johnson, John W. Moore, and Gary Trammell. A description appears in print in J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 423.

DNA is precipitated by addition of sodium acetate and ethanol.

• Advanced Chemistry Collection, Special Issue 28, is a collection of programs on CD-ROM for Mac OS and Windows for advanced undergraduate chemistry students (those in courses beyond the general or introductory level, such as organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, or special topics courses). The collection contains both new and previously published peer-reviewed software on a single CD-ROM for convenient access by students. This disk may be purchased in bulk at greatly reduced prices. A description appears in print in J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1526.

This screen from PTRJ in the Advanced Chemistry Collection shows a result of a trajectory over a potential-energy surface.

Awards Announced

Priestley Medal, 2002

Allen J. Bard will receive the 2002 Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society, its highest honor. The award is given each year for distinguished service to chemistry. Bard holds the Normal Hackerman/Welch Regents Chair in chemistry at the University of Texas, Austin.

Bard is known for his electrochemical research. He is the author of influential texts in the field and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (1982 through 2001).

2001 Catalyst Awards

The American Chemistry Council (formerly the Chemical Manufacturers Association) has announced the names of the 2001 Responsible Care Catalyst Award Winners. The Catalyst Awards Program honors educators who excel at teaching science and chemistry to students in college, high school, middle school, and grade school.

Nominations for eligible recipients come from colleagues and individuals who observe a teacher's excellence and inspiration in the classroom. This year's Catalyst Award winners will receive a medal and citation. National winners will be honored at an awards dinner held in conjunction with the National Science Teachers Association annual meeting. In addition, National winners' schools will receive $5,000 and Regional winners' schools will receive $2,500, to be used to improve their science education programs.

The American Chemistry Council is now accepting nominations for the 2002 Catalyst Awards program. The deadline for submissions is December 7, 2001. Nomination materials may be downloaded at www.americanchemistry.com/chemecology or by contacting Barbara Long, Manager, Education Programs, American Chemistry Council, 1300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209; phone: 703/741-5832; fax: 703/741-6832; www.americanchemistry.com.

National Winners

• Phillip E. Savage, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• Karen E. Grant, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

• Eugene F. Emborsky, Alexander Central School, Alexander, NY
• Ervin A. Pfeifle, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, NM
• Cynthia B. Roepcke, Pickerington High School, Pickerington, OH

• Jodie M. Harnden, Sunridge Middle School, Pendleton, OR
• Margaret Sadeghpour-Kramer, North Cedar Middle School, Clarence, IA
• Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY

Regional Winners

• Bruce E. Bursten, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

• Steven J. Long, Rogers High School, Rogers, AR

Courses, Seminars, Meetings Opportunities

17th ICCE in Beijing in 2002

The 17th International Conference on Chemical Education will be held in Beijing, China. The new conference dates are August 6-10, 2002, changed from August 18-23, 2002. The theme is New Strategies for Chemical Education in the New Century. The Organizing Committee invites all chemistry teachers, including university, college, and secondary school teachers, education researchers, chemistry researchers, and chemical engineers from all corners of world to gather in Beijing to discuss the new ideas, thoughts, approaches, and techniques for chemical education in the new century. The conference is sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and is being organized by The Chinese Chemical Society.

For further information contact the 17th ICCE Secretariat Professor Xibai Qiu, Secretary of 17th ICCE, C/O Chinese Chemical Society, PO Box 2709, Beijing, 100080, China; phone: 86 10 62568157 and 86 10 62564020; fax: 86 10 62568157; email: qiuxb@infoc3.icas.ac.cn; WWW: http://www.ccs.ac.cn.

People

JACS Editor

Peter J. Stang has been named the next editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The appointment was approved by the ACS Board of Directors during its meeting at the Spring ACS Meeting in San Diego. Stang is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah. He has been editor of Journal of Organic Chemistry since January 2000 and was an associate editor of JACS for 18 years prior to that. He will assume the editorship of JACS in January 2002. He replaces Allen J. Bard of the University of Texas, Austin, who has been editor since 1982.

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