News from Journal House

Prepare for National Chemistry Week!

Chemistry Keeps Us Clean is the theme of National Chemistry Week 2002, to be observed October 20–26. As you make plans for participating in the celebrations in your area, keep in mind that JCE is developing special materials that will appear in our October issue, which will be mailed to subscribers in mid-September, so there is plenty of lead time.

You can order JCE materials for your classes or for groups with which you will celebrate National Chemistry Week: additional copies of our October issue, copies of the special new Classroom Activity (making toothpaste), or copies of previous Classroom Activities; or you can arrange for temporary online access to JCE for a group. If you want to do something particularly significant, we can arrange for subscriptions to JCE—to one teacher or to all teachers in your area at a special bulk rate. For more information, contact JCE: 800/991-5534 (U.S.) or 608/262-5153; email.

Awards Announced

John A. Timm Award

The New England Association of Chemistry Teachers (NEACT) has announced that the 2002 recipient of the John A. Timm Award is Morton Z. Hoffman of Boston University. The Timm Award, established by NEACT in 1971, commemorates the memory of John A. Timm of Yale University and Simmons College, is presented annually to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the education of young people in chemistry. Hoffman is the 27th recipient of the award. He will deliver an address to the association and will receive a certificate and a monetary award.

Morton Z. Hoffman

Hoffman, a chemist active in photochemistry and photophysics, has long been active in chemical education. He is the recipient of numerous other honors and awards. His own photograph appears here in honor of the photographs of the Boston area that he has graciously provided for this issue of the Journal.

ACS Women Chemists Committee Awards

In commemoration of its 75th anniversary in 2002, the ACS Women Chemists Committee is presenting Regional Awards for Contributions to Diversity. The award goes to five individuals who have significantly stimulated and fostered diversity in the chemical enterprises.

• Jeannette Brown, director, Statewide Systemic Initiative, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ; to be presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.
• John R. Laing, Supplies Delivery Unit, Xerox Corp., Webster, NY; to be presented at the Women Chemists Luncheon during the Fall ACS national meeting in Boston.
• Catherine Hurt Middlecamp, Chemistry Learning Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; to be presented at the Great Lakes Regional Meeting.
• Geraldine L. Richmond, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; to be presented at the Northwest Regional Meeting.
• Susan Yochum, Division of Mathematics, Science, and Computer Technology, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA; to be presented at the Central Regional Meeting.

2002 Welch Award

The Welch Foundation has announced that Harden McConnell of Stanford University has been awarded the 2002 Welch Award, a $300,000 prize and gold medallion given for lifetime achievements in basic chemical research, in recognition of his contributions. McConnell's work concerns the fundamental molecular properties of cell membranes, including those related to the regulation of cholesterol and the activation of the body's immune system. The award will be presented in October at a banquet hosted by the Welch Foundation in Houston.

2002 AOCS Awards

The American Oil Chemists' Society announces these awards for 2002.

• Norman Salem, Jr, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD: Supelco/Nicholas Pelick–AOCS Research Award for outstanding original research in fats, oils, lipid chemistry, or biochemistry.
• Vijai K. S. Shukla, International Food Science Centre A/S, Lystrup, Denmark: Stephen S. Chang Award in recognition of decisive accomplishments in research for the improvement or development of products related to lipids.
• Geoffrey F. Gibbons, Metabolic Research Laboratory, Oxford University, England: Schroepfer Medal award for significant and distinguished accomplishments in the steroid biochemistry.

Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities

17th National Educators' Workshop

The 17th annual National Educator's Workshop (NEW: Update 2002) will be held October 13–16, 2002. The NEW workshops provide educators with useful laboratory experiments and classroom demonstrations to enhance materials science, engineering, and technology education.

The 2002 workshop is being hosted by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, Ultratech Stepper, IBM Almaden Research Center, NASA Ames Research Center, and San Jose State University. The experiments, demonstrations, special interest sessions, and resource materials will cover the following areas: experiments and demonstrations, mini workshops, and plenary presentations.

For registration information contact Jim Jacobs, NEW: Update 2002, School of Science and Technology, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504-8060; phone: 757/823-8109; fax: 757/823-8215; email. The latest workshop information is available here.

People

NSTA Announces Officers

The National Science Teachers Association announces new officers for 2002–2003:

• Carolyn Randolph, Vice President for Outreach and Research, South Carolina Governor's School for Math and Science: President
• John Penick, Professor and Head of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, North Carolina State University: President-Elect

Announcements

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