News from Journal House

Another Decade of JCE Available Online

More good news: another decade of JCE back issues is now available on JCE Online! Scanned back issues now begin with January 1967. Subscribers now have online access to every article published in JCE from January 1967 through the present.

1967–1996 issues are now available

You have access to this wealth of chemical education literature via JCE Index online. Search for articles as you normally would. Articles published since January 1967 will have a link to “Full Text”: click it to view the full text of the article.

The 1967–1976 issues that are newly available are the result of a scanning project by JCE student workers. The scanned images are delivered as PDF files. Scanning and digitizing efforts continue, so expect further expansion of back-issue offerings.

Newsletter for Demonstrators, at the Demo Corner

The first issue of The Demoist, a new electronic publication for people who prepare and perform demos, or simply love to read about those who do, is now available to JCE subscribers online at JCE’s Demo Corner.

If you would like to receive this free electronic newsletter or to contribute articles, questions, or comments to it, contact Jim Maynard.

Awards Announced

CHED Finalist in ChemLuminary Award Competition

ACS President Bill Carroll has announced that the Division of Chemical Education (CHED), based on its programs and activities in 2004, is one of the finalists for a division recognition award in the 7th Annual ChemLuminary Award Competition. This designation is based on the information contained in CHED’s 2004 annual report, which was compiled by John Clevenger, 2004 Chair, Jerry Sarquis, 2004 Secretary, and Susan Greer, Division Office Manager. Highlights in the report included the Division’s programs at ACS national and regional meetings and the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, and the activities of the ACS Examinations Institute and the Journal of Chemical Education.

Recipients will be announced and awards will be the presented at the ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, in the Independence Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The event will be preceded by a poster session and social hour at 7:30 p.m. and a celebration with dancing afterward. The presentations will include 36 awards given by 12 committees of the Society.

AIC Gold Medal, Chemical Heritage Foundation

The Chemical Heritage Foundation has announced that Robert L. McNeil, Jr. is the recipient of the 2005 American Institute of Chemists (AIC) Gold Medal. McNeil is the innovator, manager, and entrepreneur responsible for the launch of Tylenol, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2005. The award was presented during Heritage Day, June 9, 2005. Other awards presented were the Othmer Gold Medal (to James D. Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA), the Winthrop-Sears Award of the Chemists’ Club (to Herbert W. Boyer, co-founder of Genentech), and the CDMA Award for Executive Excellence (to Thomas M. Connelly, Jr., of DuPont).

Welch Award

The Welch Foundation has named George Whitesides of Harvard University the 35th recipient of the international Welch Award in Chemistry. The $300,000 award and gold medallion will be presented at a banquet in his honor in October 2005. Whitesides has worked in wide-ranging areas of chemistry and related science, generally centered in physical-organic chemistry, biochemistry, surface science, and materials science. Whitesides is also co-author with Felice Frankel of On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science, a book that illustrates the physical beauty of chemistry through photographs of chemical reactions and surfaces.

2005 Cottrell Scholar Awards

Research Corporation has announced the 2005 Cottrell Scholar Awards. They are designed to identify early-career faculty who show promise to be future leaders in research and who are committed to making significant contributions to teaching, especially at the undergraduate level.

The awards, in the amount of $100,000, are made to teacher–scholars in the physical sciences at Ph.D.-granting institutions. Eligibility is limited to scientists in the third year of their first tenure-track position. The program requires submission of two proposals—one for research and one for teaching. More information may be found on the Research Corp. Web site. The deadline for the next round of Cottrell Scholar Awards is September 1, 2005. The 2005 winners in chemistry are listed below.

Paramjit S. Arora, Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY

Helen E. Blackwell, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

Keith Fagnou, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Boyd M. Goodson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL

Chuan He, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Teri W. Odom, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Chad M. Rienstra, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Hongcai Zhou, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Miami, OH

2005 Camille Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has announced the recipients of their 2005 Teacher–Scholar Awards, which have been established to support the teaching and research careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Criteria for selection include an independent body of scholarship and a commitment to education that signals the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching.

Shana O. Kelley, Boston College, Boston, MA

Brian M. Stoltz, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Brian R. Gibney, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY

Marcus Weck, Georgia Institute of Technology, Athens, GA

Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Daniel J. Mindiola, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Jason M. Haugh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Christine D. Keating, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Rustem F. Ismagilov, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Kristie A. Boering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Zhibin Guan, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

Yung-Ya Lin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Todd D. Krauss, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Janis Louie, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Daniel Gamelin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Victor Batista, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Senior Scientist Mentor Award, 2005

Senior Scientist awards are available to faculty with emeritus status and who maintain active research programs in the chemical sciences. The awards will allow undergraduates to do research under their guidance. Successful applicants, who are expected to be closely engaged in a mentoring relationship with the students, will receive grants of $10,000 annually for two years ($20,000 total) for undergraduate stipends and modest research support.

Harold A. Scheraga, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Norman C. Craig, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Ronald P. Andres, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Theodore Cohen, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Esther M. Conwell, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

James E. Boggs, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

A. Paul Krapcho, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

International Chemistry Olympiad Competition

Twenty of the nation’s best chemistry students, representing 10 states, have been named as candidates for the U.S. team for the International Chemistry Olympiad. They will compete for a spot on the U.S. team in the 37th annual International Chemsitry Olympiad, to be held in Taipei, Taiwan, from July16–25, 2005.

The finalists will prepare for two weeks at a study camp at the U.S. Air Force Academy where they will receive college-level training with an emphasis on organic chemistry, through a series of lectures, problem-solving exercises, lab work, and testing. At the conclusion of the camp, a four-member U.S. team will be named to participate in the international contest with teams from more than 60 other countries.

In 2004 the U.S. team won four silver medals; in 1999 and 2000, a member of the U.S. team won the top gold medal at the Olympiad.

Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities

19th BCCE at Purdue University: The Bridge between Teaching and Learning

The 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education is scheduled for July 30–August 3, 2006, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. A close cluster of meeting facilities, as well as new housing, new food courts, and recreation areas make this a great location for the conference. To find out additional conference information see the Web site (accessed Jun 2005) or send a question via email.

About the Program

The program will include symposia and featured speakers addressing the public’s view of chemistry; the chemistry of food; research in chemical education, physics education, and chemical engineering education; the first-year chemistry course; and high performance chemistry. The high school program will include a survival symposium for high school chemistry teachers in their first five years, an AP chemistry symposium, a discussion of science education reform, and a series of symposia designed to help high school teachers present innovative lessons that meet state and national standards. 2005 ACS President Bill Carroll will provide the wrap-up presentation on the final morning of the Biennial.

Your Input Invited

There is much more to a BCCE than featured speakers and related symposia. That’s why the program committee is soliciting organizers and suggestions for symposia, workshops, and demonstrations. Visit the link Call for Symposia, etc. on the conference Web site (accessed Jun 2005) for more information.

2YC₃ Web Site Moved

The Web page for 2YC₃, the CHED committee for two-year college teachers, has changed. The new address is http://www.2yc3.org (accessed Jun 2005).

International Congress of Chemistry and Environment

The 2nd International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2005) will be held at Indore, India, from December 24–26, 2005, on all topics related to Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Pollution and its Prevention, Waste Management, Earth Sciences, Atmospheric  and Ocean Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Meteorology, Geochemistry and Geophysics, Geology, Life Sciences, Botany, Zoology, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Environment Law, Environment Management, Computational Chemistry and related fields. The focal theme is Causes, Prevention and Management of Natural Disasters and Man-Made Disasters.

The deadline for abstracts is August 1, 2005. For details please visit this Web site (accessed Jun 2005) or contact the congress coordinator, Ponnadurai Ramasami, University of Mauritius.

7th ECRICE and 3rd ECCE Proceedings

The Seventh European Conference on Research in Chemical Education (ECRICE) and the Third European Conference on Chemical Education (ECCE) were held jointly in Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 24–28, 2004. These conferences were organized by the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Education, the Slovene Chemical Society, and the Federation of European Chemical Societies’ Division of Chemical Education and were held at the University of Ljubljana.

The conference organizers and authors of presentations have prepared the conference proceedings and kindly made them available to JCE for dissemination. Edited by Sasˇa A. Glazˇar and Dusˇan Krnel, the proceedings include text of five plenary sessions, two keynote addresses, 17 oral presentations, and six posters. The proceedings (in English) are available in JCE Online as a single PDF file.

Materials Available

Nano for People Newsletter

The NanoTechnology Group, Inc. announces the redesign of their Web site (accessed Jun 2005) and mailing system. This group publishes a monthly newsletter, Nano for People, that is available without charge; they also have many online features as well as pointers to materials of interest on other sites. Both the newsletter and the Web site contain much useful information for those who include, or plan to include, nanotechnology in their teaching. Their focus is nano-science education at all levels, from workforce technicians and university courses down through the primary grades.

People

The Haight Laboratory, Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, has recently opened a new science center. One of the named spaces within the science center is The Haight Laboratory, a general chemistry laboratory named in honor of Gilbert P. Haight, Jr. Haight was an associate professor of chemistry at Swarthmore from 1954 to 1965.

Funds were donated by his former general chemistry students, Elizabeth Probasco Kutchai and Paul I. Corddry. Kutchai went on to become a high school chemistry teacher; Corddry majored in economics and became a marketing executive with H. J. Heinz Co. Kutchai reminisces about Haight and his teaching style: “He is the reason why I majored in chemistry and eventually became a high school chemistry teacher. He lured many students by making chemistry look like a whole lot of fun while, at the same time, instituting intellectual rigor.”

Haight, who taught at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign before his retirement, has won many awards for his teaching, including the ACS Award in Chemical Education (Pimentel Award); an adaptation of his award address appeared in the September 1979 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.

Proposal Deadlines National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) The following NSF deadlines have been established or are anticipated. Advanced Technology Education (ATE) Formal Proposals October 18, 2005 Preliminary Proposals (2006) April 25, 2006 Course, Curriculum and Lab Improvement (CCLI) Full Proposals, Phase 2 and 3 January, 24, 2006 Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC) Full Proposals September 16, 2005 Official deadline dates for proposals will be specified in the new program solicitation for each program, to be published at least three months before the relevant deadline date. Consult NSF Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education for the most up-to-date listings and guidelines; phone: 703/292-8670; email. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Camille Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards Program: November 10, 2005 Faculty Start-Up Award Program: May 11, 2006 Henry Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards Program: June 29, 2006 New Faculty Awards Program: May 11, 2006 Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: May 25, 2006 Senior Scientist Mentor Program: Completed Proposals: August 25, 2005 Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences: Completed Proposals: August 25, 2005 Further information and confirmation of the above deadlines may be obtained from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., 555 Madison Avenue, Suite 1305, New York, NY 10022-3301; phone: 212/753-1760; email. Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Awards: May 15 and November 15 Cottrell Scholar Awards: September 1 Research Innovation Awards: suspended 2004-2005 Research Opportunity Awards: May 1 and October 1 Special opportunities in Science Awards: prospective applicants should submit a preliminary letter. Further information may be obtained from Research Corporation, 4703 East Camp Lowell Drive, Suite 201, Tucson, AZ 85712; phone: 520/571-1111; fax: 520/571-1119; email.