the Undergraduate Awards Program. Every year, the journal and DAC provide eight-month, academic-year subscriptions to ~ 400 chemistry majors selected by the faculty at U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities with ACS-approved chemistry programs. The recipients also become honorary members of DAC for one year. This program is intended to recognize outstanding scholastic achievement and to stimulate interest in the field. For the 1994-95 school year, 384 subscriptions were awarded. Since 1966 DAC has supported graduate students through the graduate fellowships program. The program began with two summer fellowships, awarding a stipend of $800 and tuition and fees. The following year, the program was increased to six summer fellowships, and in 1970 the first full-time fellowship was awarded. For the 1994-95 academic year, 11 fellowships were awarded:fivefull-year fellowships of $14,000 each and six summer fellowships of $4650 each. (See the Sept. 1 issue for details on the 1994 awardees.) The graduate fellowships are intended to encourage basic research in analytical chemistry, to promote its growth in academic institutions, and to recognize future leaders of the profession. The awards are open to students working toward their Ph.D. on a full-time basis and who have completed at least one year of graduate work. In addition, their advisers must be members of DAC. A committee of professional analytical chemists selects the recipients on the basis of written applications and letters of recommendation. The graduate fellowships program is fortunate to have the financial sponsorship of several of the country's leading chemical and instrument manufacturers as well as support from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP). Glaxo, DuPont, Eastman Chemical, Procter & Gamble, Perkin Elmer, Dow, and Eli Lilly each sponsored one full-time or summer fellowship this year. The fellowship winner often has the opportunity to visit the sponsor, allowing the student to
observe the life of an analytical chemist in the industrial environment. This visit often helps the student decide what type of career to pursue after graduation. In addition to promoting good public relations, the companies benefit from improved industrial-academic relationships, and often the awardee comes to work for the sponsoring company after graduation. Each year DAC also honors outstanding analytical chemists with four awards: the Award in Electrochemistry (sponsored by EG&G Princeton Applied Research), the Award for Excellence in Teaching (cosponsored by DAC and DuPont) , the Award in Spectrochemical Analysis (sponsored by Perkin Elmer), and the Award in Chemical Instrumentation (sponsored by the Dow Chemical Foundation) . The awards are presented at the fall national meeting, and each awardee receives a cash honorarium, a travel allowance to the meeting, and an inscribed plaque. (See the Oct. 1 issue for details on the 1994 awardees.) The Subdivision of Chromatography and Separations Chemistry, a subgroup of DAC, tries to schedule two half-day sessions on the latest advances in chromatography and separations at each national meeting. At this year's fall national meeting in Washington, DC, they held a symposium entitled "Capillary Column Developments in Separations Chemistry" that covered column technology, capillary SFC, and various aspects of CE. The officers of the Subdivision are Peter C. Uden of the University of Massachusetts, chair; John G. Nikelly of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, chair-elect; and Mary Ellen P. McNally of DuPont, secretary. DAC membership is open to scientists, engineers, college science students, and technically trained professionals with an interest in chemical separation and analysis. For more information about DAC and its programs, contact Sarah Rutan, Virginia Commonwealth University, Dept. of Chemistry, Box 2006, Richmond, VA 23284-2006 (804-367-7517; fax 804-3678599; e-mail
[email protected]).
Janata receives Electrochemical Society award Jiri "Art" Janata is the first recipient of the Electrochemical Society Sensor Division's Outstanding Achievement Award. Janata, associate di-
rector of materials and interfaces at the Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory located at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) and research professor of materials science at the University of Utah, is being honored for his work on chemically sensitive solid-state sensors. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the Electrochemical Society earlier this month. Janata received his M.Sc. degree and his Ph.D. from Charles University (Czech Republic) in 1961 and 1965, respectively. He joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1976 and PNL in 1991.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION • OSHA booklet The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a new booklet entitled "Personal Protective Equipment" (OSHA 30771994). The booklet, which reflects revisions made in July to OSHA's personal protective equipment standards, discusses the concept of personal protective equipment; assessing the workplace for hazards; proper use of equipment; selection, fit, and maintenance of equipment; and water and night work hazards. To obtain a single copy, send a self-addressed label to OSHA Publications Office, Room N-3101,200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210.
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