News NSF Awards Graduate Fellowships to 555 Students The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that fellowships for graduate study have been awarded to 555 outstanding undergraduates, including 105 minority students. The fellowships are for graduate study in the natural and social sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Four of this year's fellowships were awarded for graduate study of analytical chemistry. In addition to the fellowship
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Rani George Joins ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Staff Rani Anne George joined the staff of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY as an
editorial assistant in April. George earned her BA in chemistry at the College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Md., in 1978. While still an undergraduate, she did work in calorimetry, electrophoresis, and radioimmunoassay as a research assistant at the National Bureau of Standards, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Litton Bionetics. After graduation, she performed water pollution analyses as an analytical chemist at Penniman & Browne in Baltimore, Md. Before joining the JOURNAL staff, she was involved in the publication of a scientific bulletin on smoking and health at Informatics, Inc., Rockville, Md. Her initial assignments on ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY will include editorial participation in the peer review process for technical manuscripts, and responsibility for New Products, Manufacturers' Literature, For Your Information, Short Courses, Call for Papers, and Meetings.
awards, NSF awarded honorable mention to 1231 applicants (including 78 minority applicants) in recognition of their potential for scientific careers. More than 3800 students applied for the fellowships, including over 400 minority students. The fellowships provide a stipend of $4800 per year for full-time graduate study. In addition, an annual cost-ofeducation allowance of $3400 is provided by NSF, in lieu of tuition and
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Ozawa Wins Thermal Analysis Award The awards committee of the North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) has announced the selection of Takeo Ozawa of the Electrotechnical Laboratory, Ibaraki, Japan, as the recipient of the 1981 Mettler Award in Thermal Analysis. The award, sponsored by Mettler Instrument Corporation of Hightstown, N.J., recognizes outstanding work in the field of thermal analysis. The presentation ceremony will take place at the 11th NATAS Conference in New Orleans, La., scheduled for Oct. 19-21, 1981. CIRCLE 105 ON READER SERVICE CARD ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL. 53, NO. 7, JUNE 1981 · 829 A
