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JCE Online is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the JCE Online Store. Now, from the convenience of your desktop you can purchase subscription renewals and software. Simply point your Internet browser at http://store.jce.divched.org
to begin shopping for JCE products online. Products currently available from the JCE Online Store are Journal subscriptions, both new subscriptions and renewals, JCE Software CD-ROMs, videotapes, and videodiscs, and the JCE Books Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and TA Handbook. The JCE Online Store is well-integrated with other parts of JCE Online so that you can easily research your purchases before you buy. The JCE Online Store uses open source e-commerce software and VeriSign security technology so you can be assured that your online transactions are safe and secure. Future plans for the JCE Online Store include the ability to purchase and immediately download selected JCE Software titles. We are also investigating the ability to purchase single articles from the Journal and Chemistry Comes Alive! video clips and images. We are excited to offer our subscribers and customers the online ordering. We hope you take advantage of the convenient, safe, and secure JCE Online Store soon and often.
Guide to Submissions, JCE Software http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ guideToSoftware.pdf
Manuscript Keyword List http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ keywords.pdf
Instructions for Final Manuscript Preparation http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ finalPrep.pdf
Guidelines, Literature Cited and Notes http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ guideLitCited.pdf
Electronic Submission Form http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ filesForm.pdf
Copyright Assignment http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ copyright.pdf
For Reviewers JCE Reviewer Guidelines http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Reviewers/guidelines.pdf
JCE Reviewer Information Form (includes keywords) http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Reviewers/info.pdf
Thank You, Project Chemlab Reviewers We acknowledge here the Project Chemlab reviewers for the year 2004. Thanks go to this stalwart group for the time and expertise they contribute to providing more extensive reviews and annotations of manuscripts for laboratory experiments. The CHED Committee on Project Chemlab is chaired by Carolyn B. Allen. New members of the committee in 2004 are Roy J. Cohen, Gail Horowitz, and Ian R. Hunt.
JCE Forms for Authors, Reviewers Copies of current versions of JCE forms that are relevant to authors and reviewers are always available on JCE Online. For your convenience, they are listed below, with links to the relevant PDF files. Note that the Guide to Submissions and Supplemental Guidelines, Lab Experiment Manuscripts have been modified recently.
For Authors Guide to Submissions http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ guideTo.pdf
Supplemental Guidelines, Lab-Experiment Manuscripts http://www.jce.divched.org/Contributors/Authors/Submissions/ suppGuideLab.pdf
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Carolyn B. Allen, Ronald A. Bailey, Isabel Ball, Elisabeth T. Bell-Loncella, Daniel Bernier, Robert D. Braun, Kenneth H. Brown, Stanley C. Bunce, G. Lynn Carlson, Roy J. Cohen, Kelley J. Donaghy, Thomas H. Eberlein, Mark Fritz, Ping Y. Furlan, Michael Guarnieri, John Hanson, James K. Hardy, Alan Hazari, Gail Horowitz, James W. Hovick, Ian R. Hunt, Ramee Indralingam, Albert W. Jache, Ishenkumba Kahwa, Susan J. Klein, Jim Konzelman, Leroy E. Laverman, Joe L. March, Edward R. Matjeka, Sarah F. McDuffie, Larry McGahey, Robert W. Milne, Jonathan Mitschele, Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo, Shallee T. Page, Owen Priest, Ponnadurai Ramasami, Manit Rappon, Paul W. Rasmussen, Patricia Redden, John M. Risley, Marie Sherman, Darren G. Stoub, Louise Stracener, Worth E. Vaughan, Don L. Warner, Kathryn R. Williams, John Woolcock, John F. Zimmerman
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News & Announcements Awards Announced 2004 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, sponsored by the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society • Richard N. Zare, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
The award, which includes a citation and an honorarium will be presented to Zare on November 11, 2004. The title of his talk is “Chemical Fizzics: Seeing Chemistry in Action”. Zare is renowned for his research in the area of lasers applied to chemical reactions and to chemical analysis. He has written the textbook Angular Momentum and a widely used manual on laser experiments. More than 100 students have received a Ph.D. under his direction. Zare has been active in public service, serving on the National Science Board (the policy-setting body of the National Science Foundation) from 1992 to 1998, the last two years as its chair. He has received many honors, including the National Medal of Science (1983), the Welch Award in Chemistry (1999), and the Distinguished Service Award, National Science Board (1998). Zare is a graduate of Harvard University, where he received his A.B. in chemistry and physics in 1961 and his Ph.D. in chemical physics in 1964. He has been a faculty member of the chemistry departments of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1965–1966), University of Colorado (1966–1969), Columbia University (1969–1977), and Stanford University (1977–present). The Norris Award, established in 1950 by the Northeastern Section, was made possible by a bequest from Anne C. Norris to perpetuate the memory of her husband, James F. Norris, who was a professor of chemistry at Simmons College from 1904–1915 and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1916–1940. He was President of the American Chemical Society in 1925–1926.
Award Deadlines Nominations, James Flack Norris Award The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society invites nominations for the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry. The Norris Award, one of the oldest awards given by a Section of the American Chemical Society, is presented annually by the Northeastern Section. The Award consists of a certificate and an honorarium of $3000. Nominees must have served with special distinction as teachers of chemistry at any level: secondary school, college, or graduate school. Since 1951, awardees have included teachers at all levels, some eminent and some less widely known yet equally effective. Nominations should focus on the candidate’s contributions to and effectiveness in teaching chemistry. Include
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the nominee’s curriculum vitae and, where appropriate, a list of honors, awards, and publications related to chemical education. Seconding letters are an important part of a nominating packet. These may show the impact of the nominee’s teaching in inspiring colleagues and students toward an active life in chemistry and/or related sciences, or may attest to the influence of the nominee’s other activities in chemical education, such as writing textbooks, journal articles, or other professional activity at the local or national level. Materials should be printed on paper sized 8 1/2 ⫻ 11 inches. The nomination packet should not exceed 30 pages and should not include books or reprints or software. Please direct questions about the content of a nomination to: Howard R. Mayne at
[email protected]. Send nomination packets (as hard copy, or electronically in Adobe PDF format) to Marilou Cashman, NESACS, 23 Cottage Street, Natick, MA 01760:
[email protected]. The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2005. New HIST Award Program The ACS Division of History of Chemistry (HIST) has announced the initiation of a new award program, the HIST Citations for Chemical Breakthroughs. Beginning in 2005, these Citations will recognize breakthrough publications and patents worldwide in the field of chemistry. Plaques, to be placed in the hallways outside the office or laboratory where the breakthroughs were achieved, will be presented annually to the institutions at which these breakthroughs occurred. Jeffrey Seeman, Chair-Elect of HIST, summarized the purpose of these Citations: “We believe that identifying and celebrating chemical successes are important to the continued prosperity of chemistry worldwide. We envision that our colleagues and friends, seeing these plaques, will feel pride and inspiration in being a contributor to the sciences.” The selection process involves open solicitation of nominations from the scientific community. An awards committee composed of eminent scientists and historians of science will provide careful screening of nominees and selection of each year’s (multiple) awardees. HIST intends to enlist ACS Local Sections, HIST members, and, for international recipients, sister chemical and history organizations to participate in the awards ceremonies. Additional information will appear on the HIST Web site at http://www.scs.uiuc.edu~mainzv/ HIST/ (accessed Oct 2004). Citations for Chemical Breakthroughs now joins HIST’s Edelstein Award and its predecessor, the Dexter Award, presented annually since 1956. These latter two awards honor individuals having outstanding achievements in the history of chemistry. Annually, the Division of History of Chemistry also awards the Outstanding Paper Award, to recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship in the history of chemistry.
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Proposal Deadlines National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) These NSF deadlines have been established or are anticipated. •
Course, Curriculum, & Lab. Improvement (CCLI) Formal Proposals A&I Track (Adapt. & Implement.) Dec. 2, 2004 ASA Track (Assess. of Student Achiev.) Dec. 8, 2004
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NSF Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars (DTS) Formal Proposals February 9, 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. Other Funding Opportunities for STEM Education may be found at http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE/links/ other_programs.asp. Program solicitations are available electronically through NSF’s Online Document System at http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/pubsys/browser/odbrowse.pl and through the NSF DUE site http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/DUE; phone: 703/292-8670; email:
[email protected]. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. • • • • • • •
Camille Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards Program: November 10, 2005 Start-Up Award Program: May 12, 2005 Henry Dreyfus Teacher–Scholar Awards Program: June 30, 2005 New Faculty Awards Program: May 12, 2005 Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: February 24, 2005 Senior Scientist Mentor Program: Completed Proposals: August 25, 2005 Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences: Preliminary Proposals: June 2, 2005 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, New York, NY 10022-3301; phone: 212/753-1760; email:
[email protected]; http://www.dreyfus.org/.
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Cottrell College Science Awards: May 15 and November 15 Cottrell Scholars: September 1 Research Innovation Awards: suspended 2004–2005 Research Opportunity Awards: May 1 and October 1
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: awards@ rescorp.org; WWW: http://www.rescorp.org/.
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2005 Pittsburgh Conference College Grant Program The Pittsburgh Conference and its sponsoring societies, the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) and The Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) announce the 2005 Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants Program. Established in memory of R. K. Scott, President of the Pittsburgh Conference in 1955, the program serves as a memorial to deceased members of the Pittsburgh Conference Committee by promoting excellence in science education. Through the program, small colleges can enhance their science curricula through grants to purchase scientific equipment, audio-visual or other teaching aids, or library materials for use in the teaching of science at the undergraduate level. The maximum funds available for any 2005 grant is $9000. For applications forms or additional information, contact Mildred B. Perry, The Pittsburgh Conference—PCMNCG, 300 Penn Center Boulevard, Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503; phone: 412/825-3220, ext. 204; fax: 412/825-3224;
[email protected] (use PCMNCG in the subject line for proper handling). Grant applications and proposals must be received no later than December 1, 2004. Announcement of the awards will be made by February 2005.
Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities 2005 Young Observer Program The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is holding its 43rd IUPAC General Assembly (business meetings) and 40th IUPAC Congress (scientific sessions) in Beijing, China, August 13–21, 2005. The U.S. National Committee for IUPAC is seeking outstanding young U.S. scientists and engineers, under the age of 45, with interests and expertise related to the divisions, committees, and working group of IUPAC to travel as Young Observers to China. The program provides an opportunity to support international efforts for young scientists and engineers, gain knowledge of IUPAC, develop an international network of scientists and engineers, and represent U.S. colleagues in the chemical sciences. For information about candidate eligibility and restrictions as well as for application forms go to http:// www7.nationalacademies.org/usnc-iupac/. All materials must be received no later than January 15, 2005; electronic submission is encouraged.
Materials Available Introduction: Batteries and Fuel Cells Introduction: Batteries and Fuel Cells is the theme of a special issue of Chemical Reviews to be published October 2004. The issue covers the electrochemical storage and generation of energy in batteries and fuel cells. The issue editors are M. Stanley Whittingham, Robert F. Savinell, and Thomas Zawodzinski. To order single issues or for more information, go to http://pubs.acs.org/journals/chreay/thematic.html (accessed Oct 2004).
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