Chemical Education Today
ACS National Meeting
Presidential Events and Symposia: Philadelphia Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC
During 2008, ACS President Bruce E. Bursten is highlighting energy development, education initiatives, enhanced communication of the centrality of chemistry, and international cooperation between chemists and chemical engineers. At the Philadelphia meeting there is a symposium on global energy challenges and opportunities on Monday afternoon. Beginning Sunday afternoon with a special symposium, and continuing throughout the week, we will celebrate the centrality of chemistry through the disciplines of agriculture and food chemistry, industrial and engineering chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry, as we observe the centennial of the divisions representing those disciplines. Other symposia sponsored by the president include the 40th Anniversary of Project SEED and the Astellas Foundation Award Lectures in Transitional Chemistry, a new national award. It promises to be an exciting time. These and other events that are cosponsored by the ACS President are listed below.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Lower Egyptian gallery of the world-renowned University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia counts the 12-ton granite Sphinx of Ramesses II among its treasures.
Sunday, August 17 Presidential Event: 2–5 p.m. Astellas Foundation Award Lectures in Translational Chemistry: Connecting Basic Research to Improve Human Health Cosponsored by BIOT, MEDI, ENVR, BIOL, and IEC. Presidential Session: 1:30–4:30 p.m. Celebrating Division Centennials: Divisions of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry Cosponsored by AGFD, IEC, ORGN, and PHYS. Other Symposia of Interest 100th Anniversary Symposium Sponsored by AGFD; cosponsored by PRES and HIST.
Other Symposia of Interest 100th Anniversary Symposium Sponsored by AGFD; cosponsored by PRES and HIST. Centennial of the Physical Division: Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Future Sponsored by PHYS, Cosponsored by PRES and HIST Division of Organic Chemistry Centennial Symposium Sponsored by ORGN, Cosponsored by PRES Project SEED: Cutting-Edge Research with High School Students Sponsored by CPS; cosponsored by PRES, CHED, CMA, SOCED, WCC, YCC, and LSAC.
Tuesday, August 19
Monday, August 18 Presidential Event: 1:30–5 p.m. Global Energy Challenges in the 21st Century Cosponsored by IAC and COMSCI.
Presidential Event: 1–5 p.m. Innovation & Competitiveness: Final Report of Immediate Past President Catherine T. Hunt Task Force, 2007–2008
Presidential Event: 2–5 p.m. Project SEED 40th Anniversary: Crossing Generations and Energizing Minds Cosponsored by CHED, CMA, CPS, LSAC, SOCED, WCC, YCC.
Other Symposia of Interest Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Centennial Symposium: 100 Years of Innovation Sponsored by I&EC; cosponsored by PRES. Centennial of the Physical Division: Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Future Sponsored by PHYS; cosponsored by PRES and HIST.
Photo by R. Kennedy for GPTMC.
Supporting JCE Online Material
http://www.jce.divched.org/Journal/Issues/2008/Aug/abs1042.html Abstract and keywords Full text (PDF)
Citizens Bank Park, the Philadelphia Phillies’ new 43,500-seat park.
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For more information about Presidential Events, contact Frank Walworth, Assistant to the Secretary and President, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036;
[email protected].
Journal of Chemical Education • Vol. 85 No. 8 August 2008 • www.JCE.DivCHED.org • © Division of Chemical Education
