The Syracuse Chemist Volume 103/Issue 3

May 2011

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ESM Hosts Celebration of the Periodic Table

2011 Sustainability Fair a Success

Education Night 2011 - Hofmann and Showalter together again!

The Chemist Celebrate Earth Day Illustrated Poem Contest took place in early April. Members of the Executive Committee including Robert Stankavage judged this year’s 400+ entries and chose the top entries to submit to National. This year’s themes were Energy (IYC Theme) and Water (ACS Theme). Our K-2 winner is first grader, Jenna Orlando from Fremont Elementary School the theme for her Haiku was Energy. Water and power plants were the themes of Meghan Mulligan’s free verse, a fifth grader from Minoa Elementary School. Eighth grader, Katherine Babcock from Bishop Ludden Jr./Sr. High School took on the problem of fossil fuels and new energy in her rhyming poem. Wind power was the subject of

Kristin Dowsland, an eleventh grader from Whitesboro High School. The winning poems were sent on to National and all won Second Place in their category. Continuing the winning streak for our Illustrated Poem Contest submissions. Winners will receive their awards at the Education Night Diner Meeting on June 10th.

Save the Date!!

Education Night

June 10th, 2011

Education Awards

The World of Chemistry

Roald Hoffmann and Don Showalter Together again!

Where: East Syracuse Minoa High School, Fremont Road

When: Dinner at 5:30PM;

Lecture at 7:30PM

Cost: Dinner: $10 prepaid, $15 at the door

Lecture: Free with

reservation, seating is limited.

Send Checks by June 6th to:

DJ Robinson 2738 Brennen Road Lafayette, NY 13084

Judging the Illustrated Poem Contest (left to right: Robert Stankavage, Darius Robinson, Kelley Donaghy, Aylssa Thomas, Eilish Mitchell, Michelle Boucher, not shown Sally Mitchell)

Syracuse Section Has National Illustrated Poem Winners

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Illustrated Poem Contest Winners

Grade K-2 Jenna Orlando

Grade: 3-5th Meghan Mulligan

Grade: 6-8th Katherine Babcock

Grade: 9-12th Kristin Dowsland

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Innovative Project Grant Received The Education Committee has received an Innovative Projects Grant for $2500 and is looking for ACS Members interested in participating on the Outreach Committee. The project will provide funding for a traveling demo show kit. These kits will come with videos, detailed instructions and materials and supplies. The intention is that these demos will be performed at local hospitals, libraries and other community (not necessarily school) events. If you are interested please contact, Kelley Donaghy, Chair of the Education Committee at kjdonaghy@esf.edu.

ESM Hosts Periodic Table Celebration On April 6th, 2011, East Syracuse Minoa High School’s Chemistry Club as part of a grant, hosted a celebration of the periodic Table at LeMoyne College. Guest lecturer was Professor Carmen Giunta from LeMoyne College. Dr. Giunta spoke to over one hundred students, section members and local science teachers about the evolution of the periodic table, how the elements were initially arranged by atomic mass, then by properties and how today’s generally accepted shape and organization was a result of many different scientists. As a special treat, a periodic table of the

elements cupcake table was made for the enjoyment of all. The cupcakes featured the tiles from the International Periodic Table project being created by University of Waterloo in Canada. ESM club member Erica Binion made the Hassium tile featured in the table.

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Written by Bob Fleischmann

The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology hosted the 32nd annual Greater Syracuse Scholastic Science Fair on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Solvay High School, Solvay, NY. The GSSSF accepted science fair projects from students in grades 5-12 at public and private schools and home schooled students located in Onondaga, Madison, Oswego, Cayuga, and Cortland counties.

This year, the Syracuse Section gave away Best Chemistry awards to the following students: Julia Gustafson, a 5th grader from Homer Central for her work on Acid Germination:

Sadie Tenenbaum, a 5th grader from the Syracuse Hebrew Day School for her work on Baking Powders and Pumpkin Bread; Drew Gustafson, a 6th grader from Homer Intermediate School for his work on Seedling Survival: Benjamin Koss, a 6th grader from the Syracuse Hebrew Day School for his work on the Battle of the ice melters: Lachezar Todorou, a 6th grader from Jamesville-Dewitt Middle School for his work on Dirty Water Bodies in Syracuse: Dalton Ackerman, a 10th grader from the Syracuse Academy of Sciences for his work on Soil Amendment with

Fishbone: Kenneth Magwood, an 11th grader from the Syracuse Academy of Sciences for

his work on the Long-term Effectiveness of Fishbone: Kunal Sangani, an 11th grader from Fayetteville-Manlius High School for his work on the Effect of Ocean Acidification and Oil Spills on Emiliania Huxleyi Transparent Exopolymer Particles: Hanna Valentino, an 11th grader, Home Schooled, for her work on the Detection of Saline Tracer through an Ice-Covered Pond Using 4D Electrical Resistivity Imaging

Bob Fleischman, an ACS member since 1986, has been judging the GSSSF for the past five years acting as a special awards judge for the American Chemical Society awards and as a junior level judge. Bob will continue to serve as the GSSSF special awards coordinator for the Syracuse Local Section. Bob graduated from LeMoyne College with a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry with a minor in Biology. He has been employed by Millipore for over 13 years as a Customer Care installing and servicing their water purification systems. Prior to that Bob worked for Dialysis Clinics Incorporated for 10 years as a technician servicing dialysis equipment and their water purification systems.

Greater Syracuse Scholastic Science Fair Winners

Bob Fleischman Judging 2nd place winner Kenneth Magwood’s poster

at the GSSSF.

Kunal Sangani, 1st place winner at the GSSSF and the

Intel ISEF

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2011 Oswego Sustainability Fair a Success

Written by Bill Ayling

“The 2nd Annual Sustainability Fair—Green Products, Services, and Ideas” that took place on April 13 at SUNY Oswego’s Campus Center arena was another great success with approximately 500 attendees. The one-day exposition featured numerous local vendors that displayed, discussed and demonstrated green products and services designed to increase the awareness of local community members and student about opportunities to reduce energy consumption and waste, protect water, and improve materials and processes in their everyday lives. The fair included a display to showcase the college’s new eco-friendly student apartments, expert advice on green-living tax credits and incentives, and much more. Below are some highlights from the fair.

Businesses displayed energy solutions including wind, geothermal, solar power, and solar hot water systems. Energy efficient windows and doors, insulation and air-sealing, lighting, appliances, and generators were exhibited, as well as products for indoor air quality. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) provided information on energy efficiency programs.

Protection of water was featured. At the display of the Public Service Commission fairgoers could learn about water conservation. Oswego Environmental Management Council displayed methods of reducing storm water runoff.

The benefits of local agricultural products and gardening ideas were provided. Cornell Cooperative Extension provided map and directory of Oswego County farms and local agricultural products. Community Supported Agriculture representatives connected fair goers with local organically grown foods and the farmers that produce the foods. Landscaping using native plants to attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife was also featured by Habitat for the Environment.

Ideas for materials and supplies were also among the attractions including environmentally responsible office furniture, safer paints, and green cleaning supplies. Opportunities to donate usable

items for reuse were identified by FreeCycle and Leave Green. At the end of the school year, Leave Green provides a way for students to donate food and clothing to local charities.

The Sustainability Fair included an Auto Expo of alternative energy vehicles. The Continued Page 6

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Syracuse Section Schedule June 10 Education Night (Hoffmann and

Showalter) July REU Dinner Meeting at Syracuse

University September Call for Elections October 22 National Chemistry Day/Mole

Day December End of the Year Dinner Meeting

Save These Dates!!

Continued from Page 5.

Chevrolet Volt electric car, GM Equinox Fuel cell SUV, a Honda natural gas car, and a Toyota

Prius plug in hybrid were available for test-drives. Visitors also attended a seminar given by Daniel O’Connell, GM director of Advanced Technology Demonstration Programs. Mr. O’Connell discussed the wide range of alternative energy vehicles that GM is working on with a look toward the future. This was the first opportunity for central New Yorkers to test drive the new Chevrolet Volt.

The fair took place on the university’s annual Quest Day - a celebration of student and faculty research and creativity. Hundreds of presentations were given during the day and a symposium on sustainable living and a panel discussion of how each person can contribute to saving energy and protecting the environment were attended by many of our fairgoers. The film “Fuel” was featured during the event. Josh Tickell, director of the film, was the keynote speaker for Quest Day. The event was also a great place for networking; the list of businesses working toward achieving sustainability became much longer and our vendors had the opportunity to join Sustainable Upstate Network, a coalition formed last year.

This Sustainability Fair is an excellent example of how an idea supported by the ACS Sustainability Grant has turned into an annual event that benefits the community. Many thanks to the Syracuse Section of the ACS for its support of this initiative, to SUNY Oswego for hosting and organizing the fair, and to the ACS Committee on Environmental Improvements and Auxiliary Services of SUNY Oswego for providing necessary funds. The team of organizers included SUNY Oswego students, Jason Lupo who led the planning and organization of the event and was in charge of involving numerous student organizations, and Michael Colucci who coordinated the “Green Team” of student volunteers; SUNY Oswego administrators Thad Mantaro, Assistant Director of the Office of Business and Community Relations, and Jack Gelfand, Research Director; ACS members Bill Ayling of Integrated Science, and Kestas Bendinskus and Venera Jouraeva, professors at the university; Richard Drosse of the Oswego County Environmental Management Council; and June McAurthur of Habitat for the Environment.

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Please Post Please Post

Education Night 2011

Come celebrate our Education Outreach activities: Chemists Celebrate Earth Day, National Chemistry Week

and the Chemistry Olympiad

When: June 10th, 2011 5:00-5:30 PM Social - 5:30PM Dinner

7:00 PM Lecture Where: East Syracuse Minoa High School 6400 Fremont Road, East Syracuse, 13057

Sponsored by: Syracuse Section Education Committee

The Education Committee is pleased to welcome everyone to a very special evening featuring Roald Hoffmann, the host of the World of Chemistry, and Don Showalter the series’ demonstrator. The World of Chemistry series was filmed by the Annenberg Foundation in 1988 and first aired on PBS in 1990. Roald and Don are delighted to have this opportunity to present together again and to share their enthusiasm for chemistry.

For Pre-Sale Dinner Tickets ($10) - RSVP to kdonaghy@esf.edu with names of attendees Send Checks payable to the Syracuse Local

Section to by June 3, 2011:

DJ Robinson 2738 Brennan Road Lafayette, NY 13084

Checks must be received by 6/3/2011.

After dinner lecture is free but seating is limited. Please reserve your seat by sending

an email with ED Night as the subject to:

kdonaghy@esf.edu

Reservation requests will be honored until all seats are taken.

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Roald Hoffmann Biography Roald Hoffmann was born in 1937 in Z!oczów, Poland. Having survived the war, he came to the U. S. in 1949, where he is now the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus at Cornell University. In chemistry he has taught his colleagues how to think about electrons influencing structure and reactivity, and won most of the honors of his profession, including the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Kenichi Fukui). Hoffmann is also a writer – of poetry, essays, non-fiction, and plays -- carving out his own land between poetry, philosophy, and science. Hoffmann Abstract PROTOCHEMISTRIES ARE THE BRIDGE People did chemistry, darn good chemistry too, before there were ever chemists. In winning metals from their ores, making food, cosmetics, medicines, containers, tanning leather, dyes, and jewelry, craftsmen and women in every culture came up with some superb experimental chemistry. These stories of protochemistry, some of which I will retell, to this day form a natural bridge between chemists and nonchemists, between chemistry and culture. Don Showalter Biography Dr. Showalter began his teaching career at the University of Wisconsin -Stevens Point in 1971. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Dr. Showalter has been very active in promoting the use of chemical demonstrations in all levels of science education. He has presented or co-presented with Marv Lang over five hundred chemical demonstration programs or workshops intended to excite and educate students, teachers and the general public as to the wonders of chemistry. Programs have been presented at Epcot, Disneyland, the U.S. Congress, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the Great Lake Science Museum in Cleveland, the Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii, the Oxford University in England, and at Helsinki University in Finland. In 1987, Dr. Showalter began serving as the television demonstrator for "The World of Chemistry" - a twenty-six part videotape series sponsored by the Annenberg CPB Project. The series is shown on Public Television throughout the

United States and in twenty-five foreign countries. However, the videotape series has found its greatest use in high school chemistry classes.

Education Night Biographies and Abstracts

Roald Hoffmann photo credit to Michael Grace-Martin

Professor Emeritus Don Showalter

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2011 Adopt-a-Stream The 2011 Adopt-a-Stream event was held on April 16, 2011 despite the pouring rain and the cold temperatures. More than 100 students from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry took to the Salmon River in Oswego, New York to clean up monofilament line and trash along the river. The river was running at record high levels so only river bank clean-up was possible this year. Another team travelled a little further north to Little Sandy Creek where the water conditions were still at flood stage but the water was safe enough to run stream condition measurements. This award winning event is sponsored by the Syracuse Section and has become Nationally recognized as a premiere service event for General Chemistry students.

Eighth grader Emilee Brecht’s Sonnet about Water for the CCED Illustrated Poem Contest.

Pennies for PUR Water Did you know that it only takes 10 cents to make 2.5 gallons of safe drinking water? As part of the International Year of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society is collecting pennies to support PUR water around the globe. The Syracuse Section is looking for someone to chair and fundraise for this worthy cause. If you are interested please email Sally Mitchell at sbmitchell2@gmail.com about how you can make a difference in the lives of children and adults around the world.

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Acting Editor Kelley J. Donaghy 2738 Brennan Road LaFayette, NY 13084 315-470-6826 Deadline for material: Chemists will be published every other month beginning in January. The deadline for submitted materials will be the 15th of every even numbered month (Ex. 4/15 for the May issue). Please submit print ready materials to Kelley Donaghy at kdonaghy@esf.edu

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SECTION OFFICERS Chair Sally Mitchell Sbmitchell2@gmail.com Chair-elect Past Chair Michelle Boucher mbouche@utica.edu Secretary Elizabeth Mitchell eilishk@aol.com Treasurer DJ Robinson djrobinson@ithaca.edu Councilors Venera Jouraeva 560-8525

vajourae@gmail.com Kelley Donaghy 470-6826 kdonaghy@esf.edu

Dist 1 Del Curtis Pulliam cpullia@utica.edu Dist 2 Del Alyssa Thomas acthomas@utica.edu

Dist. 3 Del. Venera Jouraeva 560-8525 vajourae@gmail.com Dist. 4 Del.

Committee Chairs Awards Alyssa Thomas acthomas@utica.edu Career Services Raymond O’Donnell 343-5783 Education (Acting) Kelley Donaghy

kdonaghy@esf.edu Outreach Subcommittee Robert Stankavage stanky@twcny.rr.com Nominations and Elections Paul Bertrand paulbertan@peoplepc.com Public Relations William Ayling aylingwa@verizon.net Sustainability William Ayling Student Affiliates Robert Stankavage

A M E RI C A N C H E M I C A L SO C I E T Y , 241st A CS N A T I O N A L M E E T IN G , A N A H E I M , C A MARCH 27-31, 2011

Fellow Chemists, The meeting dedicated to the theme of Chemistry of Natural Resources was a great success: 14,047 registrants as follows: Regular attendees, 7,336; Students, 4,682; Exhibitors, 1,097; Exposition only, 599; and Guests, 333; nearly 9,400 papers were presented. Explore key presentations at ACS 241st National Meeting & Exposition picked by the organizers: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/acs-opk030911.php and listen to 500 recorded oral presentations: http://www.softconference.com/ACSchem/slist.asp?C=4321 Sincerely, Venera Jouraeva Councilor (315) 560-8525 vajourae@gmail.com

A C T I O NS O F T H E C O UN C I L

E lection Results The Committee on Nominations and Elections presented to the Council the following nominees: Nominees for President-E lect, 2012: Judith L. Benham, Dennis Chamot, Diane Grob

Schmidt, and Marinda Li Wu. By electronic ballot, the Council selected Dennis Chamot and Marinda Li Wu as candidates for 2012 President-Elect. These two candidates, along with any candidates selected via petitions, will stand for election in the Fall National Election.

Nominees for a Director at Large for District I I I included Susan B. Butts, Pat N. Confalone, David J. Lohse, and Judith A. Summers-Gates. Nominees for District V I included G. Bryan Balazs, Bonnie A. Charpentier, Carlos G. Gutierrez, and Victor J. Hruby. By mail ballot, the Councilors from these districts selected Pat N. Confalone and David J. Lohse as District III candidates and Bonnie A. Charpentier and Carlos G. Gutierrez as District VI candidates. Ballots will be mailed on or before October 10 to all members in District III and District VI.

Candidates for Directors-at-Large for a 2012-2014 term: Ken B. Anderson, William F.

Carroll, Jr., Charles E. Kolb, and Barbara A. Sawrey. The election of two Directors-at-Large will be conducted in the fall. Ballots will be mailed to the Council on or before October 10.

Change in Committee Charge The Council VOTED to amend the charter of the Committee on Technician Affairs to

include updated terminology.

held up remarkably well. Total revenue was $463.7 million, up +0.8% from 2009, and $2.4 million (+0.5%) higher than the 2010 budget. The Net from Operations was $23.8

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2 million, or $11.9 million favorable to budget. This resulted largely from cost containment initiatives and lower-than-budgeted salaries and fringe benefits.

2012 Member Dues The Council VOTED to set the member dues for 2012 at the fully escalated rate of $148.

This rate is established pursuant to an inflation-adjustment formula in the ACS Constitution and Bylaws.

Petitions to Amend the Constitution and Bylaws (For Consideration) The Council received one petition for consideration: The Petition on Position Statements

seeks to assure that the Board of Directors has primacy in issuing position statements that establish policy for the full Society and that Society bodies other than the Board may issue statements on issues that fall solely in their jurisdiction so long as they do not impair other

meeting. Local Section Name Change and G rant Deadlines The Council VOTED to change the name of the Northeast Oklahoma Section to the Northern

Oklahoma Section. The proposed name change more closely reflects the combined territories of the two Sections.

The Council was reminded of grant deadlines from the Committee on Local Section

Activities as follows: ! Science Café Grants Ongoing ! Bridging the Gap: Student Member Grant December 1 ! Bridging the Gap: IYC Grant June 1 ! Innovative Project Grants June 30 ! Joint LSAC/IAC International Interaction Grant TBA

Division A llotment Calculator The Council VOTED to continue for three years the current formula for determining

allotments to divisions. Member Statistics The official membership number for 2011 stands at 163,111.

Petition to Charter New International Chemical Sciences Chapters The Council VOTED to authorize the formation of the following two new international

chemical sciences chapters: the Shanghai International Chemical Sciences Chapter and the Thailand International Chemical Sciences Chapter.

Strategic Issue: A CS Worldwide Strategy At this meeting, the Board continued its discussion of a Society Worldwide strategy as a

follow-up to the strategic issues retreat in January, and is also involving the Planning Committee in a more thorough review to engage other members and stakeholders in these discussions. The Board plans to wrap up its ACS Worldwide strategy discussions by year-end.

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Special theme: BUI L DIN G A R O BUST W O R K F O R C E IN T H E U .S.

From the beginning of presidential succession, he has focused on one overarching theme ensuring that aspiring chemists and seasoned professionals in the U.S. have the skill sets, resources, and external environment to build and sustain a robust workforce in the U.S. Given the historic job losses in our enterprise in the past few years, he felt that this was by far his most important priority. Last year, President Francisco appointed a presidential task force that developed recommendations in four categories: First, the task force recommended that ACS should develop a single organizational unit a

offering affordable (or free) help to entrepreneurs. This unit is envisioned as supporting entrepreneurs by facilitating more affordable access to resources that should foster the creation of small companies from startups. Relevant resources might include information, management expertise, key services, and mentors. The unit could also support entrepreneurs in making introductions to much-needed capital and fostering partnerships with large companies. ACS staff and several ACS governance units are already exploring how this one-stop portal can be implemented. Second, the task force recommended that ACS should increase its advocacy of policies at the federal and state level to improve the business environment for entrepreneurs and startup companies. The task force suggested that ACS should urge reforms within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to assure more accurate patents and faster issuance. The USPTO has a backlog of 700,000 patents, and the slow pace of issuance is a deterrent to keeping the U.S. competitive. ACS needs to lobby for legislative reforms, but in addition, ACS has talented unemployed members who could be of assistance to patent examiners. ACS has written to the head of the USPTO and have already heard back that they are interested in exploring a number of ideas. The task force also outlined a number of financial policies that if enacted could encourage large companies to partner with small ones to promote entrepreneurship. These include preferential tax treatment for repatriated income invested in U.S.-based developers of technology and making the R&D tax credit more simplified, permanent, and transferable. And there was a host of other ideas.

The third recommendation urged ACS to partner more vigorously with academic institutions and other relevant organizations to promote awareness of career pathways and educational opportunities that involve or include entrepreneurship. The task force had several interesting suggestions that will be pursued by various staff and governance units. And finally, the task force felt that ACS should increase public awareness of the value of early-stage entrepreneurship in the chemical enterprise with focused media coverage and information targeted to federal agencies that support chemistry. In addition, ACS should provide ways to recognize entrepreneurs publicly, to increase their visibility and enhance their opportunities for success. In the near future, President Francisco plans to release the entire report to members, the public, and policymakers. If you have ideas, please send them to Madeleine Jacobs, m_jacobs@acs.org.

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4 Things you might be interested in: I Y C2011: Join the movement! Spread the word! Get connected! Visit 365: Chemistry for Love! http://iyc2011.acs.org Enjoy watching chemists dancing at Anaheim meeting: http://bit.ly/ChemDance New software and websites: eXplore Chemical Information Teaching Resources: www.xcitr.org free sharing Computer-

Information-Chemistry Interactive Lab Safety Training Library: www.academysavant.com Mass Spectra of Pesticides: www.stmdata.de

Middle School Chemist ry: Big Ideas about the Very Small. This six chapter resource is available for free at http://middleschoolchemistry.com and can serve as either a stand-alone chemistry unit or as a supplement to any middle school science curriculum. Middle School Chemistry uses a hands-on inquiry approach, along with specially designed molecular model animations, to take students from concrete experiences to an understanding of the abstract world of atoms and molecules. Upcoming conferences: Energy Frontier Research Centers Transforming the future of energy and the environment,

May 25-27, 2011, Washington DC: www.energyfrontier.us The 4th Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL-4), June 14-18, Crystal City, VA. This will be the

first Congress held in the United States: http://coil-4.org 15th Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, June 21-23, 2011, Washington DC:

www.gcande.org The 2nd Annual conference of the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants, July 17-

20, 2011, Huntsville, Alabama: www.acmap.org IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Chemistry Bridging Innovation among the Americas

and the World, July 30 August 7, 2011, Puerto Rico: http://www.iupac2011.org/Default.html

Bio-Energy and Bio-fuels: The 6th Sino-US conference on Chemical Engineering, November 7-10, 2011, Beijing, China: www.sinouschemeng.com/

Books on hot topics and Journals:

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ChemSusChem is an international journal of chemistry and sustainability, energy, materials science, chemical engineering, biotechnology, and environmental research. It is co-owned by the 14 European chemical societies that together form the Chemistry Publishing Society Europe (ChemPubSoc Europe), supported by the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES), and published by Wiley-VCH. ChemSusChem publishes Communications and Full Papers, Reviews and Mini-reviews, Highlights, Concepts and Essays, Book Reviews, and Conference Reports. Authors can submit articles to ChemSusChem online: http://www.chemsuschem.org

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F UNDIN G OPPO R T UNI T I ES & R ESO UR C ES

Funds for International Research T ravel

The ACS Committee on International Activities and the ACS Office of International Activities announce the inaugural call for proposals for the Global Research Experiences, Exchanges, & Training (GREET) program. The program aims to support intensive, high impact international chemistry research experience and collaboration opportunities to US researchers by providing all-inclusive travel awards of up to $10,700 for at least five teams comprised of an early-to-mid career faculty mentor and a graduate or undergraduate student mentee. The experience is intended to significantly impact the student's career path and professional development while catalyzing new global collaborations. Interested applicants are invited to visit www.acs.org/greet or email greet@acs.org to learn more about the program and obtain application.

International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and thei r

Counterparts Abroad

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between US and foreign investigators. NSF Chemistry will accept collaborative research proposals in chemistry, written in English, which establish new bilateral collaborations between US investigators and investigators from Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, China, France, Japan, Russia, Poland, Luxembourg or Spain. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13627&org=CHE&from=home

Joint activities between NSF and funding organizations in A frica, Asia, and Europe provide opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12820&org=OISE&from=home

Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program

(PASI) is a jointly supported initiative between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). PASIs aim to disseminate advanced scientific and engineering knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation among researchers of the Americas in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, the geosciences, the computer and information sciences, and the engineering fields. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5327&org=MPS&from=home