If you’re going to be at this year’s family reunion—by that I mean ACS Spring 2023, in Indianapolis—please come to the “Memories of Helen Free: Innovator, Leader, Humanitarian” symposium, sponsored by the ACS Division of the History of Chemistry. Among the speakers will be two former ACS presidents, Ned Heindel and Elizabeth Nalley.
by Preston MacDougall, chair, ACS Committee on Public Relations and Communications | February 24, 2023
ACROSS 1 Photosynthesis site 5 It turns litmus red 9 Recedes 13 España, por ejemplo 17 Site of Napoleon’s exile, as memorialized in a famous palindrome 18 ___ City (Baghdad district) 19 Star Trek: The Next Generation counselor 20 “The ___ of Reading Gaol”(Oscar Wilde poem) 22 Irving Berlin standard (1930) about atoms and molecules?
by Christopher Adams, Barb Goldenberg, and George Barany, special to C&EN | January 22, 2023
McGovern Bear, Delaware Creative memory tool for balancing redox reactions I teach Introduction to Chemistry at Fullerton College. When discussing balancing redox reactions, I introduced the abbreviation MOHe and asked if someone had an alternative mnemonic. I immediately received a response, “mother ostrich hiding eggs,” by Taylor Kliner, and a second student (Aine Mallory) volunteered to draw it.
January 12, 2023
Therefore, this award goes to all the thousands of highly talented and accomplished scientists and innovators I have been blessed to interact with and lead over my career and their most amazing team achievements, lasting shared memories, and strong friendships.” What Wadia’s colleagues say: “Parvez has amassed a track record of proven successes in chemical research management.
by Nina Notman, special to C&EN | December 30, 2022
I have a lot of really good memories of personal interactions with colleagues from this time. I’m very proud to have been a member of this team.” Omar A. Salman Current position: Retired senior research adviser, Pfizer Education: BS, chemical engineering, University of Texas at Austin; MS and PhD, chemical engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Salman on the most rewarding project in his career: “The COVID-19 vaccine project was the successful culmination of my scientific career.
by Nina Notman, special to C&EN | December 30, 2022
Lewis Sponsor: ACS Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Citation: For seminal work on radiochemistry and for the translation of novel radiopharmaceuticals for both the diagnosis and targeted radioligand therapy of cancer Current position: Professor and Emily Tow Chair in Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Education: BSc and MSc, chemistry, University of Essex; PhD, biochemistry, University of Kent Lewis on who inspired him to become a scientist: “Sir Patrick Moore, an amateur astronomer who had a British TV show.
by Nina Notman, special to C&EN | December 30, 2022