You may be wondering, what’s with the rapid-fire facts? I serve on the Board Working Group on Board Structure and Representation. We are a small team (Ingrid Montes, Wayne Jones, chair Carolyn Ribes, and me), enabled by select experts from ACS staff. I would like to share the proposal that we, in conjunction with key ACS stakeholders, have put together to bring international member representation to the ACS Board.
by Katherine L. Lee, Director, District I | January 29, 2023
Other speakers included the university’s vice chancellor and a representative from W. R. Grace, which makes the catalyst. The day after the ceremony, the UTC Department of Chemistry and Physics held its annual award banquet. The audience of students and parents were told about the landmark and shown a display of common products made with Raney nickel. ▸ Ames Laboratory and uranium production in World War II: The dedication ceremony at Ames National Laboratory of Iowa State University was timed to tie in with the lab’s 75th anniversary celebration.
by Sophie Rovner, ACS staff | December 16, 2022
The best person for the ACS CEO position may be perfectly happy in their current position and not aware of the opportunity. You can help! Recruiting and hiring the next CEO is the most important service to ACS that the board will engage in during the remainder of this year. We understand and embrace this responsibility.
by Paul W. Jagodzinski, chair, ACS Board of Directors | August 19, 2022
—Obituary: John W. Huffman “” John W. Huffman, 89, died May 14 in Sylva, North Carolina. “He earned his PhD with the late Nobel laureate R. B. Woodward. Beginning his research career as a synthetic organic chemist, he later focused on collaborating with medical researchers to create solutions for rare or significant illnesses.
by Nina Notman, special to C&EN | August 19, 2022
Since 1976, six have received the Priestley Medal: Linus Pauling, Jack Roberts, George Hammond, Harry Gray, Ahmed Zewail, and Jacqueline Barton. In early days, Norm Davidson’s group taught us how to run sequencing gels. Doug Rees and his student Clara Kielkopf taught us how to crystallize ImHpPyPy:DNA for high-resolution X-ray crystal structures.
by Peter B. Dervan, 2022 Priestley Medalist | March 20, 2022
That statement is not meant to lay blame; it is meant to prompt you to think about how you may have benefitted from an initial privilege. We need to work to eliminate behaviors that are unjust. The loss of opportunities based on lack of initial privilege is unjust, and we should acknowledge this situation.
by Paul W. Jagodzinski, chair, ACS Board of Directors | November 21, 2021
Additionally, during May and June we held three 4-hour workshops to hear from a variety of ACS members and staff about what actions need to be taken to change ACS culture to ensure that everyone feels included and respected in ACS. ▸ We now have a voluntary session for ACS volunteer leaders titled “Leading Inclusively: Beyond Lip Service,” which started in March and is offered throughout 2021.
by Paul W. Jagodzinski, chair, ACS Board of Directors | June 26, 2021
“Scaling of this approach is likely to be challenging,” says Paul W. King, a chemist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. But, he says, “it may provide a route to distributed production of ammonia to meet localized demands of small farms in rural areas where sourcing fertilizers may be challenging, or when supply chains are constrained.”
by Celia Henry Arnaud | June 05, 2021
—The lab of the future is now “Recent demonstrations of AI-directed automation may herald a new world for drug and materials discovery” The laboratory of the future is a visionary concept: a goal that evolves as technology advances. Predictions are made, skeptics respond, and the vision reboots. The future offers few guarantees.
by Rick Mullin | March 28, 2021