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Travel Awards for Fall 2026 National Meeting-Due May 19

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The Division offers Travel Awards ($600 each) for Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, and PUI Faculty to attend ACS National Meetings. The Travel Award applications are due Tuesday, May 19th, for the Fall ACS Meeting in Chicago. More information can be sourced on the Travel Award Page.

Returning to the Organic Chemistry Working World after a Break

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Career paths in organic chemistry are not always linear, and returning after a career break (≥2 years) can be challenging. The DOC is seeking to better understand the experiences of those who have struggled to re-enter the field, as well as those who have successfully navigated a return. If this applies to you―or someone you …

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The 2026 DOC SURF Awardees

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The Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) congratulates the thirteen 2026 DOC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) awardees and gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsors (listed below). 2026 Awardees Olga Achmatowicz School: Colorado State University Mentor: Jeff Bandar Research: Direct C–H Amination via Base-Promoted Halogen Transfer to Prepare Medicinally Valuable Amine Products Sponsor: Pfizer Katelyn Barron School: …

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Partnership between DOC and OrganicERs

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The Division of Organic Chemistry is happy to announce a partnership with OrganicERs, the Organic Education Resources community. The division will be hosting the OrganicERs website (https://organicers.org) starting in fall 2026. OrganicERs has a history of on-again off-again funding from NSF, so the website hosting by the division will bring stability to the community. In …

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Organic Reactions Vol. 118

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Organic Reactions Vol. 118 has been published containing the three chapters described below. In addition, a cumulative subject index as a downloadable PDF file is now available from the OR website: https://www.organicreactions.org Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Additions of Organometallic Reagents by Simon Woodward, Raja K. Rit, Montserrat Diéguez, Oscar Pàmies, Jèssica Margalef Pallarès, Maria Biosca, José …

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11th EWOC Virtual Symposium on May 15th 2026

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Join EWOC and the DOC for EWOC’s 11th Virtual Symposium! The Boston, EastCan, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, SoCal, and NorCal Chapters of Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry (EWOC), with support from the EWOC Organizing Committee, are hosting a joint virtual symposium on Friday, May 15th, 2026 from 3-4.30 PM EST, 2-3.30 PM CST, 12-1.30 PM PST featuring …

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Niel Garg, Karen Wooley, Richard Gross, Daniel Romo, Amanda Hargrove – 2025 NOS Lectures are Available

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We are delighted to release a batch of lectures from the 2025, 49th, National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS), which was held June 23–27, 2025 on the campus of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. These videos can be viewed at NOS 2025 Videos’ page. The National Organic Symposium is the premier event …

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ORGN Program Grid-Spring 2026 ACS Meeting reminder

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We are excited to see you all in a few days at the Spring 2026 ACS Conference in Atlanta! As a reminder, the Program Grid of all the Organic Division sessions are below. We also proudly share a sticker created by an undergraduate Organic Chemistry student Miguelangel Serrano for the conference.

DOC Virtual Symposium: Thomas Maimone and Artis Klapars

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Join us for the DOC Virtual Symposium Series! Every quarter we host leaders in the field of Organic Chemistry for presentations on cutting-edge research. The next Virtual Symposium will be hosted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 12-1:30 PM EST and will feature: Thomas Maimone University of California, Berkeley Synthetic Studies Towards Complex Natural Products Artis …

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Student Presider Opportunities for Biopharma and Academia 101 at the Spring 2026 ACS

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The Division of Organic Chemistry, the Division of Medicinal Chemistry, and the Younger Chemists Committee are excited to be co-hosting “Biopharma 101: Transition to Industry” at the upcoming ACS meeting in Atlanta this Spring! In its third year, this half-day symposium will take place on Wednesday, March 25 from 2-6 pm and features an exciting …

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