At the the 15th Annual ChemLuminary Awards celebration, ORGN was one of four Technical Divisions to receive an award. The citation reads: “The Technical Achievements in the Organic Chemistry Award Symposium recognized outstanding contributions in the field of organic chemistry from accomplished chemists at the bachelor’s and master’s levels who are pursuing careers in chemical …
We are pleased to announce that a second series of video interviews of leaders in our community are going on-line. For the month of September, we are featuring an interview with Michael Doyle who is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland at College Park. Future …
The American Chemical Society has named 96 members as ACS Fellows. These distinguished scientists are being recognized and honored for their significant contributions to the science and for providing excellent service to the ACS Community. The new fellows will be honored at the society’s fall national meeting in Indianapolis this September. The Organic Division recognizes the …
An article in C&EN by Carmen Drahl (C&EN 2013, 91(30), 31-33) summarizes the recent NOS and provides a trivia quiz based on the history of the Symposium (http://cenm.ag/nos). Share your score on Twitter with the hashtag #NOS2013. The National Organic Chemistry Symposium is the premier event sponsored by the ACS, Division of Organic Chemistry. The idea is to highlight recent …
We thank all of those who attended and contributed to the recent National Organic Symposium at the University of Washington, which was a terrific hit. Special congratulations go to the Roger Adams Award winner, David A. Evans of Harvard University. We thank Scott Sieburth of Temple University for his phenomenal efforts in organizing the conference, …
The ACS Joint Board-Council Committee on CAS (CCAS), an ACS governance committee charged with acting as an information conduit between the ACS membership and CAS management, continues to seek your input! The committee meets twice annually, in conjunction with the ACS National Meetings, and communicates via e-mail between meetings. CCAS will meet in closed session …
The Organic Division of the American Chemical Society is now accepting proposals for symposia to be presented at the Fall 2014 ACS National Meeting (San Francisco, August 10-14, 2014). Proposals for symposia in emerging areas of research in the core areas of structure, synthesis and mechanism are encouraged as are those having an interdisciplinary focus. …
The 44th National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS) will be held on the campus of the University of Maryland June 28-July 2, 2015. Marisa Kozlowski will serve as the executive officer for the event and Lyle Isaacs and Michael Doyle will serve as the local organizers. Event Details will posted at http://nationalorganicsymposium.org as they become available. The …
Thanks to Dale Poulter, Editor of the Journal of Organic Chemistry, the recent article “Profiles in Chemistry: A Historical Perspective on the National Organic Symposium” is available free to Organic Division Members. This article written by Fenlon (Franklin and Marshall College) and Myers (Ohio Northern University and Organic Division Webmaster) was highlighted at the recent 43rd …
We are pleased to announce that a second series of video interviews of leaders in our community are going on-line. For the month of May, we are featuring an interview with Huw M. L. Davies (Asa Griggs Candler Professor, Emory University) The Organic Division and the ACS Innovative Grant program have supported this project, which …
