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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
MICHIGANSTATE UNIVERSITY
LOCALSECTION
N e w s l e t t e r
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Volume
VIII, number 2 October
1, 1999
The American Chemical
Society will be the premier membership organization for chemists, chemical
engineers, and allied professionals worldwide, number one chemical information
provider, and leader in advancing the scientific literacy of students and the
public's appreciation of chemistry.
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October 13, Wednesday 8:00 pm
Local Section
Meeting and Seminar
“Recent Red
Tide Research”
Professor Dean F. Martin
University
of South Florida
Room 136 Chemistry, MSU
October
16,Saturday11:00 am-3:00
"Chemistry
Day at Lansing Mall"
5330 W.
Saginaw, Lansing
October
23, Saturday 8:00 am-4:00
"1999
GLCCC Career Day"
Chemistry
Building, MSU
October
26-28, Tuesday,
Thursday 4:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 pm
Renaud/Max
T. Rogers Lectureship
Professor Dudley R. Herschbach
Harvard University
“Dancing with Molecules”
Room 138 Chemistry,MSU
November
7-13, 1999
National Chemistry Week
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“Recent
Red Tide Research”
ACS MICHIGAN TOUR SPECIAL SEMINAR
Our
national goal of aquaculture or farming the sea to provide food for an
increasing population demands solution of the red tide problem that has
plagued man since biblical times.Red tide is a sporadic occurrence of certain
micro-organisms that in large concentration cause discolored sea water and
may produce catastrophic fish kills or cause paralytic shellfish
poisoning.The study of the red tide has five aspects:amelioration,
monitoring, prediction, economic analysis, and control.The factors that
influence a red tide outbreak are undoubtedly interrelated and variable, but
they offer an interesting challenge to chemists in unraveling
cause-and-effect relationships.We have now reached the point where prediction
of a red tide, at least on the west coast of Florida, is feasible.Next, it
seems appropriate to consider management of a red tide and to review the
criteria for successful control chemical/agents for the Florida red tide
organism.We believe that we can satisfy a number of the pertinent control
criteria, and one promising agent is a green alga that elaborates chemicals
that control the red tide in the laboratory.The management mechanisms have
been investigated and related to the red tide environment.Thus, as chemists,
we can now ask two questions:“Why aren’t there more red tides?” and
concerning management of a red tide, “Could we, should we?”
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Local National
Chemistry Week celebration
Our ACS MSU Local Section
kicks-off National Chemistry Week with the annual:“Chemistry Day in the
Lansing Mall” from 11 am – 3 pm on Saturday, October 16, 1999.Area schools,
MSU, and local organizations and businesses will have entertaining (and
educational!) hands-on activities and chemical demonstrations. Join us for the
fun!
National
Chemistry Week
Celebrate
Polymers! is this years National Chemistry Week (NCW)
theme.ACS is sponsoring a contest to find creative uses for sodium polyacrylate
used to make disposable diapers absorbent. Claimed to absorb 800 times its
weight in water, the challenge is to suggest ways that sodium polyacrylate can
be used to improve our life in the 21st century.Submit your entry in
50 words or less to Kathy Severin (MSU Dept of Chemistry) by December 15,
1999.The top ten suggestions from our section will be selected and awarded
prizes.These entries will then be submitted to the national competition.The
best 100 ideas will appear on the ACS website.Everyone whose idea is posted on
the web will be entered into a drawing for a selection of NCW items.The Grand
Prize will be a $500 Savings Bond.
We have copies of “Super
Soakers. Just How Super Are They?” which is a hands-on chemistry activity to
take into your child’s classroom. Children can discover for themselves, the
amazing absorbency of sodium polyacrylate.We will also have copies of the fall
1999 issues of Wonder Science and ChemMatters, science magazines
for elementary and high school children, respectively.These issues are focused
on polymers and contain additional activities.Contact Kathy (517-355-9715 ext.
372 or severin@cem.msu.edu)
for copies of these materials.
And finally, please tell
Kathy about your NCW activities for inclusion in the annual report to ACS.
International
Chemistry Celebration 1999
http://www.acs.org/ncw/ichc.html
The mission of the International
Chemistry Celebration (IChC) is to enhance public appreciation of the positive
contributions chemistry makes to everyday life throughout the world, and
encourage communication among regional chemical societies and organizations.
The mailing list includes 115 participants.
Young people throughout the
world can conduct "A World of Color" set of experiments helping build
an international database of indigenous natural dyes. Participants are asked to
add their data to our central database on the Internet, analyze the data, and
map all the results. Participants are also asked to submit samples of naturally
dyed fabrics to ACS.
Information about the
Participation Packet, Confirmed International Participants and further IChC
News can be found on the ACS web site listed above.
ACS WOMEN IN
CHEMISTRY
by
Wendy Flory
Our group
continues to grow. We started out the 1999-2000 year with our third annual
Kick-Off meeting.There were many new faces along with seasoned members to
discuss what the upcoming year should hold. We had lots of great suggestions
for meeting topics and social activities including:financial planning for the
future; body language and what it says about you; what’s new in on-line
literature searches; perspectives of an international student in the chemistry
department; nutrition; experiences of a woman chemist in industry; ice skating;
and a Christmas potluck dinner.All information about these meetings as well as
other news about our group can be found on our website at http://www.cem.msu.edu/~acswic/acswic.html.If
you have any meeting suggestions or comments, please feel free to contact us
through the website
1999
GLCCC Career Day
Saturday, October 23
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
The
fourth annual Great Lakes College Chemistry Conference Career Day (GLCCC
Career Day) will be held on Saturday, October 23, 1999, in the Chemistry
Building at Michigan State University.GLCCC Career Day will address the needs
of students and employers in today's job market through exchange of information
and personal encounters.We invite all chemistry undergraduate and graduate
students who intend to pursue a career in a chemistry or chemistry-related
field to attend
A
multi-faceted program is planned:
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Plenary Lecture on employment trends;
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Career Presentations, at which students learn about
chemistry career paths from professional chemists;
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Career Panels, at which participants discuss the
factors that affect career path choices;
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Students can host a professional chemist at lunch and
talk personally in a relaxed setting;
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Informal lunch hour workshops on résumé writing,
conducting a job search and summer internships;
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Panel discussions including How to Land Your First
Job;
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1999 GLCCC Career Day Résumé Book, available to all
Career Presenters and donor industries;
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The traditional gala lunch at Shaw Hall.
Advance registration is $10.00 (by October
15), and on-site registration is $15.00.Online advance registration will be
available at http://www.cem.msu.edu/~GLCCC. Student résumés must arrive by
October 15 to be included in the 1999 GLCCC Career Day Résumé Book. Call
517-355-9715, ext.341 for a paper copy of the registration form.
The
registration area in the lobby of the Chemistry Building will open at 7:30 a.m.
Career Day begins at 8:30 a.m. with the presentation on employment trends, and
ends at approximately 4:00 p.m. following an informal panel discussion. A name
badge, lunch ticket, session assignments, conference materials, and receipts
will be available at the registration table on the day of the conference.
Questions should be directed to Ms. Lisa Fuentes at 517-355-9715, ext. 341.
If
you are a professional chemist working in the private or public sector and
would like to share your career experiences with chemists, please contact the
GLCCC Career Day Coordinator, Dr. Evelyn Jackson, ASAP at 517-355-9715, ext.
341.We welcome your contributions!
We
hope you will join us!
MSU
ACS LOCAL SECTION OFFICERS1999-2000
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Chairperson:
Dr. Paul F. Mantica
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI48824
517-355-9672ext. 456, fax:517-353-5967
e-mail: mantica@nscl.msu.edu
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Past Chairperson:
Dr. John L. McCracken
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI48824
517-355-9715ext. 229, fax:517-353-1793
e-mail: mccracke@pilot.msu.edu
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Secretary:
Dr. Kathryn Severin
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI48824
517-355-9715ext. 372, fax:517-353-1793
e-mail: severin@cem.msu.edu
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Treasurer:
Dr. Robert Maleczka
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI48824
517-355-9715ext. 124, fax:517-353-1793
e-mail: maleczka@cem.msu.edu
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Councilor:
Dr. Evelyn P. Jackson
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI48824
517-355-9715ext. 204, fax:517-353-1793
e-mail: ejackson@cem.msu.edu
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Alternate Councilor:
Dr. Susan J. Masten
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI48824
517-353-8539, fax:517-432-1827
e-mail: masten@cee.msu.edu
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SERMACS-99: 50th
Anniversary Southeastern Regional Meeting October 16-20
1) Two
plenary sessions: Dick Zare (Stanford) will discuss "What Can
Chemists Tell Us About the Origin of Life?" at the East Tennessee Section
Lind Lecture on Sunday night and a panel of federal science policymakers (Martha
Krebs of DOE, Lura Powell of NIST, Janet Osteryoung of NSF,
and John Watson of NIH/NHLBI) will address "Science for the New
Millennium" on Tuesday night.
2) Workshops
including special sessions for retired chemists, faculty at primarily
undergraduate institutions and the employment clearinghouse.
3) An
Undergraduate Meeting in Miniature (MIM) hosted by the University of Tennessee
Student Affiliates.MIM home page at http://www.sermacs99.org/~mim
4) Exhibit
components include a Graduate School Fair and a Chemical Exposition
5) The
venue (for all but a portion of the MIM) will be the Hyatt Regency Hotel in
Knoxville.
6) A
full family program has been scheduled, providing an opportunity for those
accompanying attendees to enjoy some of the fall splendor of the Smokies and
the rich history of the region.
The full program is posted (www.sermacs99.org).
ACS
Web Editions reference-linking feature.
You can now link from references in ACS
full-text HTML web journal articles directly to the abstract and bibliographic
information at Chemical Abstract Service (CAS).These articles have a
"CAS" tag linked to the corresponding abstract from the CAS
database.Links are currently available for 1999 issues of all ACS Web Editions
and links for prior years are scheduled for release by the end of the year.ACS Web
Editions Reference-linking compliments Articles ASAP (electronic articles in
advance of print) and Electronic Submissions (all-electronic manuscript
submission process).
Information on ACS Web Editions call
1-800-333-9511 (within U.S.) or 614-447-3776 (outside U.S.).
ChemCenter
and ACS Web Sites MergeD
The new site carries the ChemCenter name and is located
at www.acs.org.The new site has additional content and a
different look bringing "one-stop electronic shopping" to members
needing ACS services or information online.
The
new ChemCenter has a number of user-friendly features while maintaining the
text-oriented look in order to speed download times. Consistent menu links on
the left of each page make it easy to move throughout the site letting users
know where they are (and how they got there). A search engine that queries
content on the ChemCenter, CAS, Publications, and Membership Web sites is also
included.
Government
Relations Workshops at Regional Meetings
The Office of Legislative and Government
Affairs (OLGA) hosts government relations workshops at ACS regional
meetings.The workshops offer tips on getting to know and working with elected
officials and opportunities to meet local congressional staff and state
legislators.The program includes presentations on the ACS Public Policy
Priorities and how they are formulated, the federal appropriations process,
local section government relations programming, and individual ACS member
involvement.Participants receive materials about their federal and state
lawmakers, research and development funding profiles for their states, and an
assessment of K-12 science education requirements in their public schools as
compared to the ACS science education policies.
Interested in participating or creating your
own program?(800) 227-5558, ext. 4476, or e-mail govtrelations@acs.org.Workshops are scheduled at the following
regional meetings this fall:
Western Regional, Ontario, CA, October 6 – 8
Southeast Regional, Knoxville, TN, October 17 – 20
Joint Southwest/Rocky Mountain Regional, El Paso, TX,
October 21 – 23
Apply
for one of the two ACS Congressional Fellowships
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Work in the Congress using your scientific and
technical expertise
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Gain first-hand knowledge of the legislative branch
Contact: E-mail: congfellow@acs.orgor: http://www.acs.org/govt,
select Public Policy Fellowships
OCTOBER 13, Wednesday 8:00 pm Local Section Meeting
and Seminar
“Recent
Red Tide Research”
Professor Dean F. Martin University of South
Florida
Room 136
Chemistry, MSU
October 16, Saturday 11:00 am-3:00 pm "Chemistry Day at Lansing Mall"
5330 W. Saginaw, Lansing
October 23,
Saturday 8:00 am-4:00 pm "1999 GLCCC Career Day"
Chemistry
Building, MSU
October 26-28, Tuesday, Thursday 4:00 pm Wednesday 8:00
pm
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RENAUD / MAX T. ROGERS LECTURESHIP
Professor Dudley
R. Herschbach Harvard University
“Dancing with Molecules”
Room 138 Chemistry, MSU
November 7-13, National Chemistry Week
Inside:
- National Chemistry Week and International
Chemistry Celebration 99
- ACS WOMEN in CHEMISTRY
- "1999 GLCCC Career Day"
- ELECTION
RESULTS
- SERMACS
99, ACS Web Editions Reference-Linking Feature, ACS Web Sites Merged,
Government Relations Workshops at Regional Meetings,and Congressional
Fellowships
Dr.
Kathryn Severin, Secretary
MSU
ACS Local Section
Department
of Chemistry
Michigan
State University
East
Lansing, MI48824-1322
severin@cem.msu.edu