AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LOCAL SECTION N e w s l e t t e r

Volume X, number 3 October 10, 2001

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October 20, 2001 Saturday 11:00 am-3:30pm "Chemistry Day at Impression 5” November 4 - 10, 2001 NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK Theme: Celebrating Chemistry and Art November 8, 2001 Thursday Reception 6:30 pm Lecture 7:30 pm “Preserving the Past: Art and Science at the Detroit Institute of Arts” Dr. Karen Trentelman, DIA Kresge Art Museum, MSU Campus April 7-12, 2002 223^rd ACS National Meeting Orlando, FL

Congratulations! CHEMLUMINARY AWARDS We are happy to announce that the MSU Local Section won 2 ChemLuminary Awards: · Best Overall Local Section Women Chemists Committee-ACS Women in Chemistry · Outstanding Performance by a Local Section Medium Size Category. We were also finalists for 2 more awards: · Most Innovative New Activity or Program in a Local Section-awarding patches to Girl Scout participants at Chemistry day at the Mall · Activity or Program in a Local Section that Best Addresses the ACS Strategic Thrusts-ACS Women in Chemistry Kathryn Severin, MSU Local Section Councilor, represented the local section at the awards ceremony held during the Chicago ACS meeting. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the outstanding efforts of the local section during the past year. The awards will be in a display case on the first floor in Chemistry Building.

LOCAL NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK CELEBRATION:

* CHEMISTRY DAY AT IMPRESSION 5 MUSEUM

The MSU Local Section of the American Chemical Society will once again celebrate National Chemistry Week with our 15th annual “Chemistry Day” event held from 11 am – 3:30 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2001 at Impression 5 Science Center (200 Museum Drive, Lansing, MI). The theme this year is “Celebrating Chemistry & Art”. MSU faculty, staff, and students, local area schools and businesses will have chemistry-related hands-on experiments, art activities, and chemical demonstrations that are both entertaining and educational! Cool chemistry items (including chemistry tee shirts, element pins, and stuffed moles) will be raffled off each hour. Free museum admission thanks to MBI International! Please come and join us for the fun! Contact Kathy Severin (severin@cem.msu.edu), local section coordinator for National Chemistry Week 2001, for more information.

** PUBLIC LECTURE

During NCW, the local section will also host a public lecture: given by Dr. Karen Trentelman, Associate Research Scientist in the Conservation Laboratory at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The talk will be presented on Thursday, November 8, 2001 at 7:30 pm. at the Kresge Art Museum on the MSU campus. A reception will be held at the museum prior to the lecture beginning at 6:30 pm.

Preserving the Past: Art and Science at the Detroit Institute of Arts

The vast collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) includes paintings, photographs, drawings, textiles, decorative arts and sculpture. The staff of the DIA’s Conservation Laboratory work to ensure the preservation of the museum’s collections for future generations. Works of art can be made of almost any material imaginable, but generally fall into one of five conservation disciplines: paintings, objects, works of art on paper, textiles, and frames. Working within all these disciplines, conservation scientists analyze and study the materials and methods used to create artistic and historic works. Techniques typically employed include X-radiography, polarizing and UV fluorescence microscopy, X-ray fluorescence and diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and Raman microscopy. In collaboration with conservators and curators, the scientific analyses are used to help resolve questions of condition, technique and authenticity; support the acquisition of works of art; determine appropriate storage or display materials; and guide the selection of conservation treatments. A number of case histories will be presented to illustrate the application of traditional and modern analytical methods to the study of works of art, archaeological artifacts and ethnographic objects.

Dr. Karen Trentelman is an Associate Research Scientist in the Conservation Laboratory at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She received a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Cornell University and did postdoctoral work at Northwestern University. Prior to joining the DIA in 1995, she served as a scientific consultant to the Art Institute of Chicago and was an assistant professor in the Art Conservation Department at the State University College at Buffalo.

*** A POSTER CONTEST

is being conducted for grades K-12 that has the theme “Celebrating Chemistry – Then and Now” in recognition of the 125^th anniversary of the American Chemical Society. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: elementary, middle, and high school. More details on this contest are available on the NCW website http://chemistry.org/ncw. Contact Kathy Severin for information on entry submission.

DOC GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2001-2002

The members of ACS local section congratulate Bill Gallagher for being one of 15 graduate students nationwide to receive an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry graduate fellowship. Bill's fellowship is sponsored by Pfizer. http://www.chem.unt.edu/acs/fall01newsletter.htm

ACS WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY

ACS Women in Chemistry (ACSWIC), the MSU local section WCC, received the first ever Best Overall Local Section Women Chemists Committee award at the ChemLuminary Awards ceremony at the ACS meeting in Chicago! We celebrated the award in September with an ice cream social for the whole department.

In September we chatted with Prof. Deanne Snavely from the Department of Chemistry and Photochemical Sciences Bowling Green State University as part of our Meet the Speaker program. We have two activities planned for October. First, in an effort to maintain ties with the our alumnae and make contacts in the chemical industry, we will host a round-table lunch with former MSU graduate students Ms. Shawn Mehrens of Pfizer; Dr. Micah Stowe of Clorox; and Dr. Wendy Flory of Dow Chemical on October 17^th at 12 pm in 329 Chemistry. These women will share their experiences of the job hunting process and the transition from graduate school to industry. Our second activity is presenting outreach activities at Chemistry Day at Impression 5 on Saturday, October 20^th.

Heather Bullen is the 2001-2 WCC chairman. Other members of the steering committee are Erin Paske, Maggie Witek, Shannon Haymond, and Kathy Severin. To find out more about ACSWIC, visit our website at http://www.cem.msu.edu/~acswic/acswic.html.

LOCAL SECTION TRAVEL GRANTS

The MSU Local Section has limited funds available to provide travel support to chemical research/educational conferences. Travel grants up to $250.00 may be awarded to individuals who are members of the MSU Local Section or the local K-12 science education community and have a paper accepted at a conference sanctioned by the American Chemical Society. An application form for travel support is available at http://www.cem.msu.edu/~msuacs/tgrants.html. Applications will be reviewed by MSU Local Section board members in May and December each year. Please contact Paul Mantica, 517-333-6456 or e-mail mantica@msu.edu for more information.

WOMEN CHEMIST COMMITTEE TRAVEL AWARDS

The Women Chemist Committee of the ACS is calling for applications for Travel Awards for post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate women to make their first research presentation at a national meeting. These awards are sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company. More information and an application form can be found at http://membership.acs.org/W/WCC/ or contact Cheryl Brown at 800-227-5558 ext. 6022. Deadlines for receipt of applications for 2002 meetings:

September 15, 2001 – Meetings between January 1 & June 30, 2002

February 15, 2002 – Meetings between June 30, 2001 & December 31, 2002.

MSU LOCAL SECTION NEWSLETTER CHANGES

To help defray printing and distributing costs, we will start to distribute the local section newsletter via electronic means to all local section members with e-mail addresses, beginning with this fall newsletter. If you are receiving a paper copy and would like to receive your newsletter in electronic format, please send your email address to Dalila Kovacs (kovacs@cem.msu.edu) who will update the newsletter distribution list.
MSU ACS LOCAL SECTION OFFICERS 2001-2002.

Chairperson: Dr. Aaron Odom 517-355-9715 ext. 171, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: odoma@msu.edu	Chair-Elect: Dr. Greg Baker 517-355-9715 ext. 160, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: bakerg@msu.edu
Secretary: Dr. Doug Nordhaus 517-332-5662	Treasurer: Dr. Robert Maleczka 517-355-9715 ext. 124, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: maleczka@cem.msu.edu
Councilor: Dr. Kathryn Severin 517-355-9715 ext. 372, fax: 517-353-1793 e-mail: severin@cem.msu.edu	Alternate Councilor: Dr. Susan J. Masten 517-353-8539, fax: 517-432-1827 e-mail: masten@cee.msu.edu
Past-Chairperson: Dr. Paul F. Mantica 517-355-9672 ext. 456, fax: 517-353-5967 e-mail: mantica@msu.edu

MSU ACS LOCAL SECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2001-2002

The MSU ACS Local Section Committee Chairs for the academic year 2001-2002 have been appointed. If you would like to participate in any of these activities or have information that would be of interest to committee members, please contact the committee chair or one of the executive board.

Members:

Committee	Chair	e-mail address
Awards	Paul Mantica	mantica@msu.edu
Industrial Relations	Doug Nordhaus
Bylaws	Evelyn Jackson	ejackson@cem.msu.edu
National Chemistry Week	Kathryn Severin	severin@cem.msu.edu
Public Relations & Newsletter Editor	Dalila Kovacs	kovacs@cem.msu.edu
Women Chemists	Heather Bullen	bullenhe@msu.edu
Younger Chemists	Jim Ciszewski	ciszewsk@cem.msu.edu

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

You belong to the world's premier organization for chemists, chemical engineers and allied professionals. The MSU Local Section is always looking for people to share a little time. Additional information regarding Local Section activities may be accessed through our website: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~msuacs. We encourage you to take part in the variety of educational and outreach activities sponsored by the MSU Local Section.

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