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NESACS
Candidates for 2013 |
| Chair-Elect: |
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Katherine
Lee |
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James
Phillips |
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| Trustee: |
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Chuck
Kolb |
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Dorothy Phillips |
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| Director-at-Large: |
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Gary
Weisman |
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John
Neumeyer |
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David
harris |
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Mukund
Chorghade |
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| Nominating
Committee: |
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Sophia
Su |
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Heidi
Teng |
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Marietta
Schwartz |
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Raj
Rajur |
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| Richards
Award Committee: |
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Jerry
Jasinski |
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Howard
mayne |
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Morton
Hoffman |
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James
Morken |
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| Councilor/Alternate
Councilor: |
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Michael
Singer |
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Lee
Johnson |
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Mary
Shultz |
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Bob
Lichter |
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Sophia
Su |
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Ken
Mattes |
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Mary
Mahaney |
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Raj
Rajur |
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Andrew
Scholte |
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Marietta
Schwartz |
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Heidi
Teng |
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Sonja
Strah-Pleynet |
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Wilton
Virgo |
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| Esselen
Award Committee: |
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Jeffrey
Steinfeld |
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Eric
jacobsen |
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Vinod
Patel |
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Karl
Hansen |
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| Petition
Candidates: “Any group comprising 2
per cent or more of the Northeastern
Section (136 members) may nominate
candidates…” See
NESACS hanbook for details. |
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NESACS
Candidates' Statements for 2013 Election |
In
the interest of providing maximum information
and expression of opinion by the candidates
for election in 2010, the Nominating Committee
has prepared a section of the NUCLEUS for mailing
concurrently with the ballots. All candidates
were asked to submit
biographical material and, with the exception
of committee member nominees, position statements.
To attain uniformity of format, the biographical
data have been rearranged, and, where the text
exceeded the allotted space, abbreviated.
The statements have been
reproduced without change. An official ballot,
along with a ballot envelope and return envelope
have been provided. The election and balloting
are being carried out in conformance with Article
VIII of the Constitution of the Northeastern
Section. The order of candidates for each office
on the ballot will be determined by lot. Comments
regarding the election may be addressed to
the Nominating Committee Chair, Ruth Tanner
(address on p. 3 of the Nucleus and here).
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The
ballot must be received by May 31, 2013 |
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9th
Annual
Northeastern Section
of the American Chemical Society Golf
Tournament |
2013
BrambleTournament Co-Organized with PCI Synthesis |
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100 year old Donald Ross
Course |
Salem, MA |
August 5, 2013 |
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Scramble
Format |
BBQ
Lunch (11:30) followed by
a Shot Gun Start at 1 PM |
Buffet
Dinner and Awards Immediately
Following |
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Cost:
$175 per golfer |
Fee
Includes: |
Greens
fee, Cart,
Full BBQ lunch, snacks and drinks
on the course, passed appetizers
and
full buffet dinner with carving
stations
Prizes include: longest drive,
closest to the pin, first, second,
and third place teams |
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Hole
Sponsorships are available
at the suggested levels: |
| • $2500 |
Boron |
• $2000 |
Osmium |
| • $1500 |
Sulfur |
| • $1000 |
Tritium |
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$500 |
Oxygen |
| • $300 |
Nitrogen |
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| Please
note: hole sponsorships are very
important to us. All proceeds
support NESACS |
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| Registration: |
contact
Harry Mandeville at h.mandeville@verizon.net |
| Please
include all golfers names and
e-mail
addresses. |
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| Payment: by
check only. Please send your
check to: |
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| Harry
Mandeville |
| 7 Pillings
Pond Road |
| Lynnfield,
MA 01940 |
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| Click
here to download this flyer [PDF] |
| Photos
of 2012 Golf Tournament |
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NESACS 8th Annual Golf Tournament Report |
| In 2012, the 8th
annual NESACS Golf Tournament was again held
at Wedgewood Pines Country Club in Stow, MA.
A total of 62 players participated in the scramble
format tournament. The afternoon began with a
box lunch followed by a shotgun start at 1 PM.
The lunchtime is a good opportunity for players
to practice their putting and chipping as well
as to network with colleagues who travel from
all over the US to attend this annual event.
After the tournament, a cocktail hour is held,
followed by a buffet dinner and awards ceremony. |
| This year there was
a three-way tie for first place with the winning
score of 64 (8 shots under par). The winners
were then determined by their score on the hardest
holes (or highest handicap holes). The golfers
on the first-place team were Damon Abernathy,
Nick Fudula, Andrew Morbey, and Ed Morbey. The
golfers on the second-place team were Tae Cho,
David Akeson, Dav Terro, and Sohan Abraham. The
golfers on the third place team were Stu Needleman,
Paul Defino, Nathan Barashansky, and Kevin Duffield.
Prizes were also given for the longest drive
and closest to the pin for both men and women.
The men’s long drive was won by John Green and
the ladies by Angeles Dios. The men’s closest-to-the-pin
was won by Doug Saffran and the ladies’ by Cassandra
Celatka. |
| We are extremely
grateful to the sponsors of this tournament.
All proceeds from this tournament support NESACS
programs. Over the past several years and again
in 2012, our highest donor was the Lyophilization
Services of New England (LSNE) (http://www.lyophilization.com). |
Our other generous
sponsors who participated were:
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| Please visit their
websites to investigate their services and capabilities |
| We are looking forward to the 9th
annual tournament,
to be held on August 5, 2013 at the Kernwood
CC in Salem, MA. |
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First-place team (L-R)-
Damon Abernathy, Edward Morbey, Andrew
Morbey, Nick Fudala with tournament co-chair
Harry Mandeville. |
Second-place team-
Tae Cho(R), David Akeson, Dav Terro, and
Sohan Abraham(L) |
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Third-place
team (L-R)- Paul Defino, Stu Needleman,
Kevin Duffield, Nathan Barashansky |
Closest
to the pin- Doug Saffran with Harry Mandeville |
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Closest
to the pin- Cassandra Celatka |
Longest drive- John
Green |
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Longest
drive- Angeles Dios |
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Sparkle
Training at ACS Headquarters in Washington,
DC (April 27-29, 2012)
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| I attended the
Sparkle training for Public Relations Chairs
as Jack Driscoll, but quickly became introduced
as Jen’s Dad since Jennifer had given such
a wonderful training session on Social Media
at Sparkle 2011. |
| This was a very
helpful training course particularly with
the role playing and video preparation with
the media. There were PR Chairs from 24 sections
at the training course. |
We spent part
of an afternoon with the ACS Network. This
web site has been completely reworked and
is very impressive (http://www.acs.org/network).
NESACS PR is now connected to the ACS Local
Section Public Relations (LSPR) group. We
now have 24
new Chemistry Ambassadors (see photo). |
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Third
from the left in the back row, Dr. Jack
Driscoll joins Sparkle Training participants
from 24 local sections. |
| You can start
your own group on the ACS Network in Education-
Events to communicate with chairs in other
regions. You first have to login with your
ACS ID #, then you can access the ACS Network
and go from there. |
| Bonnie Carpentier
and Kathleen Schultz, who are on the ACS
Board of Directors, gave presentations to
our group. The media reps were Ron Seely,
Wisconsin State Journal (print), Mike Lawrence,
Cone Communications (TV), and Paul Milton,
Patuxent Publishing (print), and large media
with 18 newspapers. The ACS Public Relations & Communications
staff did a wonderful job keeping the program
moving. |
| Kathleen Schultz
described a number of professional development
courses that are available on line or at
the ACS National Meetings. This was a very
beneficial experience. |
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The Northeastern Section Celebrates Earth
Day |
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| On Sunday, April
22, 2012, the Northeastern Section of the
American Chemical Society sponsored Chemists
Celebrate Earth Day Event at Museum of Science-Boston
(MoS). About 2000 visitors participated in
a number of hands-on activities and demonstrations
related to Green Chemistry. The main focus
of this event was to create public awareness
towards embracing environmentally benign
methods. The visitors, especially students,
were engaged in building greener devices
and implementing cleaner day-to-day activities.
Every volunteer engaged the audience in hands-on
activities and made sure the audience left
the booth with a flavor for greener environment. |
| The activities
and demonstrations that were performed during
this event included: biodiesel preparation,
use of M&Ms to illustrate atom economy,
building of dye-sensitized solar cell, water
glass density/NaOH, PLA Demo, pH indicators
using red cabbage, density of polymers as
related to recycling, a biomimicry matching
game station, homemade glue, and making hand
sanitizer. |
| Special thanks
to the Boston Museum of Science-Boston, Northeastern
Section of the American Chemical Society,
Beyond Benign, Kate Anderson, David Sittenfeld,
and Julie Sable. |
| Malden High School |
| Martin Berryman |
| Michael Lee |
| Jenny Ma |
| David Day |
| Eledia Avocado |
| Lavender Yu |
| Stephanie Su |
| Sunny Huang |
| Shix Su |
| Jingwen Chen |
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| Northeastern University |
| Elise Miner |
| Victoria Ronga |
| Anthony Varca |
| Devan Wilkins |
| Peter Edwards |
| Kati Brogan |
| Sam Saggese |
| Anastasia Maydanov |
| Mark Naniong |
| Justin Roberts |
| Charlie Hoyt |
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| Beyond Benign |
| Kate Anderson |
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| Salem State University |
| Dr. Jayashree Ranga |
| Victoria Gillespie |
| Vinh Vo |
| Krystal Gmyrek |
| Kim Clapp |
| Brenda Gonzalez |
| Marie Sanon |
| Cassandre Prophete |
| Leslie Garcia |
| Joy Morrison |
| Mariana Georges |
| Ashley Hood |
| Mike Dullen |
| Mathew Fenn |
| Christine Vo |
| Shane Hurley |
| Ben Kirk |
| Kyle Leonard |
| Veronica Barrientos |
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| Gordon College: |
| Owen Williams |
| Ean Mullins |
| Madeline Kong |
| Dr. Joel Boyd |
| Ruth Chadwick |
| Mollie Enright |
| Molly Guthrie |
| Andrew Swartzel |
| C.J. Daly |
| Lee Andrews |
| Jenna Gustavson |
| Stacy Strobel |
| Bria Pelletier |
| Ben Stewart |
| Sarah McCarron |
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| Simmons College: |
| Maureen Corrielus |
| Veronica Nowakowski |
| Emily Yasi |
| Natalie Lowell |
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| Emmanuel College |
| Dr. Christine Jaworek-Lopes |
| Carina Paz |
| Elsie Helou |
| Kaitlyn Waters |
| Hillary Butts |
| Eliza Kosoy |
| Lauren Gagnon |
| Michael Lynch |
| Allison Harbottle |
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Winning
Illustrated Poem Contest Winners
for Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
2012 - |
Rethinking
Recycling-
It's Easy to Be Green! |
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9th-12th grade: Joytika Bhargo
(10th grade) School: Somerville
High School; Mentor: Susan Schmidt
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3rd -5th grade: Audrey McCarthy
(3rd grade) School: Hellenic
American Academy; Mentor: Mrs.
Fahey
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Presented
at Tufts University, Medford, MA, May
10, 2012 |
HIGH
SCHOOL AWARDS |
FIFTY-THIRD
ANNUAL AVERY A. ASHDOWN HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION
CONTEST |
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Student |
School |
Teacher |
| First
Place - The Simmons College Award |
| Alan
Zhou |
Lexington
HS |
Parul
Kumar |
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| Second
Place |
| Charles
Guan |
Phillips
Academy |
Temba
Maquebela |
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| Second
Place (Non-eligible
because of a prior award) |
| James Lin |
Phillips
Academy |
Temba
Maquebela |
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| Third
Place (tied) |
| Jeong
Kim |
Groton
School |
Sandra
Kelly |
| Eric
Tao |
Acton-Boxborough
HS |
David
Baumritter |
| Jonas
Whitney |
Reading
Memorial HS |
Frank
Buono |
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| Honorable
Mention - First Year |
| Matthew
Shorter |
Lexington
HS |
Parul
Kumar |
| Hyun
Seo Oh |
Phillips
Exeter Academy |
Michael
McLaughlin |
| Pei jn
Zhang |
Lexington
HS |
James
Woods |
| Victor
Porras |
Lexington
HS |
Jeffrey
Shorter |
| Sheela
Devadas |
Lexington
HS |
Parul
Kumar |
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| Honorable
Mention - Second Year |
| Samantha
Briasco-Stewart |
Wayland
HS |
Jay Chandler |
| Ryan
D. Budnick |
Wayland
HS |
Jay Chandler |
| Kruti
B. Vora |
Wayland
HS |
Jay Chandler |
| Devin
Fauteux |
Hollis
Brookline HS |
Kelly
Burishkin |
| David
Fink |
Acton-Boxborough
HS |
David
Baumritter |
| Nicholas
Barbier |
Dover-Sherborn
HS |
Chris
Levasseur |
| Hari
Anbarasu |
Sharon
High School |
Shawn
Kenner |
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| Jeff
Bigler |
Lynn
English High School |
| Betty
Iannuccilli |
Andover
High School |
| Parul
Kumar |
Lexington
High School |
| Ann
Lambert |
King
Phillip High School |
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Theodore
William Richards Award for Excellence
in Teaching Secondary School Chemistry |
| Ann Wolf |
Plymouth
South High School |
| Kathleen
Markiewicz |
Boston
Latin School |
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PROJECT
SEED |
| Justin
Silva |
Brockton
High School |
| Liban
Mohamed |
Brockton
High School |
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NEWELL
GRANTS (NEACT) |
| Cindy Scheetz |
New Haven
Public Schools |
| Manju
Prakash |
Fairmont
Preparatory Academy |
| Hilary
Blanchard |
Recent
graduate-St Joseph’s College |
| Mary
Jac Reed |
Fairfield
Ludlow High School |
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COLLEGE
AND UNIVERSITY AWARDS |
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2010
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARS |
JAMES
FLACK NORRIS |
And |
THEODORE
WILLIAM RICHARDS SCHOLARS |
| Boston
College |
| Casey
Brodsky |
Chia-Kuang
Tsing, Advisor |
“Noble
Metal Nanostructures for Electrochemical
Energy Storage”
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| Boston
University |
| Morris
Eli Cohen |
Binyomin
Abrams, Advisor |
“Simulation
Studies of Helix Formation of Oligo(azobenzene)
Foldamers” |
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| Stonehill College |
| Patrick
Kelleher |
Deno
Del Sesto, Advisor |
“Determination
of the Reactivity of the Vibrational
Ground State of Methane on Ni(111)”
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| Boston
College |
| Benjamin
Reiner |
Jeffery
Byers, Advisor |
“Ruthenium
Catalyzed Brook Rearrangements
for the Rapid Assembly of Complex
Small Molecules” |
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NESACS
UNDERGRADUATE GRANTS-IN-AID |
| Stonehill
College |
| Emily
Nicotera |
Prof.
Maria Curtin |
“Investigation
of Aluminum Chlorohydrate by
Atmospheric Ionization Mass Spectrometry”
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| Stephanie
Murray |
Prof.
Leon Tilley |
“Trifluoromethyl
Directed γ-Sylil Elimination
in the Cationic Mediated Synthesis
of Trifluoromethylcyclopropanes”
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| Eve A.
Granatosky |
Prof.
Louis Liotta |
“Stereochemically
Controlled Dihydroxylations in
the Synthesis of
Polhydroxylated Pyrrolizidines”
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| Kelly
McCarthy |
Prof.
Louis Liotta |
“The Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated
Pyrrolidine from a D-Altrose
Derivative”
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DR.
PHYLLIS A. BRAUNER MEMORIAL BOOK
AWARD |
| Harvard
University |
| Allen
Shih |
David
Liu, Advisor |
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NORTHEAST STUDENT
CHEMISTRY RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NSCRC) |
| Oral Presentation Awards: |
| Outstanding Oral Presentation Award
(sponsored by Strem Chemicals): |
| Nicholas DeLateur - Northeastern
University |
“Investigating Single Layer versus
Multi-Layer Active Sites with Alkaline
Phosphatase” |
| Excellent Oral Presentation Award
(sponsored by The Conditas Group): |
| Christpher Theile - Boston College |
“Synthesis of Ring Expanded Cyclo-deoxyuridine
and Deoxyadenosine” |
| Poster Presentation Awards: |
| Excellent
Poster Presentation by a Graduate
Student Award (sponsored by Strem
Chemicals): |
| Colin J. Murphy, Tufts University |
“Elucidating the rotation of a single
surface bound molecule with a
view of developing a synthetic molecular
motor” |
| Excellent
Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate
Student Award (sponsored by The Conditas
Group): |
| Shoshana Bachman, Wellesley College |
“Stereospecific electrophilic addition
of amidoaldehydes to oxazoles
using Lewis acid catalysts” |
| Graduate Women in Science Award (sponsored
by GWC, Alpha Omega Chapter) |
| Excellent Poster Presentation by
a Female Presenter: |
| Anna Levina, MIT |
“Palladium-Catalyzed β-Hydride Elimination
Reactions of Alkyl Bromides
and Tosylates Leading toTerminal Alkenes” |
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below to learn about other activities.
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Volunteer Opportunities |
| Opportunities
for Active Participation in NESACS [PDF] |
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Be an Ambassador
for Chemistry! |
| Be a Chemistry
Ambassador by sharing science with
kids. Volunteer with youth groups,
summer camps, and scouts in your community.
In addition to the many sample experiments
offered by the ACS Chemistry Ambassadors
program, we have a limited number of
free “Kids & Chemistry” kits you
can request if you wish to conduct
hands-on activities with groups of
up to 32 kids. |
| Find out
more information about the kits and
order one today by clicking here. |
| Once you
experience the rewards of helping kids
learn about chemistry, consider doing
it again; the Chemistry Ambassadors
program makes it easy to stay involved,
whether you have a lot of time, or
just a little. |
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