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Archived Announcements & Events (most recent first):
 2008 (9/23-9/27/08) The 2008 Western Regional Meeting “The Changing Face of Chemistry in the 21st Century” will take place at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. Click here for more info. (9/18/08 and 9/19/08) Eyring Lecture The Fall 2008 Eyring Lecture will be presented by Klaus Schulten (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) at the ASU Tempe Campus. General Lecture: “Computational Microscopy of the Living Cell” at 7:30 PM on Thurs. 9/18 in PS H-150 Technical Presentation: “Physics of Photosynthesis in Purple Bacteria” at 3:40 PM on Fri. 9/19
Click here for more info. (9/16/08) Local Section Meeting: Dr. E. Charles Galloway will present “The Enabling Science: Chemists in the National Inventors Hall of Fame” at the ASU Tempe Campus. (Room PS H-152). Refreshments will be served at 5:15 PM with the talk to immediately follow at 5:45 PM. (4/17/08) Local Section Meeting: Dr. Helene R. Dickel (U. of Illinois and U. of New Mexico) will discuss the “Cosmic Recycling Center: Matter Between The Stars” at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) See the March Newsletter for more info. (4/3 and 4/4/08) Eyring Lecture The Spring 2008 Eyring Lecture will be presented by Gérard Férey (Versailles University, France). General Lecture: “Porous Solids: A New World” at 7:30 PM on Thurs. 4/3. Technical Presentation: “The Breathing Effects in MOFs” at 3:00 PM on Fri. 4/4. Click here for more information. (3/5/08) Local Section Meeting: Dinner Extravaganza! at Scottsdale Community College’s Culinary Arts Dining Room in Scottsdale, AZ. Click here for more info. (2/20/08) Local Section Meeting: Dr. Carolyn Fisher will discuss “Spices & Herbs: Chemistry & Health” at Glendale Community College. Click here for more info. 2007 (11/3/07) 50/60 Year Award Luncheon This is always one of the year’s most enjoyable events! Join us on Saturday, 11/3 at Carver’s Steakhouse in Glendale, AZ to honor our 50 and 60 year members. Reservations are required. Click here for more details. (10/21-10/27/07) National Chemistry Week This year’s theme is “The Many Faces of Chemistry.” (see Announcements to the right) (10/3/07) Local Section Meeting John Fortman (Wright State) will present “America’s Funniest Chemical Videos: Dazzling Demos and Videotaped Bloopers” at Glendale Community College. Food will be served at 6:30 with the talk to follow at 7:30. There is NO CHARGE for ACS Members. Click here for more details. (10/9-10/13/2007) ACS Western Regional Meeting (San Diego, CA) This year’s meeting begins with a Kick-Off Lecture on Tuesday, 10/9 and continues through Saturday the 13th. Click here for all the information or visit http://www.wrmacs.org/ (9/4/07) Local Section Meeting Join us for happy hour, appetizers, a brewery tour, and a special seminar by Dr. Robert P. Bates from the University of Florida: “The Chemistry and Alchemy of Brewing.” Space is very limited, so be sure to get your reservations in ASAP. Click here for details. (3/31/07 and 4/28/07) 2007 National Chemistry Olympiad Competition. (4/18/07) Local Section Meeting ACS Tour Speaker Dr. Ronald DeLorenzo (Middle Georgia College) will present “Interesting Mysteries In Science” at ASU (Tempe Campus) on Wed. 4/18. Click here for more information. (3/25-3/29/07) 233rd National ACS Meeting. This year’s Spring meeting will be held in Chicago, IL. Visit the ACS web site for details. (2/15/07) Pacific Southwest AOAC’s 2007 meeting will be held in Chandler, AZ April 17-20. Click here for the program or visit the AOAC web site at www.pswaoac.org. (2/14/07) Local Section Meeting Enjoy a special Valentine’s Day 5 course dinner followed by a visit from Dr. Ariel Fenster who will present “Food of the Gods - The Science and Lore of Chocolate” at Scottsdale Community College. Click here for more information. (2/1/07 and 2/2/07) Eyring Lecture The Spring 2007 Eyring Lecture will be presented by A. Paul Alivisatos (Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, U.C. Berkeley). General Lecture: “Nanocrystal Molecules” at 7:30 PM on Thurs. 2/1. Technical Presentation: “Chemical Transformations in Nanocrystals” at 3:40 PM on Fri. 2/1. Click here for more information. 2006 (10/14-10/18/06) The 19th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the ACS will take place in Tucson, AZ from 10/14-10/18. Visit the web site for details. (10/22-10/28/06) National Chemistry Week is October 22-28. This year’s theme is “Your Home--It’s All Built On Chemistry.” More info will be available here in mid-May. (11/15/06) ACS Tour Speaker Dr. James O’Brien will present “Chemistry in the Sherlock Holmes Stories” on Wednesday, 11/15 at the Fiesta Inn Resort in Tempe, AZ. The talk begins at 8 PM and is preceded by a Social Hour at 6 PM and dinner at 6:45 PM. Please see the October 2006 newsletter for details. (4/19/06) Ned Heindel will present a talk on “Folk Medicine in the 19th Century” Wed 4/19 at 6 PM in the Peridot Room (located in the Student Center) at Scottsdale Community College. Click here for more info. (4/22/06) Earth Day is April 22. The 2006 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day (CCED) theme is “Dig It!” Visit the CCED web site for updated information. (3/9-3/10/06) The ASU Eyring Lecture will be presented by Dr. Graham Fleming (UC Berkeley) on Thurs. 3/9 at 7:30 PM in PS H-150 (general public presentation) and Fri. 3/10 at 3:40 in PS H-150 (technical presentation). Click here for more info.

(2/14/06) Dr. Gary Nagyvary (Texas A & M) will be presenting “Decoding the Stradivarius: The Materials, the Sound, and the Mystique at ASU on Tuesday 2/14 at 6 PM in PS H-151. Click here for Press Release. Click here for Abstract.http://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/WRM2008.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/EyringFall2008.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/newslettermarch08.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/newslettermarch08.pdfhttp://chemistry.asu.edu/seminar/eyering_2008spring.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/dinnerextra2008.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/Fisherflyer.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/5060.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/Fortman%20Flyer%20video.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/ACSWRM07.pdfhttp://www.wrmacs.org/http://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/ACSSept4MTG.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/interestingmysteries.pdfhttp://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=meetings%5cchicago2007%5chome.htmlhttp://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=meetings%5cchicago2007%5chome.htmlhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/AOAC2007.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/AOAC2007.pdfhttp://www.pswaoac.orghttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/ACS%20Dinner%20Feb%2014.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/eyringspring07.pdfhttp://rmacs2006.arizona.edu/http://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/newsletteroct06.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/Heindel_ACS_Folk%20Medicine.pdfhttp://chemistry.org/earthdayhttp://chemistry.org/earthdayhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/Fleming.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/Fleming.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/violin.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/NagyvaryTalk.pdfhttp://membership.acs.org/c/centralarizona/NagyvaryTalk.pdfshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18shapeimage_2_link_19shapeimage_2_link_20shapeimage_2_link_21shapeimage_2_link_22shapeimage_2_link_23shapeimage_2_link_24shapeimage_2_link_25shapeimage_2_link_26shapeimage_2_link_27shapeimage_2_link_28shapeimage_2_link_29