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October Meeting
On October 14 at 7:00 p.m., Worcester State College will host Dr. Michael Cann of the University of Scranton. The event will start with light refreshements at 7:00 in room 102 of the Ghosh Science and Technology Building at Worcester State College, with Dr. Cann presenting his talk, "Green Chemistry: Chemistry for the Long Haul" at 7:30 p.m.
Please respond to cmasi@wsc.ma.edu if you plan on attending the event.
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March Meeting
On March 4 at 6:30 p.m., Abbott Laboratories will host Dr. Carolyn Friel of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The event will start with light refreshments and a social gathering in the medicinal chemistry labs on the 3rd floor of 5-Biotech at 381 Plantation Street with Prof. Friel presenting her talk, "The design and synthesis of estrogen receptor probes," at 7:00 p.m. For those who are intereested, Don Konopacki will lead a tour of Abbott's medicinal chemistry labs after Dr. Friel's talk.
Please respond to cmasi@wsc.ma.edu if you plan on attending the event.
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December Meeting
On December 10 at 7:00 p.m., the College of the Holy Cross will host Dr. Venkat R. Thalladi of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Prof. Thalladi will be presenting Pharmaceutical Polymorphs, Cocrystals, and Solid Solutions in room 406 of the Hogan Campus Center.
Polymorphism, the ability of a compound to adopt multiple solid-state arrangements, is critical to pharmaceutical drug development and formulation.
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Sept/Oct Meeting
On October 28 at 6:30 p.m., Worcester State College will host Dr. Theresa Shea of the Science Department at Westborough High School. In room 102 of the Ghosh Science and Technology Building at Worcester State College, Dr. Shea will tell us about her experience running the Chemistry Olympiad in 2007-2008. The event will start with a social gathering at 6:30 with the talk to begin at 7:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
For those unfamiliar with the Chemistry Olympiad, it is a chemistry competition open to high school students. The students from area high schools compete to earn a spot on the national Chemistry Olympiad team. The national team travels to an international event to compete with teams from other countries. The competition includes a series of written tests and laboratory activities.
Please respond to cmasi@wsc.ma.edu if you plan on attending the event.
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Nominations for 2009
In our continuing effort to reestablish normal operating procedures for our section, this year we have created a Nominating Committee to nominate a slate of candidates for our Executive Council. The Nominating Committee will accept your suggestions until October 24. The Nominating Committee will then forward the nominations to the Executive Committee. Ballots will be prepared and mailed by November 1.
The Nominating Committee will be accepting suggestions for Chair-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, Member at Large (2009-2011), Councilor (2009-2011), Alternate Councilor (2009-2010)*, and Auditor (who is appointed by the Nominating Committee).
Leaving office are Dr. Kevin Kearney (Treasurer), Dr. John Williams (Member at Large), Dr. Jane van Doren (Councilor), and Dr. Christopher Masi (Alternate Councilor). We thank all those who have helped to revitalize our section, and we encourage them to run for office during the upcoming election.
Members of the Executive Council remaining on the Council are Dr. Mark Turnbull (Member at Large), Dr. Joshua Farrell (Member at Large), and Dr. Christopher Masi (Chair).
Please forward your suggestions for officers to the members of the Nominating Committee at the following e-mail addresses.
Dr. John Goodchild (jgoodchild1@worcester.edu)
Mr. Donald Konopacki (donald.konopacki@abbott.com)
Dr. Patrick Romano (promano@wsc.ma.edu)
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Local Student Places Second in NCW Poster Contest
A fourth grader from Holden won second place in the 2007 National Chemistry Week poster contest. Alexis's poster for the "Many Faces of Chemistry" inculded drawings of all sorts of people doing all sorts of chemistry!
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March/April Meeting
On April 2 at 6:30 p.m., Clark University will host Prof. Juan Novoa of the Department de Química Física, Universitat de Barcelona. Prof. Novoa will be presenting The nature of the long distance bonds (≈3 Å) found in molecular crystals in room 121 in the Sackler Science Center. Parking is recommended in the Maywood Street Parking lot, next to the Lasry Biological Sciences Building across Maywood street from the Sackler Science building. The event will start with a social gathering at 6:30 with the talk to begin at 7:00 p.m. Clark University Campus Map
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A Call to Action
Please contact your U.S. Representative by March 14 regarding the importance of signing onto a letter to the House Appropriations Committee authored by Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) that supports $5 million in funding for the Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) at the National Science Foundation.
This program was authorized by the America COMPETES Act in 2007 and needs to be funded through the fiscal year 2009 appropriations process.
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Hogwarts at Holy Cross
CM-ACS is happy to be involved in Holy Cross's continuing series of chemistry outreach events. The theme for this year's Hogwarts at Holy Cross X is "Biochemistry: Your Body's Magical Spell Book". The event will feature hands-on activities for the whole family, and an exciting Health Show by Award-Winning Children's Educator Slim Goodbody. The event will be held in the Hogan Ballroom, at the College of the Holy Cross from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 1. Of course, the event is free and open to the public.
If you know a school who would like to hear about this event, please feel free to send them a copy of the MS Word-based poster!
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Nominations for Northeast Region ACS Awards
The ACS Central Massachusetts Section seeks nominations for a number of regional awards:
- Excellence in Teaching High School Chemistry
- Industrial Innovation
- Volunteer Service to the Northeast Region of the ACS
- Advancing diversity in the chemical sciences
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January 2008 Meeting
On January 24 at 7:00 p.m., CM-ACS will kick off 2008 with a seminar presented by Prof. Richard Herrick entitled Bioorganometallic Chemistry: A New Frontier. The event hosted by CM-ACS and MCPHS, will be held in the Fuller Conference Hall on the 9th floor of the MCPHS Living and Learning Center. The address of the Living and Learning Center is 25 Foster Street, Worcester, MA. 01608, the corner of Foster and Commercial Streets. Beverages and snacks will be served, and parking is available across Commercial Street in the CitySquare parking garage.
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New Outreach Materials
CM-ACS recently purchased 24 junior and 24 senior sized "color dot goggles" from the American Chemical Society. The goggles can be used during CM-ACS outreach events. Please contact the National Chemistry Week Coordinator (Christopher Masi, cmasi at wsc.ma.edu) to coordinate an exchange.
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