To celebrate the success of 5 years of existance, founders (and authors) Elinor H. Cantor, Margaret M. Faul, Donna M. Huryn, Lara Kallander, Rebecca T. Ruck, and Mary P. Watson recently published a paper in Organic Letters (2023, 25, 40, 7271–7277) entitled “Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry (EWOC) at Five Years: Giving Back and Getting …
The DOC Graduate Research Symposium, which provides an opportunity for graduate students in organic chemistry to interact with leaders from academia, industry, various funding agencies, and publishers at a single venue, will take place at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia on July 25-28, 2024. For more details and link to the nomination form …
Call for Nominations for the 2024 SURF Fellowships – Applications for the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) ($6,000) are now being accepted. The Division of Organic Chemistry annually awards SURF Fellowships to outstanding undergraduate organic chemistry students. These competitive fellowships are awarded on the merits of students’ research proposals, academic records, faculty recommendations, and …
The next Virtual Symposium will be hosted on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 12-1:30 PM EST. The symposium features: Alex Grenning — University of Florida — “Exploring the alternate universe of ‘axially chiral natural products:’ axially chiral cannabinoids and beyond.” David Nagib — Ohio State University — “Harnessing Radical and Carbene Reactivity from Simple Carbonyls” You …
The Organic Division Program Chair, has put together a grid of all the sessions housed within the Organic Division at the upcoming ACS meeting in San Francisco (with rooms included).
The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry is pleased to announce that Marisa Kozlowski is the 2023 Leete Award winner. The award honors Edward Leete of the University of Minnesota, who, through his contributions to science and education, fostered an appreciation and love for organic chemistry. The award consists of a plaque and a cash award …
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable will be hosting a webinar on the implications of Open-Access and FAIR Data on Tuesday, August 1st from 3:30-5 pm ET. Registration is free and available here. This webinar is a prequel for our workshop in October.
Professor David A. Evans was the Abbott and James Lawrence Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Harvard University and a prominent leader in the organic chemistry community. He passed away on April 29, 2022. At the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, the Evans Alumni will gather for a full day Symposium on Monday August 14th …
The Organic Division of the ACS has scheduled an all-day symposium on August 13, 2023 at the San Francisco National ACS Meeting to celebrate the publication of Volume 100 of Organic Syntheses. The morning session will highlight “Scientific Advances in Organic Synthesis from Primarily Undergraduate Institutions,” and features presentations by Jeremy Morgan (UNC Wilmington), Carolyn …
The 49th National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS), which is the 100 year anniversary of the symposium, will take place on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY from Sunday June 22 to Thursday June 26, 2025. More details will be provided on the NOS Website as they become available.
