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Nominate a Noteworthy Chemist for an ACS National Award

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Nominations for the ACS national awards to be presented in 2017 are now being solicited. For more information on how to submit a nomination for an ACS National Award visit www.acs.org/nationalawards. The deadline date for all nominating material for the 2017 ACS National Awards is November 1, 2016. Contact the Division if you would like …

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TAOC Awardees and Program for Fall ACS

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The Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Symposium Program for the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia (August 2016) is available. The purpose of the Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (TAOC) award program is to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or the equivalent, …

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Abstracts for the Philadelphia 2016 ACS Meeting

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Members can now access the abstract separates for the 252nd ACS National Meeting held in Philadelphia (Fall 2016). To access the file, you must be a Division Member. You can download the PDF file (31 MB) from the Organic Division’s Meeting Abstract Page. Use your ACS Login ID to access the page. If you do not have …

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The 2016 Organic Division Undergraduate Awardees

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The Organic Division congratulates the 346 Organic Division Undergraduate Awardees for 2016. Each awardee has been sent a certificate and a letter detailing how to obtain free membership in the Division (provided the institution submitted the application by the March 15 deadline). The Division sponsors this award program to recognize senior students who display a …

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2015 NOS Lectures now Available On-Line

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We thank all of those who attended and contributed to the 2015 National Organic Symposium (NOS) at the University of Maryland. We are now able to release the videos of the lectures given by Anna Mapp and Kuiling Ding at the 2015 NOS. These are free of charge to all Organic Division members from the NOS Videos’ page. We thank …

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2016 Gassman Award to Gary Molander

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The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has named Gary A. Molander – Hirschmann Makineni Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, PA – the winner of the 2016 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award. The award was established in 1994 to recognize outstanding service to the organic chemistry community. Presented every other year …

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JOC, Organic Letters and Organometallics Announce Award Lectureships

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The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry  are proud to announce Professor Jeffrey Johnson, as the winner of the 2016 The Journal of Organic Chemistry Outstanding Publication of the Year Lectureship Award. Read more about Dr. Johnson and the award winning article. The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry and Organic …

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2016 DOC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Awardees

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The Division of Organic Chemistry congratulates the nine 2016 DOC SURF award winners and gratefully acknowledges their sponsors (Merck and Pfizer). The winners are: Student School Mentor Sponsor Harrison Besser Harvard University Prof. Eric Jacobsen Pfizer Hannah Burdge Towson University Prof. Keith Reber Merck Shivansh Chawla Cornell University Prof. Yimon Aye Merck Corrine Elliott University …

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Green Organic Chemistry Resources

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The Division has created a page https://organicdivision.org/green with resources/links on green chemistry as a service to the organic chemistry community. Special thanks to Dr. Helen Sneddon of GSK for her efforts in helping compile this list of resources. Please contact us if you have some ideas on how we can improve on the page and resources.