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The 2012 Fall National Meeting Travel Awards

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The ACS Organic Division is proud to announce the travel awards for the Fall 2012. Three faculty at undergraduate institutions: Debasish    Bandyopadhyay   University of Texas-Pan American Jeremy Steinbacher Canisius College Dianqing Sun University of Hawaii at Hilo Three undergraduate students: Erica D’Amato    Boston University Research Advisor: Corey Stephenson Szilvia Kiss Smith College Research Advisor: Kevin …

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Gassman Award to Franklin A. Davis

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The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has named Franklin A. Davis – Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA – the winner of the 2012 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award. The award sponsored by Bayer, was established in 1994 to recognize outstanding service to the organic chemistry community. Presented biannually …

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Logins for the Division Website

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ACS has announced that a web server outage will occur on Friday 22 June starting at 5:00 p.m. EST. Logins to the Organic Division Website will likely be affected for upto 17 hours. All other aspects of the site should work fine.

Fulbright-Brazil Announces their 2012 Award and Grant Program

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The Fulbright Program and the Brazilian government’s Science Without Borders Program have teamed up to provide 30 new grants for senior and junior U.S. researchers in the STEM (sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields and five post-doctoral grants in all disciplines. Five Distinguished Chair awards of approximately US $29,000 are available to top senior researchers …

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34th Reaction Mechanisms Conference, RMC 2012

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The ACS, Division of Organic Chemistry will sponsor the biannual 34th Reaction Mechanisms Conference (RMC 2012), which will be held June 19-23, 2012 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia with some additional financial support from Merck. Register by May 29, 2012 to guarantee the lowest conference rate (undergraduates: $25; graduate and …

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2012 DOC SURF Fellowship Awards

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The Division of Organic Chemistry congratulates the twelve 2012 DOC SURF award winners, gratefully acknowledges their sponsors, and thanks The Journal of Organic Chemistry for the opportunity to publish the biographical sketches of the winners. Student Sponsor School Mentor Ronald Besandre Division of Organic Chemistry University of Houston Jeremy A. May Alexander Burckle Pfizer University …

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Spring National Meeting: ORGNƒ€“MEDI Poster Session and Social Event

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The Wednesday evening ORGN–MEDI Poster Session and Social Event in San Diego will be held in the Convention Center Ballroom (Room 20) beginning at 7 pm.  More than 300 posters will be presented. Award winning beer from the Stone and Green Flash microbreweries will be served, in addition to water, soda and food.  At 8:30, …

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DOC Travel Awards, Due May 1

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Applications for DOC Travel Awards to the 2012 ACS Fall Meeting will be accepted until May 1, 2012 through the online application form only. Information on the Awards and the link to the online application form is available on the DOC website at: DOC Travel Awards Page.

Symposium Proposals for the Spring 2013 ACS National Meeting due Feb 15, 2012

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The Organic Division of the American Chemical Society is now accepting proposals for symposia to be presented at the Spring 2013 ACS National Meeting (New Orleans).  The Symposium Programming Committee (SPC) will evaluate proposals based on their ability to attract and engage a large audience, timeliness, and appropriateness for the Division of Organic Chemistry.  The …

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Call for Abstracts: Before and After Lab: Instructing Students in ‘Non-chemical’ Research Skills

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22nd Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, July 29-August 2, 2012, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA When students think about chemistry, one of the first things that comes to mind is the laboratory. However, while the experiments done in the lab are the meat of the chemical research process, they are sandwiched between literature …

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