of chemist Joseph Priestley’s 18th-century
experiments.
replicate this national event on the local
level by holding mini Science & Engineering Festivals in their communities at
schools, local fairs, and other venues,”
Ruskin says.
ence in television, movies, and literature.
Washington isn’t the only site for USA
Science & Engineering Festival activities. Universities, student science clubs,
national laboratories, and other organizations are hosting satellite events across
the country. “We’d encourage ACS local
sections to think about how they could
ACS offers a variety of activities to celebrate NCW 2010 including a national
K–12 poster contest, science cafes, movie
screenings, and other activities.
National Chemistry Week (www.acs.
org/ncw) will take place on Oct. 17–23.
This year’s theme, “Behind the Scenes
with Chemistry,” will showcase the sci-
Volunteers are encouraged to get in
touch with their ACS local sections to find
out what events will be taking place in their
communities.
The International Year of Chemistry
2011 (chemistry2011.org) will kick off
with an opening event in Paris on Jan.
27–28, 2011. ACS, the Chemical Heritage
Foundation, the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers, and the American
Chemistry Council are partnering to coordinate a multiday event in Philadelphia in
early February in hopes of inspiring similar celebrations in cities across the U.S.
Free Access to over
A sample of the presentations
300 Presentations from
we have posted online:
the ACS San Francisco
6\PSRVLXP LQ +RQRU RI (UQHV W / (OLHO
National Meeting
Featuring PowerPoint
*DERU 6RPRUMDL $ZDUG IRU &UHDWL YH
5HVHDUFK LQ &DWDO\VLV 6\PSRVLXP LQ
+RQRU RI 5REHUW - 0DGL[
Presentations
Synched with Audio
$&6 $ZDUG IRU $FKLHYHPHQW LQ 5HVHDUFK
IRU WKH 7HDFKLQJ DQG /HDUQLQJ RI
&KHPLVWU\ 6\PSRVLXP LQ +RQRU
RI 0LFKDHO 5 $EUDKDP
If you missed the national
meeting in San Francisco,
*HRUJH & 3LPHQWHO $ZDUG LQ &KHPLFDO
(GXFDWLRQ 6\PSRVLXP LQ +RQRU RI
=DIUD - 0DUJROLQ /HUPDQ
ACS will provide its local sections with
resources to host activities throughout
the year based on the quarterly themes
of environment, energy, materials, and
health. The society is also sponsoring
“365: Chemistry for Life,” where visitors
to the ACS website www.acs.org/iyc2011
can submit ideas for a favorite element,
compound, discovery, process, chemist,
or chemistry innovation. One of these
submissions will be featured each day
in 2011. The deadline for nominations is
June 30, 2010.
here is your chance to
sample some of its top
papers. And for those
$&6 $ZDUG IRU &RPSXWHUV LQ &KHPLFDO
DQG 3KDUPDFHXWLFDO 5HVHDUFK 6\PSRVLXP
LQ +RQRU RI .HQQHWK 0 0HU] -U
of you who attended,
here is an opportunity
$&6 $ZDUG LQ ,QRUJDQLF &KHPLV WU\
6\PSRVLXP LQ +RQRU RI 'RQDOG -
'DUHQVERXUJ
ACS is also making downloadable tool
kits available to its technical divisions, local sections, committees, chemistry clubs,
ACS Fellows, and ACS Chemistry Ambassadors who are interested in helping out.
For more information, visit www.acs.org/
iyc2011.
to review material you found
particularly interesting or
) $OEHUW &RW WRQ $ZDUG LQ 6\Q WKH WLF
,QRUJDQLF &KHPLVWU\ 6\PSRVLXP
LQ +RQRU RI /DZUHQFH ) 'DKO
may have missed.
For a complete listing
of recorded talks, visit
$OIUHG %DGHU $ZDUG LQ %LRLQRUJDQLF RU
%LRRUJDQLF &KHPLVWU\ 6\PSRVLXP LQ
+RQRU RI -RDQ 6 9DOHQWLQH
www.acs.org/meetingcontent
*OHQQ 7 6HDERUJ $ZDUG IRU 1XFOHDU
&KHPLVWU\ 6\PSRVLXP LQ +RQRU RI
/HH 6RERWND
and click on the San
Francisco content link.
)UHGHULFN 6 WDQOH\ .LSSLQJ $ZDUG LQ
6LOLFRQ &KHPLVWU\ 6\PSRVLXP LQ +RQRU
RI <LW]KDN $SHORLJ
Blount encourages chemists to visit
the ACS Chemistry Ambassadors website
(www.acs.org/chemistryambassadors)
to learn more about how to get involved
through ACS in these and other outreach
events. “Whether you have a little bit
of time or a lot, there are ideas to fit any
schedule,” she says. Numerous opportunities also exist to volunteer through ACS
local sections or divisions (www.acs.org/
getinvolved).
3OHQDU\ 6\PSRVLXP %LJ 3LFWXUH &RQFHUQV
DQG 5HDO *UHHQ &KHPLVWU\ 6ROXWLRQV
,Q WHUQDWLRQDO $ZDUG IRU 5HVHDUFK LQ
$JURFKHPLFDOV 6WUDWHJLF 0ROHFXODU
'HVLJQV RI 1HRQLFRWLQRLG ,QVHFWLFLGHV
)UDQFLV 3 *DU YDQ -RKQ 0 2OLQ 0HGDO
6\PSRVLXP LQ +RQRU RI -XGLWK & *LRUGDQ
“We know our members care about the
public understanding of science, and we
want to make it easier for them to volunteer,” says Blount. “We can do as much
as possible at the national level of ACS to
try to influence public understanding and
public appreciation of chemistry, but so
much more could be done if our members
would be willing to be a human face and a
human voice of chemistry.”
