NESACS Newsflash!

March 20, 2015

NESACS April Monthly Meeting: Esselen Award Dinner Registration

deadline April 9, 2015
Join us on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Harvard University for the NESACS Monthly
Meeting:
Introduction of the Award Recipient - Dr. David A. Evans, Harvard
University
Catalysis: A Frontier at the Center of Chemistry - Dr. Eric N. Jacobsen,
Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
**Free Parking in the Broadway Street garage (3rd level or higher), enter
from Cambridge St. via Felton St.**
Details about the program can be found at:
http://www.nesacs.org/curr_events_meetings.html
Registration is required by noon on Thursday, April 9th, via PayPal:
http://acssymposium.com/paypal.html
Avery Ashdown High School Chemistry Examination Contest - Registration
deadline *extended* March 25, 2015
The NESACS Avery Ashdown Examination will be held on Saturday, April 4, at
Simmons College. The registration deadline has been extended to Wednesday,
March 25, 2015.
Details about the exam can be found at:
http://www.nesacs.org/section_act_ashdown.html
Save the date for NERM 2015
The 2015 ACS Northeast Regional Meeting will be held in Ithaca, NY on June 1013, 2015. Register online by May 22. Abstract submissions close on April 6.
Nominations for the Excellence in High School Teaching Award and the E. Ann
Nalley Award are due April 1. For more information, see:

http://nerm2015.sites.acs.org/
Submit abstracts for the 250th ACS National Meeting in Boston
The 250th ACS National Meeting will be held in Boston on August 16-20, 2015.
The deadlines for the submission of abstracts are approaching rapidly. For details,
see: <http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/boston---fall-2015.html>
Application deadline March 27, 2015 for Norris-Richards Undergraduate
Summer Research Scholarships
Applications are sought from student/faculty teams at colleges and universities
within the Northeastern Section for the James Flack Norris and Theodore Williams
Richards Undergraduate Summer Scholarships, which promote research
interactions between undergraduate students and faculty. The award consists of a
student stipend of $3000 for a minimum of ten weeks of full-time research work
and $500 for supplies, travel, and other items relevant to the student project. The
undergraduate student must be a chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering,
or molecular biology major in good standing, and have completed at least two full
years of college-level chemistry. For more information, see:
http://www.nesacs.org/awards_norris-richards.html
Nomination deadline March 27, 2015 for the
Philip L. Levins Memorial Prize
Nominate a student for the Philip L. Levins Memorial Prize for outstanding
performance by a graduate student on the way to a career in the chemical
sciences. The student's research should be in the area of organic analytical
chemistry and may include other areas of organic analytical chemistry such as
environmental analysis, biochemical analysis, or polymer analysis. Nominations
may be made by faculty members or students. For more information, see:
http://www.nesacs.org/awards_levins.html
Nomination deadline April 10, 2015 for the Theodore William Richards
Award for Excellence in Teaching Secondary School Chemistry
This award honors a secondary school teacher in the Northeastern Section who,
through innovation and dedication, has inspired potential chemists, has
communicated chemistry to non-chemists, or has influenced other teachers of
chemistry. The selected teacher will receive a Certificate of Recognition and a
$1,500 prize. For more information, see: www.nesacs.org/awards_richards.html
Save the date: YCC 2015 Northeastern Student Chemistry Research
Conference, April 18-19, 2015
The NSCRC is organized for students by students, and is devoted to the research
of undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral chemistry students, providing an
opportunity for students to share their work in a relaxing atmosphere. The 2015
NSCRC will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, 2015, at Tufts University,
and features Dr. Michael Pollastri, Northeastern University, as the keynote speaker.
Abstract submission is now open for oral and poster presentations. To join the
NSYCC mailing list, go to: http://nsycc.org/join

A message from the Central MA Section:

Central Massachusetts Section of the American Chemical Society
Undergraduate Chemical Research Poster Competition and Panel
Discussion
Saturday, April 25th
10am - 3 pm
Worcester State University
Ghosh Science & Technology Building (Room 102)
Judges will include representatives from both academia
and local industry and will serve as panel members for the discussion after
lunch.
Light refreshments and lunch will be provided.
To submit an abstract or request more information please contact us via e-mail:
cmsacssubmissions@gmail.com