News from Journal House

Collection of Past JCE Issues Available

Two copies of a collection of JCE issues are available and free to someone who pays shipping costs from Greeley, CO. The availability is due to the move of the office of the Publications Coordinator.

JCE, Volumes 71-77 (1994-2000)

If you want this collection and can pay for the shipping, contact Erica Jacobsen, Journal of Chemical Education, 209 North Brooks Street, Madison, WI 53715-1116.

Award Deadlines

WCC Overcoming Challenges Award

The Women Chemists Committee of the ACS has established an award designed to recognize a woman undergraduate from a two-year or four-year institution for her efforts in overcoming hardship to achieve success in chemistry. The award consists of a plaque, a monetary award of $250, and up to $1,000 in travel expenses to the fall ACS national meeting. The recipient will be recognized at the WCC Luncheon at that meeting.

The awardee must be a woman undergraduate currently enrolled in a two-year chemistry-related program or pursuing a major or minor in a four-year chemistry program at a school that does not grant a doctorate in chemistry; the awardee must have completed one semester of college-level chemistry.

Complete information about the criteria for the award, the submission process, and award administration may be found at the Women Chemists Committee page of the ACS Web site. Nominations, which must be received by May 1, 2002, should be sent to Women Chemists Committee, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities

Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues

A new source of information on nuclear topics is now accessible on the World Wide Web. The Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues is a Web-based collection of annotated references to resources that offer a broad, balanced perspective on current and historical topics relating to nuclear issues. The references cover the origins, applications, and consequences of nuclear energy for a diverse audience--for students and teachers from middle school through college, as well as for the general public.

At present the library consists of approximately 350 annotations of books, articles, videos, CD-ROMs, and Web sites for a variety of disciplines ranging from physics to literature. It is expected that by the end of 2002 the Alsos Library will contain more than one thousand vetted, indexed annotations.

The library project is directed by Frank Settle (Chemistry) and Tom Whaley (Computer Science) of Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA. It is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and is part of NSF's National Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Digital Library (NSDL) program. The goal of NSDL is to create, organize, and install high-quality educational resources on the Internet.

NEW, Call for Experiments

The National Educators' Workshop: Update (NEW: Update) series will offer a workshop on new and evolving topics in engineering materials, science, and technology. The workshop emphasizes gathering experiments and demonstrations for use in materials lab courses as well as a presentation of topics on emerging technology. It will be held October 13-16, 2002, at San Jose State University. Faculty from kindergarten through college are invited to participate by submitting experiments or attending the workshop. Abstracts of materials should be submitted by April 22, 2002: consult this Web site for submission instructions. For information contact Jim Jacobs, School of Technology, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504-8060; phone: 757/823-8109; fax: 757/823-8215.

Summer Workshops for High School Teachers

Flinn Scientific Foundation has organized 15 chemistry workshops for new and experienced teachers for summer 2002. The workshops are for high school science teachers who teach chemistry concepts and want to practice and learn new chemical demonstrations and laboratory activities. The workshop presenters are teams of three nationally known high school chemistry teachers. Five teams will conduct workshops at these 15 sites.

• June 17-21: Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
• June 24-28: Ball State University, Muncie, IN; St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
• July 1-5: Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT; Auburn University, Auburn, AL
• July 8-12: Texas Wesleyan University, Ft. Worth, TX; College of Charleston, Charleston, SC; Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, NY; University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
• July 15-19: Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI; The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
• July 22-26: University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; SUNY-College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
• August 5-9: Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA
• August 12-16: California State University, Northridge, CA

The workshops run Monday through Friday at a cost of $260 per participant, which includes materials; a workshop manual; and continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon beverage every day. Travel, housing, and continuing education credit costs are additional and are the participant's responsibility. More information may be found at Flinn Scientific Foundation's Web site or contact Jan Foulkes via email or phone: 1-800/452-1261.

Green Chemistry

The Green Chemistry Institute will engage in several activities at the Spring ACS Meeting in Orlando, April 7-11, 2002.

Undergraduate Program

• Green Chemistry: Practicing Environmentally Benign Chemistry; Sunday, April 7, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Poster Session

• Joe Breen Student Poster Session in Green Chemistry

Symposia

• Agricultural Applications in Green Chemistry
• Applications of Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Catalysis in Green Chemistry

For additional information consult:
Mary Kirchhoff
Assistant Director, Green Chemistry Institute
American Chemical Society
1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Othmer 323
Washington, DC 20036
Email
ACS Web site

Microscale Gas Chemistry Workshop

The National Microscale Chemistry Center and Creighton University are offering a Microscale Gas Chemistry Workshop that deals with the preparation and properties of a large variety of gases prepared and handled by safe and effective microscale methods. They are useful for hands-on general chemistry experiments.

The workshop will be held at the National Microscale Chemistry Center at Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, July 19-21, 2002--from 5:30 p.m. on Friday until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. The registration fee is $375, which includes campus housing, food, book, lab facilities, material, and continuous PDP credits. For an additional fee it is possible to receive one graduate credit from Creighton University.

Contact information:
National Microscale Chemistry Center
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Street
North Andover, MA 01845
Telephone: 978/837-5137
Fax: 978/837-5017
Email
WWW

National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)

These NSF deadlines have been established or are anticipated*.

• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
  • Preliminary: April 24, 2002*
  • Formal: October 16, 2002*
• Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
  • Letters of Intent: March 15, 2002
  • Full Proposals: April 30, 2002 and October 15 annually thereafter
• Course, Curriculum, and Lab. Improvement (CCLI)
  • CCLI-EMD and CCLI-ND tracks: June 6, 2002*
  • CCLI-A&I track: November 13, 2002*
• National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL)
  • Proposals: April 17, 2002*

*Official deadline dates for proposals will be specified in the new program solicitation for each program, to be published at least three months before the relevant deadline date. Program solicitations are available electronically through NSF's Online Document System and through the NSF DUE site; phone: 703/292-8670; email.

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program: November 15, 2002
• Faculty Start-Up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions: May 15, 2002
• Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program: June 28, 2002
• New Faculty Awards Program: May 15, 2002
• Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry: March 1, 2002
• Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions: June 28, 2002 (note revised guidelines)
• Senior Scientist Mentor: August 30, 2002
• Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
  • Preliminary Proposals: June 14, 2002
  • Completed Proposals: August 30, 2002

Further information may be obtained by contacting:
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
555 Madison Avenue, Suite 1305
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: 212/753-1760
Email
WWW

Research Corporation

• Cottrell College Science Awards: May 15 and November 15
• Cottrell Scholars: First regular business day in September
• Research Innovation Awards: May 1
• Research Opportunity Awards: May 1 and October1

Further information may be obtained by contacting:
Research Corporation
101 North Wilmot Road, Suite 250
Tucson, AZ 85711-3332
Telephone: 520/571-1111
Fax: 520/571-1119
Email
WWW