The 1997 California Association of Chemistry Teachers Summer Conference will be held at Crown College, University of California-Santa Cruz, on August 3-7, 1997. The topic of this year's conference, Oxygen Chemistry, encompasses many research fields, including toxicology, biochemistry, physical chemistry, earth and marine sciences, and environmental chemistryall connected through the chemistry of oxygen.

There will be a series of lectures on oxygen chemistry by Don Sawyer (Texas A & M University) and Alex Sevanian (School of Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Southern California); Stanley Sander (Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UCLA) will present topics from his course on mid-atmospheric chemistry and his research on ozone. Other planned activities are a lecture on the origins of oxygen on earth, a CACT summer party, a winery tour, and a session titled "Success Stories: Chemistry Activities That Teach". For more information about costs, housing, units of college credit, etc., contact Juliette Bryson at 408/446-1952.

Summer Course in Oxford

"Cannons, Curios, and the Cosmos: The Scientific Revolution" will be given at Oxford University, Oxford, England from July 26 through August 16, 1997. Lectures assume no special technical or historical background. Classes, meals, and lodging will all be in Manchester College of Oxford University. The full program fee, $2858 for nonresidents of Pennsylvania, includes round-trip airfare from Philadelphia, lodging and most meals, and tuition. Completing a paper on return from England can earn credit through West Chester University. Those interested should contact:

Paul Wolfson
Department of Mathematics
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610/436-1081
email: pwolfson@wcupa.edu.

National Mole Day 1997

The National Mole Day Foundation, Inc., has selected "We Dig Chemistry" as the theme/slogan for National Mole Day, October 23, 1997. Celebrations are from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. on this date to commemorate Amadeo Avogadro. The Foundation has idea kits to serve as a basis for innovative ways to celebrate the day. To join the organization or for more information, contact:

National Mole Day Foundation, Inc.
1220 South 5th Street
Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
phone/fax: 608/326-6036
email: mole@icsbbs.com
WWW: http://gamstcweb. gisd.k12.mi.us/~nmdf

Laboratory Safety Workshop

The Laboratory Safety Workshop (LSW) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to make health and safety an integral and important port of science education, work, and life. The organization provides training, publications, and audiovisual materials, and responds to requests for information. LSW has announced several training programs during 1997:

• June 23-26, San Marcos, TX: 17th National Lab Safety Training Conference for Secondary Schools
• July 14, San Diego, CA: One-day seminar at LS&EM '97
• July 30-August 2, Florence, SC: 8th National Lab Safety Training Conference for Colleges and Universities
• August 4, ChemEd '97: Minneapolis, MN
• September 6, American Chemical Society/American Institute of Chemists Meeting: Las Vegas, NV

LSW has also produced two lab safety training audiovisuals: The One-Day Lab Safety Audio Course (5.5 hours) and The Two-Day Lab Safety Video Short Course (eight 90-minute VHS cassettes). The organization's two newsletters are Speaking of Safety and Safety is Elementary. For more information about LSLW, contact:

Jim Kaufman
Laboratory Safety Workshop
192 Worcester Road
Natick, MA 01760
email:
phone: 508/647-1900
fax: 508/647-0062.

HPCE '98

The Eleventh International Symposium on High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Microscale Techniques will be held in Orlando, FL, from January 31 to February 5, 1998. The technical program will include more than 400 oral and poster presentations, workshops, and seminars on advances in capillary electrophoresis, capillary electrochromatography, separations on microchips, and microscale mass spectrometry. For more information contact:

Shirley Schlessinger
Symposium Manager
400 East Randolph Street
Suite 1015
Chicago, IL 60601
phone: 312/527-2011
http://www.hpl.hp. com/casss/hpce98.

ACS Information Pamphlets Available

The ACS has announced the two latest revisions in its Information Pamphlet series: Pesticides and Chemical Risk: A Primer.

The Information Pamphlets highlight topical issues affecting today's society. They are written for the general public to provide a basic understanding of the chemical sciences and technologies underlying public policy issues. Other available titles include Acid Rain; Biotechnology; Chemical Risk: Personal Decisions; Global Climate Change; Ground Water; Hazardous Waste Management; Recycling.

Single copies are free and may be obtained by writing to:

American Chemical Society
Office of Legislative and Government Affairs
1155 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036.

Please enclose a self-addressed mailing label. For more information or to order multiple copies, phone 202/872-4386.