International Year of Chemistry, 2011

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I&EC Division Graduate Student Award Symposium Michael Matthews   |   added on Jan 20, 2011    |    United States A new Symposium at the 2011 Denver meeting where graduate students in the Chemical Sciences may present their research and compete for awards from the I&EC Division. This event allows aspiring chemical professionals to disseminate their research to the global professional community.
Topic: recognizing graduate research, industrial and engineering chemistry Audience: graduate students, industrial chemists, chemical engineers, awards, universities

Chemistry Council of New Jersey Elvin Montero   |   added on Jan 19, 2011    |    United States The Spring Conference is a major New Jersey industry event that provides chemistry companies and affiliated groups an opportunity to network, learn about the latest developments affecting their business, get updates on legislative and regulatory issues, participate in seminars directly related to their businesses.
Topic: celebrating chemistry, conferences, workshops, industry, conference, exhibitions, panel discussion, trade association, annual meeting Audience: professional chemists, chemistry, chemists, industrial chemists, industrial, advocacy, manufacturing, networking, professional development

Blogging Famous Chemists from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Catherine Shteynberg   |   added on Jan 19, 2011    |    United States From January through March 2011, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be blogging about images of chemists (both famous and relatively unknown) found in our collections, and posting new images of women scientists to the Flickr Commons.
Topic: celebrating chemistry, educational materials, website, blogs, references Audience: educators, students, general public, women chemists, educational institutions, professional chemists

Networking Breakfast – Cordis Corporation, Spring House, PA, USA Judith Cohen   |   added on Jan 16, 2011    |    United States Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson Company, will host a networking breakfast at their Spring House facility featuring a global “handshake” via teleconference to other participants at 8:00 a.m EST, January 18 2011.
Topic: networking, celebrating chemistry Audience: women chemists

Ethical, Legal and Societal Implications of Early Adoption of Nanotechnology Anis Rahman   |   added on Jan 15, 2011    |    United States The Spring Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of ACS (SEPSACS) and AIChE joint Meeting and celebration of the International Year of Chemistry 2011 Thursday, February 3, 2011 Venue: The Technology Council of Central PA
Topic: celebrating chemistry, conferences, networking, chemistry education, seminars, analytical chemistry, biotechnology Audience: students, professional chemists, professors, educators, general public, industrial chemists, universities, post graduate students, teachers, research scientists, women chemists, decision makers, educational institutions, tertiary education, secondary school students, secondary schools, school children, high schools, graduate students, secondary schools students