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Connections Program 2011

  RM_SERMACS Ann Sullivan, Thomas Devore   Wednesday, October 26, 2011   Oral Session Social Media in Science (Oral) - PM Session When:           Wednesday October 26, 2011 Location: Omni Richmond Hotel Room: Roanoke Organizers: Kenneth Podraza, Thomas Devore Presiders: Alex Martin Duration: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm                    The Social Media in Science Symposium presenters at the meet and greet luncheon before the symposium. #SERMACS2011 Social Media in Science Symposium presenters luncheonL to R:Jennifer Maclachlan, Ashton T. Griffin, Nathalie Herring, A. Martin, Ken Podraza, Laura Provan, Barbara Reisner, Thomas Devore, Kevin Major and F. Vera-Luna — with  Ashton T. Griffin  and  Fernando Luna Vera  at  The Tobacco Company Restaurant Pres Time Pub # Presentation Title 2:00 pm Introductory Remarks 2:05 pm 43 Labs, Camera, Action! Diss

I met my fellow Social Media in Science Symposium presenter, Ashton T. Griffin,  last week. Where would Social Media in Science Symposium presenters meet before the symposium?  On Twitter of course.  He responded to my Tweet: pidgirl Jennifer Maclachlan PLEASE RT -> schmap.it/mw1u1z # SERMACS2011 Social Media in Science Symposium: Twitter for business <- SPREAD THE WORD! 7 Oct in reply to ↑ @Chem_Coach Ashton T. Griffin @ pidgirl I will see you there. I am also presenting. 7 Oct via TweetCaster for Android And then: @Chem_Coach Ashton T. Griffin @ pidgirl Do you know about any of the other presenters at the social media in science session? # sermacs11 Here is where the conversation begins with the Q

How kids become scientists: Produced for the 2011 International Year of Chemistry, the video series Spellbound, tells the story of scientists whose childhood curiosity about everyday things helped them launch careers in the lab, win Nobel Prizes and make other achievements. Their early childhood experiences may encourage young people into careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This episode features Bassam Shakhashiri, Ph.D, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2011 President-Elect, American Chemical Society   Photo courtesy of George Ruger. Bassam at the Connecticut Valley Section event .  #NCW Kick-Off Event at Museum of Science Boston We are really looking forward to Bassam kicking off the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society National Chemistry Week event at the Museum of Science on Sunday October 23, 2011. Lectures and demonstrations at 1pm and 4pm.This is the 11th year that this program h

Guest post by George Ruger, Chair Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society Photos courtesy of George Ruger The official celebration for the Connecticut Valley Section's (CVS) 100th Anniversary was held on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Trinity College in Hartford, CT.  ACS President-Elect Bassam Shakhashiri started off the festivities by presenting a certificate to celebrate the milestone to Mark Peczuh , Chair of the Connecticut Valley Section.  Then he talked about his 4 Presidential Initiatives and his theme during his Presidential year, Advancing Chemistry / Communicating Chemistry.  The morning speaker was Dan Nocera , Professor from MIT.  Based on Dan's data, we are currently using 14 terawatts of energy on the planet, but we will need an additional 16 terawatts of energy by 2050.  Why so much more?  It is largely expected that by the year 2050 the world population will grow from nearly 7 billion people today to 9 billion peop