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*Science is Fun* with a Chemistry Ambassador

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My new passion is live tweeting. Not only does it let others following along experience the event in real-time it also makes for an accurate and simple blog post after the event. This particular event was a High School Chemistry Teacher Workshop on Sunday September 30, 2012 in Rochester, NY led by American Chemical Society President Bassam Shakhashiri at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society #NERM12. The nice part about Regional Meetings is their size and that they are contained in the host hotel. I stopped in the room to say hello to Bassam and to tell him that we are excited to have him coming to our local section ( NESACS ) for the   twelfth consecutive year for National Chemistry Week to deliver the Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture . I absolutely had to stay for his workshop. I love listening to Bassam talk about chemistry education and outreach.  His enthusiasm is contagious and the energy in the room changes as attendees are mesmerized by his perform

Small Chemical Business Symposium Report at Nova 10/11/12

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Award-winning symposium: Starting and Financing a Small Chemical Business Photo by M.Z. Hoffman L to R: M. Morello, S. Vercellotti, J. Maclachlan, J. Sabol, S.Seelig, M. Chorghade, M. Bruce, J. Driscoll, T. Barton This award winning symposium earned a ChemLuminary award at the 15th Annual Awards Ceremony September 10, 2013 in Indianapolis, IN  for Outstanding Collaboration between a Local Section and a Division: Northeastern Local Section and the Division of Small Chemical Businesses Guest blog post by Jack Driscoll, PR Chair NESACS Waltham, MA, Oct.11,2012 - When Nova Biomedical Corp. in Waltham, MA agreed to host the 926 th meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society ( NESACS ), we asked whether we could add an afternoon symposium to the venue and received an enthusiastic “yes”.  Our section, NESACS, is the largest of the 187 sections of the ACS with 7,500 members mostly in the greater Boston area. Most people are surprised