March- STEM Journey
II
STEM Journey II on March 28, 2015 was organized by NESACS,
Cape & Islands Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and Cape Cod Community
College.
Some
of the numbers for the STEM Journey II event are shown below:
7
Number of STEM Journey sponsors
150
Scout merit badges in Oceanography, Chemistry, Scientist
100
Volunteers
450
Number of bracelets issued for the 4 Keynote Talks
1,100+
Number of visitors to STEM Journey II
April – Cambridge
Science Festival
NESACS participated in the Science
Carnival and Robot Zoo at the 2015 Cambridge Science Festival for the fourth
consecutive year as a result of a continued relationship from an ACS/NSF grant
for an event at the 2012 Cambridge Science Festival to carry on the mission of
the International Year of Chemistry. NESACS PR Committee booked two tables: one
for resources which included Chemistry Ambassador sashes, Celebrating Chemistry
National Chemistry Week and Chemists Celebrate Earth Day handouts and printouts
of ACS Resources for Educators including parents who home school grades K-12.
Our NSYCC younger chemists Jackie O’Neil and Primrose Nimnark and NESACS PR Committee members, Cosmo Sabatino and
Jennifer Maclachlan staffed the ‘ACS’ tables for the duration of the event.
June- Lecture by 2014
Nobel Laurate Prof. Moerner at NESACS Monthly Meeting.
Nobel Laureate (2014) in
chemistry, WE Moerner, presented a lecture on his work at Nova Biomedical,
Waltham, MA at the June 2015 NESACS
monthly meeting. (http://nesacs.org/pub_nucleus/2015/Summer_Sept%202015NUCLEUS.pdf
). Moerner and his colleagues has made a major
contribution to our ability to observe molecules at the smallest scales,
opening up new possibilities for discovery in areas ranging from disease management
to drug development,” https://www.scribd.com/doc/272176977/Nobel-Laureate-W-E-Moerner-Lectures-at-June-2015-NESACS-Monthly-Meeting
August
1. National Historic Chemical Landmark – The
ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark (NHCL) dedication was held on Aug. 13,
2015 at the MIT Museum. More than 150 people were in attendance including the
ACS President Diane Schmidt, ACS CEO Tom Connelly and the ACS Board of
Directors. The speakers included Diane Schmidt, Vice Mayor of Cambridge, Dennis
Benzan, Victor McEltheny (Edwin Land’s biographer), Michael Filosa of NESACS.
The Plaque was accepted by the director of the MIT Museum, John Durant. Stephen
Hershen of Impossible displayed his company’s instant film with rebuild
Polaroid cameras. http://nesacs.org/pub_nucleus/2015/Nov15NUCLEUS.pdf
2. We did
receive a Citation from Gov. Baker.
3. A Symposium (Sponsored by History of Chemistry Div., ACS
President and NESACS) on Edwin Land was held at the ACS meeting on Sunday
Aug.16. We had 60 people in attendance as 5 former Polaroid employees talked
about their experiences at Polaroid.
4. A Poster session on Edwin Land and Instant photography by
Jennifer Maclachlan and Jack Driscoll was given at the Sci Mix Monday Aug. 17
& History of chemistry Div. Poster session on Wed. Aug.19, 2015. We will be
posting this on the website
6. Submitted to the Nucleus
Aug.-
Chemluminary Awards
NESACS received two Chemluminary awards at the ACS National
meeting in August 2015. NESACS http://nesacs.org/pub_nucleus/2015/Nov15NUCLEUS.pdf
Note that NESACS was a finalist for a total of two
Chemluminary awards; both of which they received.
The Chemluminary
Awards provides members an
opportunity to recognize local sections !185 ea), regional meetings, divisions
(35 ea) , and international sciences chapters that receive accolades for their
tireless efforts and work in promoting chemistry and the chemical sciences in
local areas during 2014.
1. Outstanding Collaboration Between A
Division and Local Section
·
Outstanding
NCW Event for a Specific Audience
Links describing the event
is: https://goo.gl/f7mq8q; & https://www.scribd.com/doc/295455403/NESACS-wins-two-chemluminary-awards-at-the-2015-ACS-Meeting-in-Boston-MA
ACS Fellows
Three NESACS members were selected as ACS Fellows and the
ACS National Meeting in August 2015.
Sept – Wednesday
September 30, 2015: Joint ACS Webinar by the Local Section Activities Committee
(LSAC) and Committee on Public Relations and Communications (CPRC) titled:
Communicating with the Public about Local Section events. Jennifer Maclachlan,
representing CPRC and NESACS, was a webinar presenter on the topic of Social
Media and the Local Section. http://analyzersource.blogspot.com/2015/09/communicating-with-public-about-acs.html
Oct. – NCW Boy
Scouts Wicked Cool Science Café-
A Science Café was held at the Cape & Islands Boy Scouts
of America’s Wicked Cool Autumn Festival. More than 700 attended on Oct. 25,
2015. This event was part of the ACS National Chemistry week. https://www.scribd.com/doc/292508702/ACS-NCW-2015-Boy-Scouts-Autumn-Festival-2015
Nov. –
In her role as Chair of the Technology Subcommittee for the
ACS Committee on Public Relations and Communications (CPRC), Jennifer Maclachlan
traveled to the Rochester, NY, together with three members from the ACS Office
of Public Affairs, to deliver a Social Media Workshop customized for the Rochester
Local Section. Jennifer specifically addressed the social networks Facebook and
Linked-In.
Dec.
Jennifer Maclachlan, together with organizers from The Chemical
Society of Japan and the Canadian Society for Chemistry organized a two-day
symposium on the Connecting Chemistry and Society track at Pacifichem.
Symposium title: The evolving nature of scholarly publishing: Connecting
scholars to society and to eachother. Topics explored: Traditional journal publishing,
open access publishing, connecting your research with the media, social media
for small business, social media at a National Lab and navigating social media
to connect globally with other scientists. Notable speakers included opening
remarks by ACS Executive Director and CEO, Tom Connelly, Bassam Shakhashiri,
Paul Weiss, Robin Rogers, Bill Tolman, Bibiana Campos, Bryan Balazs and
Pacifichem Plenary speaker, Sam Kean, author of The Disappearing Spoon.
