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Highlights
Jim McGrath awarded the Award in Polymer Chemistry sponsored by ExxonMobil Chemical.
Presented at the ACS meeting in New Orleans on April 8, 2008. (4/08)
RAY HENRY BAUGHMAN, STEPHEN Z.D. CHENG, and THOMAS P. RUSSEL elected in 2008. See member honors for additional information. (3/08)
Jason Rolland of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- honored as the 2007 National Starch and Chemical Recipient. See Awards.
Professor Robert Langer of MIT
has
been awarded a U.S. 2006 Medal of Science. See http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=109741 for additional information. (7/07)
Professor Tobin Marks of Northwestern U
has
been awarded a U.S. 2005 Medal of Science. See http://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/medal.jsp and
Northwestern's Press Release
for additional information. (5/07)
The symposium on Entrepreneurism in Polymers for the 21st Century
from the San Francisco ACS meeting is available on-line thanks to POLY and ACS. ACS Membership, POLY membership, and registration on Chemistry.org are required for access. (10/06)
Sample access for the public to the following presentations is available for:
The 2007 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award
has
been awarded to Dr. Anne Mayes. See Awards. (9/06)
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POLY Sponsored and Cosponsored Meetings
POLY Programming at National ACS Meetings
2008 POLY Biennial -
Commercial Innovations and Opportunities in Polymer Science, "POLYCOM 2008"
May 4-7, 2008,
Galveston, Texas, USA.
US-Japan POLYMAT 2008 Summit, -
Innovations and Opportunities in Polymer Materials for Energy and Optoelectronic Devices
August 10 - 13, 2008,
Ventura Beach, California USA.
Polycondensation2008
September 8-11, 2008,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Fluoropolymer 2008
October 19-22, 2008,
Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Macromex 2008, Inaugural Mexican-American Conference on Advances in Polymer Science
December 7-10, 2008,
Los Cabos, Mexico.
Advances in Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Systems 2009
February 15-18, 2009,
Pacific Grove, California.
AAdvances in Materials and Processes for Polymeric Membrane Mediated Water Purification
February 22-25, 2009,
Pacific Grove, California.
Polymers in Medicine and Biology: 2009
June 14 - 17, 2009,
Santa Rosa, California USA.
Advances in Polyolefins 2009
September 20 - 23, 2009,
Santa Rosa, California USA.
( ...full list of POLY Sponsored and Cosponsored Meetings...)
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POLY Councilors' Report
from the New Orleans ACS meeting (3/08) has been posted. (4/08)
The NSF Polymer Workshop report
is available for download on the linked website.(4/08)
The application to host future Graduate Student Meetings is located on the Graduate Student Meeting page. (4/08)
Preliminary Technical Meeting Schedule for the New Orleans National Meeting Available
Useful for planning, but please check with ACS for final scheduling.
2007 Election Results Announced
Farmer, Beers, Pochan, and Reineke elected. See election results.
The passing of Dr. Norman G. Gaylord, 84, on September 18 2007 is reported.
A versatile industrial chemist and long time member of POLY. (12/07)
Boston POLY Board Reports Please feel free to look at some of the efforts of our volunteer committees.(11/07)
Now soliciting for the
National Starch & Chemical Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry deadline Jan. 31, 2008.
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Graduate Student Travel Awards for Spring 2008
Please refer to the application instructions.
Award winners announced for F08 and prior. (9/07)
POLY again wins ChemLuminary Award
at the Boston ACS meeting. POLY was cited for outstanding service to its members.(9/07)
Excellence In Graduate Polymer Research Symposium.
information and forms for 2008 (Deadline Oct. 21, 2007) and .
information and pictures from previous symposia are available.(8/07)
The passing of Professor George B. Butler , 91, on 7 June 2007 is reported.
More than 180 graduate students and postdoctoral associates recall Professor Butler as an outstanding mentor.
Polymer Preprints is distributed to POLY members on-line and as a CD-ROM product.
Instructions for preparing, viewing, purchasing are available on the Polymer Preprints On-Line page.
The 2007 Election Slate has been approved by the Executive Committee.
It will be submitted to the membership at the Annual Business meeting at the Fall National Meeting. See Election Information.
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