October 27, 2023

As you may be aware, two of our NESACS members were elected to the ACS Board of Directors this week, Dorothy J. Phillips,Ph.D. and Wayne Jones, Ph.D. Please join us in congratulating Dorothy and Wayne! They will join three of our NESACS members who are currently serving on the ACS Board of Directors: Katherine L. Lee, Ph.D. Director District I, Malika Jeffries-EL, Ph.D, Director-At-Large, and Natalie LaFranzo, Ph.D., Director-At-Large. Wow! NESACS members will now make up about a third of the ACS Board of Directors! Thanks to each of you for your national service to ACS, in addition to the service you continuously provide to NESACS!

Dorothy J. Phillips is the 2024 ACS President-Elect

Learn more about Dorothy here

Wayne Jones was re-elected to the ACS Board of Directors as a Director-At-Large.Learn more about Wayne here

Katherine L. Lee is currently serving as Director of District I.Learn more about Kathy here

Malika Jeffries-EL is currently serving as a Director-At-Large.Learn more about Malika here

Natalie LaFranzo is currently serving as a Director-At-Large.Learn more about Natalie here

Please join your NESACS colleagues at



THE JAMES FLACK NORRIS AWARD

for

Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry

to

Renée Cole

Professor of Chemistry

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Juliette Lantz

Professor of Chemistry

Drew University, Madison, New Jersey

and

Suzanne Ruder

Professor of Chemistry

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Simmons University

Linda K. Paresky Conference Center

300 Fenway

Boston, MA 02115

5:30 pm – Reception

6:15 pm – Dinner

7:30 pm – Award Ceremony

Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nesacs-2023-norris-award-meeting-tickets-723920274027?aff=oddtdtcreator

The response deadline is midnight on Sunday Oct 29th, 2023.

Parking for the event will be limited and those able to take public transportation are strongly encouraged to do so.

Directions can be found here: Directions To Simmons