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Division News posted in 2008

November 4: Call for Symposia for Washington ACS Meeting August 2009
The 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting will be held in Washington DC from August, 16-20, 2009. The theme for this conference is Chemistry and Global Security: Challenges and Opportunities. Please contact the division program chair if you would like to suggest a topic and chair a session for contributed papers or alternatively, if you would like to organize a symposium. Symposia cosponsored with other Divisions will also be welcomed.

October 25: Division Strategic Plan updated
The Division of Analytical Chemistry Strategic Plan from 2006 has been updated. Comments and feedback will be welcomed by Carla Garic. We thank Chris Enke, a past Chair of the Division, for initiating the plan and for this update.

October 13: Fall 2008 Division Newsletter just published
The latest issue of the Newsletter is available here on the web. It features messages from the new Chair, Isiah Warner, the immediate Past Chair, Laurie Locascio, and the Chair of the Subdivision on Chromatography and Separations Chemistry, Susan Olesik; reports and photos from the Division Award sessions at the recent ACS Meeting; a salute to Dow Chemical Company on the 25th anniversary of its support for the Award in Chemical Instrumentation; and information on program plans for 2009.

October 5: Nominations for Division Awards
Nominations for the 2009 Division of Analytical Chemistry awards are due November 1, 2008. Full information on submitting nominations is on the Awards page.

September 26: No Graduate Travel Awards for 2009
The Division will not be providing the Graduate Travel Awards for the 2009 PittCon, due to withdrawal of the sponsor from the program for the coming year.

September 13: Submitting papers for the next ACS National Meeting
The Division will have a program of contributed paper oral sessions and a poster session at the National Meeting in Salt Lake City, March 22-28, 2008. The list of sessions is available and abstracts may be submitted via OASyS until October 25.

Kolthoff Award applications invited
The I.M. Kolthoff Unrichment Awards for undergraduate students provide travel funds for participation in the Spring ACS Meeting in Salt Lake City. Applications are invited now and must be submitted by October 31, 2008.

September 1: Division abstracts for PittCon 2009 still being accepted
There will be five sessions for oral papers organized by the Division of Analytical Chemistry at PittCon in Chicago next March 8 to 13, plus a Division poster session. Abstracts can be submitted through December 2008. Be sure to mark the abstract "ACS oral/poster" when it is submitted.

August 28: New Newsletter Editor
The Division has a new Editor for its Newsletter, Prof. Xudong Yao of the University of Connecticut. He will welcome submission of items for consideration for publication in future Newsletters. We thank Victor Ryzhov of Northern Illinois University for his splendid service as Editor for the past several years.

August 22:Division Officer election results
The following have been elected by the Division membership: Chair-Elect: Susan Lunte; Treasurer: Gary Van Berkel; Councilor: Michelle Buchanan; Alternate Councilors: Henry Blount and David Pinkston

Subdivision Officer election results
The following have been elected by the Subdivision of Chromatography and Separation Chemistry membership: Secretary: Robert Stevenson; Executive Committee members: John Hinshaw and Kate Rimmer

Revised August 22:Updated: Division Members now receiving Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
Annual Reviews has published the first volume of a new series devoted to analytical chemistry. The Editors are Edward Yeung and Richard Zare. Division members are now receiving their copy of the printed volume (free of charge) and will have on-line access to the series from 2008 on as part of the Division dues. (original version posted on May 30)

July 25:Analytical Division program deadline of August 15 for PittCon 2009
The Division plans five contributed paper sessions and a poster session at the Pittsburgh Conference in Chicago, March 2-7, 2009. Instructions for submitting abstracts are now available. The program includes seven invited sessions organized by the Subdivision of Chromatography and Separations Chemistry to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
The Division's Undergraduate Awards for 2008 announced
The annual recognition of outstanding undergraduate students by the Division has just been announced. There are 334 recipients of this honor at colleges and universities in Canada and the United States.

July 16:Deadline for Subdivision election ballots is July 31, 2008
The annual election for the Subdivision of Chromatography and Separations Chemistry ends on July 31. If you did not receive information on the election, please contact the Subdivision's Secretary, Robert Stevenson.

July 6: Philadelphia ACS National Meeting Program Available
The complete technical program for the Division is now available online. It is one of the largest programs ever offered by the Division, with 26 symposia, including ten in the Health focus area of the meeting. A special feature is the NIH New Innovator Award Symposium.

June 5: Division dinner at Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Philadelphia ACS National Meeting will feature a reception and awards dinner at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on Monday, August 18. The Chemical Heritage Foundation is located near Independence Park and includes many exhibits of interest to analytical chemists. The reception is sponsored by the Division of Chemistry and the Law.

June 5: Division election ballots
An email has been sent announcing the annual election of Officers and Councilors. If you did not receive the email please contact the Secretary of the Division immediately:

May 30: Division Members to receive Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
Annual Reviews is about to publish the first volume of a new series devoted to analytical chemistry. The Editors are Edward Yeung and Richard Zare. Division members will receive the printed volume at no cost and will have on-line access to the series from 2008 on as part of the Division dues.

May 11: Division Newsletter for May 2008 on line
The latest Division Newsletter has been published. There are messages from the Chairs of the Division and the Subdivision of Chromatography and Separations Chemistry. The Division program for the Fall ACS National Meeting is listed, including more than 30 symposia organized or co-organized by the Division. There also are reports from PittCon 2008 and the Spring ACS National Meeting. Ted Kuwana, Managing Director of the Analytical Sciences Digital Library, provides an update on the ASDL and the analyticalsciences.org web site.

March 10: 2008 Division Awards announced
These award recipients will be honored at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting in August:

Gary Horlick, Award in Chemical Instrumentation, Sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company

Yinfa Ma, J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education

Isiah M. Warner, Award in Spectrochemical Analysis

Richard Crooks, Award in Electrochemistry

Laurie E. Locascio, Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist, Sponsored by Philip Morris USA

O. David Sparkman: Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry, Sponsored by Waters Corporation