CHED Highlighted Symposium #1
75 Years of the Committee on Professional Training (CPT): It's Not Just About Approval. Organizer: Cynthia K. Larive, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, tel: (951) 827-2990, Email:
Presidential symposium. This symposium celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ACS Committee on Professional Training, CPT. Presentations will highlight the history of the committee and the impact of CPT’s various activities on undergraduate chemistry education. Topics covered will include excellence and rigor in undergraduate chemistry programs, the importance of diversity to the future of chemistry, chemistry’s role in interdisciplinary science, a global perspective on the future of chemistry and CPT’s interactions with the chemistry community through the approval process. The symposium will be followed by a celebratory reception.
CHED Highlighted Symposium #2
Unleashing Electrochemistry’s Potential: Resistance Is Futile. Organizers: Karole Blythe, Stephen Fosdick, Elizabeth Nettleton, Amy Stafford, Maggie Weber, and David Yancey, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, tel: (512) 475-7461, Email: , , , , , and .
Presidential symposium. Electrochemistry is fundamental to many industries including the development of synthetic processes, energy storage materials, and several other practical applications. Such applications impact our everyday quality of life, for example, through the use of cell phone batteries and medical testing supplies. The goal of this symposium is to connect a broad audience with distinguished speakers who have been pushing the limits of electrochemistry in order to enhance the understanding of a research area that possesses unlimited potential. This symposium is organized by the University of Texas at Austin Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC) and is co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry.
CHED Highlighted Symposium #3
The Ethics of Publishing (Co-sponsored by the ACS Committee on Ethics and the Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications. Organizers: Thomas R. LeBon, El Camino College Compton Center, Compton, CA 90221, Email: ; and George M. Bodner, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, tel: (765) 494-5313, Email: gmbodner@purdue
This symposium is co-sponsored by the ACS Committee on Ethics and the Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications to examine ethical issues associated with the publication of scholarly papers or books and monographs. It will probe mechanisms publishers use to handle issues such as potential cases of plagiarism, falsification or fabrication of data, or unethical manipulation of figures submitted for publication. It will also address issues such as the development of policies to handle questions of appropriate attribution among lists of a paper’s authors and criteria for retraction of papers before or after they appear.