Submitted by Flo / Slytherin' State on Wed, 09/16/2015 - 15:08

If you have looked over the program for the spring meeting in San Diego, you may have noticed that once again we will be hosting the Undergraduate Research at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry symposium. This will mark the 9th consecutive year of this symposium and we are looking forward to another great series of talks. There is one minor difference this year (or at least the members of the LC think it is different)--the oral sessions are listed as by invitation only. Consider this an invitation to you, our loyal VIPEr users. Flo and the LC encourage you, or one of your really top notch undergraduates, to give a talk. We are planning on 3 oral sessions for this symposium so we hope to accommodate as many high quality talks as possible. It is unlikely that we will be able to accommodate multiple talks from the same research group. Please note that we are also hosting an Undergraduate Teaching at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry symposium and that is by invitation only. If you would like to know more about that symmposium, please contact Joanne Stewart (stewart@hope.edu) or Barb Reisner (reisneba@jmu.edu). Finally, because I just couldn't resist...

Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our symposia to the test
Wear a snake 'round your neck, chemist
And we'll provide the rest
Many talks
Posters too
Hosting this we love to do
Try Sunday morn'
It's stupendous!

Don't believe me?

Ask our speakers!

We can't sing, we can't dance
After all, people, this is ACS
And a talk here is never second best
Go on, unfold your program
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Be, our guest
Be our guest!

Kari Young / Centre College

So who is going to perform this little diddy at the opening of the session at ACS?  I would pay to see that.

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 10:30 Permalink
S Hurst / Northern Arizona University

Awesome song!

Any idea what day of the meeting the symposium would be on? Looks like Sunday morning, but wanted to confirm.

Wed, 09/23/2015 - 20:35 Permalink
Chip Nataro / Lafayette College

I don't know if I am officially allowed to release that information. But I can say I am flying back to PA on Wednesday morning, we have five half-day sessions scheduled (3 research and 2 teaching) and I won't have any conflicts with getting to any of our sessions.

Thu, 09/24/2015 - 22:56 Permalink
S Hurst / Northern Arizona University

Chip,

 

Ah... ok. Thanks for the details, I may hold off for a bit in the hopes you can let us know. I have to be gone by Tuesday lunch time alas, for another meeting.

 

Stephanie

Sat, 09/26/2015 - 14:38 Permalink
Flo / Slytherin' State

Stephanie,

I might have this a little mixed up (my memory is slipping since Nancy had be pinned to the poster last year), but I think the spring meeting has an awards session Monday morning, so there are no other sessions during that time. So, if Chip is correct and there are 5 sessions and none of them overlap, it would seem to me that the last one would be ending Tuesday afternoon.

Flo

Thu, 10/01/2015 - 23:55 Permalink
S Hurst / Northern Arizona University

Flo,

 

Thanks so much for that! I hate to be the person who leaves before Wednesday, but this time at least I have a reason! I'll be putting in my application this evening.

 

Many thanks,

Stephanie

Mon, 10/19/2015 - 21:53 Permalink