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ACS Meeting News

Scenes from the ACS Fall 2021 hybrid meeting in Atlanta

by Taylor Hood
September 10, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 33

 

A group claps for award winners at a reception.

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ACS CEO Thomas Connelly (far right) and guests clap for award recipients at the ACS National Awards ceremony.
Two people surround an award plaque.
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ACS president-elect Angela K. Wilson and 2021 Priestley Medalist A. Paul Alivisatos pose for a photo at the ACS National Awards ceremony.
A group of kids watch fish swim in a tank.
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Children enjoy the view at the Georgia Aquarium during the ACS Kids Zone Presidential Outreach Event.
A virtual meeting speaker pictured on a big screen.

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ACS president H. N. Cheng, who attended the meeting virtually, introduced many of the events, including the opening keynote session and the Kavli lectures.
Kids seated in a meeting space participate in an interactive play.

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Children participate in the interactive play "Choose that Catalyst" during the ACS Kids Zone event.
A speaker on stage with a large display behind them.
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Gerard Baillely, senior R&D vice president at Procter & Gamble, delivers one of the opening keynote talks, “Resiliency of the Chemical Enterprise during COVID-19: Lessons for the Future.” The meeting theme was “Resilience of Chemistry.”

A speaker stands at an ACS-labeled podium.
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Paul W. Jagodzinski, chair of the ACS Board of Directors and District VI director, speaks at the ACS Combined 2020 and 2021 Fellows Ceremony.
Three people pose for a selfie in front of a meeting backdrop.
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Attendees pose for a selfie in front of an ACS photo backdrop.
A speaker stands next to a podium.
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Professor Naomi J. Halas of Rice University delivers the Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture, “Nanomaterials and Light for sustainability and Societal Impact.”
A first-time ACS meeting-goer gives two thumbs up.

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Jeffrey Zheng
It’s my first conference, and it’s a little different than I expected but still exciting
Jeffrey Zheng, undergraduate senior, Duke University
Six people sit at a round table and chat.
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Attendees relax and chat at the ACS National Awards reception.
People look at posters in a meeting hall.
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Meeting-goers attend the Sci-Mix poster session.
4 people pose for a photo.

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From left to right: ACS District III Director Teri Quinn Gray, director-at-large Carolyn Ribes, president-elect Angela K. Wilson, and director-at-large Wayne E. Jones, Jr. gather at the ACS National Awards ceremony.
Kids do a science experiment with glow sticks and water.

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Kids observe chemiluminescence by placing glow sticks in cups of water of varying temperature during the ACS Kids Zone event.
A group of 5 people hold up their meeting badges.

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Members of a Baylor University research group show off their meeting badges.
A virtual meeting speaker pictured on a big screen.

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Assistant professor Maureen McKeague of McGill University gives the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture, “Chemistry of DNA Damage and Measuring Genomic Resilience.”

 

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