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Scenes from the ACS Fall 2023 hybrid meeting in San Francisco

by Sydney Smith
August 27, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 28

 

Angela K. Wilson and Ann C. Kimble-Hill stand next to each other on a blue stage,
both smiling and holding up an award.
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American Chemical Society immediate past president Angela K. Wilson awards ACS
fellow Ann C. Kimble-Hill of Indiana University School of Medicine.
Paul W. Jagodzinski stands behind a podium on a stage while shaking hands with
Carolyn Bertozzi, who has just walked up to the podium.
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Paul W. Jagodzinski, chair of the ACS Board of Directors and director of District VI, welcomes Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi onstage before she speaks at the ACS open board
meeting.
A nicely dressed crowd dance in synchrony on a full dance floor.
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The moves came out at the 25th annual ChemLuminary Awards banquet.
Two people smile at a stack of Jenga blocks on a table after one of them just pulled out a block.
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Attendees fit in a fun game of Jenga between meeting events.
Judith C. Giordan, Micheline Soley, and Cynthia Friend smile and stand together
onstage.
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From left: ACS president Judith C. Giordan, keynote speaker Micheline Soley, and Kavli Foundation president Cynthia Friend pose at the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture. Soley spoke about the role of quantum computing and data compression in
chemistry.
Douglas Keszler speaks onstage in front of a pink-and-purple backdrop
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Douglas Keszler speaks about how materials discovery becomes an innovation at the Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture.
The Meg A. Mole mascot stands in front of a young child who is holding a cup of
slime and reaching up to hug the mascot.
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Meg A. Mole receives a greeting from an ACS Kids Zone attendee.
A group of smiling people, some waving various flags, with a mole mascot standing
in the middle.
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Flags were waving at the ACS international networking happy hour in the ACS Member Lounge.
Heather Kulik, John Jumper, Kenneth M. Merz Jr., and Jeremy Frey stand together
onstage in front of blue, cushioned chairs.
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The “Harnessing the Power of Data” plenary session included, from left: speaker Heather Kulik, speaker John Jumper, session chairperson Kenneth M. Merz Jr., and speaker Jeremy Frey. The session was about data’s role in advancing the chemistry enterprise.
A line of posters is in the middle, with people presenting on either side of it and multiple
attendees in the background.
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The Sci-Mix poster session drew quite a crowd.
A person reaches up, marker in hand, to write on a white wall full of writing that
says “I’m proud to be a chemist because . . .” at the top.
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An attendee adds to the Proud to Be a Chemist wall.
Judith C. Giordan, Charla Lambert, Juan Amador, and Albert G. Horvath stand
together onstage; Lambert and Amador hold awards.
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From left: ACS president Judith C. Giordan, Society for Advancement of
Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) president Charla Lambert, SACNAS executive director Juan Amador, and ACS CEO Albert G. Horvath at the ACS DEIR Reception Celebrating SACNAS’s 50th Anniversary.

 

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