ACS New York Section
Metrowomen Chemists
Topical Group
2008 Annual Report
Women Chemists Luncheon
at the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting
The Metro Women Chemists Committee helped plan and cosponsor
the WCC luncheon during MARM 2008 that was held on Tuesday, May
20, 2008 from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm at Queensborough Community College.
Hiroko Karan and Nancy Tooney (MWCC) were the organizers of the event.
The other cosponsors were the Metro Women Chemists Topical Group of the
North Jersey ACS Section, Metropolitan New York Chapter of the Association
for Women in Science, and ACS Women Chemists Committee. The luncheon
speaker was Jodi Wesemann from the national ACS Department of Higher Education.
She gave aa talk on “Fostering Access, Success, and Excellence.” The
program was well received and 50 – 60 people were in attendance.
In July 2008, Nancy Tooney, the 2007 chair of MWCC,
met with Margaret Mandziuk and Elise Megehee to pass the chairmanship.
During this meeting we began an ongoing dialog on possible upcoming events
and how to get the MWCC revitalized.
In October 2008, the MWCC met via telephone conference
to generate and submit the request for budget allocation for 2009.
At this meeting we determined the following goals for 2009 and means to achieve
them:
Hiroko Karan, Nancy Tooney, Jodi Wesemann, Joan Laredo-Liddell, Margaret
Mandziuk
1. To promote and increase the participation of female speakers
at symposia and large meetings organized in the Metro-area.
MWCC will co-sponsor meetings with female speakers and offer to defray
the cost of travel expenses of female participants.
2. To help young female chemists, postdocs and graduate students,
to become familiar with their career options.
MWCC will co-organize a meeting (with the New Jersey Women Chemists
Committee and the Young Chemists Committee) with speakers familiar with
various career options and the current demand for specialists in chemistry.
The talks will be followed by an informal reception that will provide the
participants with networking opportunities.
3. To promote professional excellence by female scientists and
engineers.
MWCC will work with AWIS and NJWCC to reinstate the annual Outstanding
Women Scientist Award Ceremony.
November 1st Conference
at St. John's University
On November 1, 2008, the Metro Women Chemists Committee,
along with the Continuing Education Committee of the New York section, co-sponsored
the “Photochemistry and Photophysics: Harnessing Light to Do Our Work” conference,
held at St. John’s University. The MWCC co-sponsorship was in the
form of the travel support for the female speaker, Dr. Claudia Turro from
Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), who presented the talk ”Accessing
Excited States of Metal Complexes with Visible and near-IR Light: Potential
Applications in Diagnostics, Photodynamic Therapy, and Switching”.
The successful meeting was attended by 52 people.
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