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NCW 2003 - Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond

National Chemistry Week is October 19 – October 25, 2003

Chairperson:
Dr. Christine Jaworek, Emmanuel College
jaworek@emmanuel.edu

Co-organizers:
Dr. Doris Lewis, Suffolk University
Dr. Sarah Iacobucci, Tufts University
Dr. Charles E. Kolb, Aerodyne Research
Dr. Jean Fuller-Stanley, Wellesley College


NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK 2003 ACTIVITIES
These were the activities that occurred for NCW 2003.


Wellesley College
Sunday, Oct 19, 2003, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public


Hands-on Activities: UV tester using UV-sensitive beads; humidity tests; volcanoes, tornadoes; acid rain; cloud and rainbow formation and more.

Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture
A highlight of the day: Guest Speaker Professor Bassam Shakhashiri of the University of Wisconsin presented his famous demonstrations at the Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture.


Symposium
Thursday, October 23, 2003

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What's New in the Air?
Atmospheric Chemistry in the 21st Century


7:00 pm, Eastman Lecture Hall, Room 6-120
Open to the Public


Program:

7:00

Northeastern Section of the
American Chemical Society
Welcome

Doris Ingram Lewis, Suffolk University


7:05

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Welcome

Luisa T. Molina,
http://eaps.mit.edu/megacities/default.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology


7:10

Introduction
Charles E. Kolb
Aerodyne Research


7:15

Improving Air Quality in Megacities:
Mexico City Case Study

Mario J. Molina
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


7:45

Air Pollution and Climate Change
Daniel J. Jacob
Harvard University


8:15

Break

8:45

Spectroscopy and Climate Change:
Benchmark Observations and Forecast Testing

James G. Anderson
Harvard University


9:15 Panel to Answer Questions on the Changing Atmosphere
L.T. Molina, M.J. Molina, D.J. Jacob, J.G, Anderson, C.E. Kolb

Sponsored by the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

     

 


Please contact

Prof. Christine Jaworek-Lopes
 

National Poster Competition

The Northeastern Section of the ACS
is participating in the National Poster Competition.

SEE POSTER GUIDELINES

Puzzle Competition
Try to solve the puzzle.
Grades 1-12

SEE PUZZLE
GUIDELINES

 

 


American Chemical Society

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