The Chair s Corner

Welcome to May 2021! We were able to hold our second virtual dinner meeting in April with Dr. Carie King and her wonderful discussion on the Disseminating Scientific Findings to a Non-Scientific Audience. It was well attended and the discussion was outstanding. Thank you to all that were able to join.

On May 1st, we were able to reestablish (postpandemic) our DFW Meeting in Miniature. Thank you to the University of Texas at Dallas for hosting the 2021 Meeting in Miniature virtually. Thank you also to Dr. Mihaela Stefan, UTD, for coordination and Dr. Prof. Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, SMU, for being our Keynote Speaker. In total we had of 108 undergraduate and graduate students in attendance at the Meeting in Miniature. Given the attendance and the terrific presentations it was truly a fabulous meeting. Congratulations also to the award winners which are detailed in the Meeting in Minatare recap presented in this issue of the Retort. April was also very busy in the local section as we were collecting nominations for the Wilfred T. Doherty Award, Werner Schulz Award, and the Chemistry Ambassador Awards for 2021. We also had a highly contested science-art contest to celebrate Earth Week. Watch for an announcement of winners, along with their photos, shortly on our website. In April our Local Section started soliciting nominations for the 2021 Outstanding Seniors in Chemistry or related disciplines at each college/university in the local section area. We are also doing the same with community colleges and their second-year students. Each university can nominate one senior to be recognized and the chair of each department should have received information to nominate their outstanding chemistry student. The deadline for nominations is May 15. The award winners will be announced on our website and in the Retort. The Local Section is gearing up for programming over the Summer. Specifically, we are working to schedule a graduatestudent led roundtable in June and an industry-focused talk in June-July timeframe. Once again, the executive committee continues to be very excited about 2021 and the local section's future. If there is anything that I can do for you, please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time (trey.putnam@ttuhsc.edu). Best, Trey Putnam 2021 Chair DFW Local Section of the ACS