Please help me win this ACS contest by voting for me on Facebook.  Please click the link below and look through the gallery for me.  I appreciate your vote.  https://www.facebook.com/AmericanChemicalSociety?v=app_448952861833126&rest=1

I can win an iPad for my class.  UPDATE:  I won!!!!!

Here is the link to the newspaper article about this year’s winners:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/04/and_the_winners_in_the_cny_american_chemical_societys_illustrated_poem_contest_a.html

CATHERINE T. “Katie” HUNT, Ph.D. is the former R&D Director of Innovation Sourcing & Sustainable Technologies at The Dow Chemical Company.  Her chemistry degrees include a B.A. from Smith College and a Ph.D. from University of California, Davis. She began her 30-year career in industry at Rohm and Haas (now Dow) after completing an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.  A strong and vocal champion of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, technology collaboration and scientific innovation, Dr. Hunt is a past president of the American Chemical Society and a current American Chemical Society Expert.  She serves on numerous advisory boards, including Rochester Institute of Technology /National Technical Institute for the Deaf and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. She has worked with the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board and championed the RetroFIT PHILLY: Coolest Block Contest which provided insulation, air sealing and cool roofs to an entire city block in Philadelphia. More recently, Katie is focused on kicking off the inaugural ACS American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) – the first national association by and for chemistry teachers – with a special focus on K-12 (http://www.acs.org/aact ).

Katie has fond memories of visiting her grandparents in Auburn, N.Y. on Owasco Lake!

Title: Bridging the Gap, Transforming the Future:

Education, Collaboration, Innovation!

Abstract:

We are facing growing challenges of energy, food, water and health. Solving these global challenges will require global systems thinking and proactive local action.  To this end, there has never been a better time to be a chemist or a chemistry professional.

We will put a spotlight on new trends in education from K through gray (starting with the formation of AACT, American Association of Chemistry Teachers), highlight the elements of successful collaborations (starting with a ‘green’ mayor, a bold company, and an energy non-profit), and focus on integrating innovations – sustainable innovations – into our cities, our communities and our lives.

East Syracuse Minoa High School ChemClub members Mersida Hasanovic, Linh Pham, Kali Mann and Nathan Mascari share the thrill of making slime in the colors of the flags from Bosnia, Italy, Ireland, and France.  The Festival of Nations was amazing!!!!