The
Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society
awarded four Lyman C. Newell Grants to four area
high school chemistry teachers to attend the 72nd NEACT
Summer Conference, August 1-4, 2011 St. Joseph's College,
Standish, Maine. In honor of the International Year
of Chemistry, IYC: Chemistry in Today's World will
feature the four topics of the IYC: Health, Environment,
Energy, and Materials, as well as lots on teaching
and learning them. The grants are cash awards of $225.00
to partially cover the cost of the conference. They
were awarded to the following high school teachers: