{"46030":{"#nid":"46030","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Celebrate National Chemistry Week October 18-24","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society is promoting a wide array of activities to help everyone celebrate the importance of chemistry during this year\u0027s National Chemistry Week, October 18-24.  This year marks the 140th anniversary of Mendeleev\u0027s Periodic Table, so this year\u0027s theme, Chemistry---It\u0027s Elemental!, focuses on the elements.  Information about how you can become involved in National Chemistry Week is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.acs.org\/ncw\u0022 title=\u0022www.acs.org\/ncw\u0022\u003Ewww.acs.org\/ncw\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELocal activities for National Chemistry Week include the following:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober 20:  Science Caf\u0026eacute; at Fernbank Science Center from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.  Joyce Palmer and David Gottfried from Georgia Tech\u0027s Nanotechnology Research Center will lead a public discussion on \u0022Nanotechnology: It\u0027s Bigger Than You Think.\u0022 See \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fernbank.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.fernbank.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.fernbank.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E or contact Mary Breen  at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:MARY_BREEN@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us\u0022\u003EMARY_BREEN@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us\u003C\/a\u003E for more details.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober 21:  Georgia Tech radio station WREK, 91.1 FM, will broadcast a special National Chemistry Week episode of \u0022Inside the Black Box\u0022 with Professor Pete Ludovice on the topic, \u0022Chemistry: What is it Good For?\u0022  The broadcast, which airs from noon - 1  p.m., will feature a panel of chemists and questions from high school students participating live via teleconference.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober 22:  Georgia Tech will host students from three area high schools for chemistry demonstrations and talks with chemists.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober 22:  ChEmory, the undergraduate chemistry club at Emory University, will host a chemistry demonstration show at 5:30 pm in room 360 of the Atwood chemistry building. Contact Rachel Reiff at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rreiff@emory.edu\u0022\u003Erreiff@emory.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for more details.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober 23:  ChEmory will host a Mole Day event outside of the chemistry buildings at Emory University, beginning at 5:30 p.m.  This event will include chemistry-themed games, the dropping of a mole ball, and the presentation of the annual \u0022periodic table of the cupcakes.\u0022 Contact Rachel Reiff at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rreiff@emory.edu\u0022\u003Erreiff@emory.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for more details.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober 24:  Fernbank Science Center will host hands-on chemistry activities from 11 a.m. -4 p.m.  Hands-on science tables will demonstrate the properties of the elements, make liquids change colors, and more.  Chemical Magic Shows at noon and 2 pm.  Free and open to the public.  See \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fernbank.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.fernbank.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.fernbank.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E or contact Mary Breen at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:MARY_BREEN@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us\u0022\u003EMARY_BREEN@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us\u003C\/a\u003E for more details.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOctober 24:  A Girl Scout Science event will be heldon the Southern Poly campus from 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. \u0022The Case of the Kidnapped Cookies.\u0022 Volunteers are needed.  Please contact JoAnn Arceneaux at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:JoAnn.Arceneaux@cytec.com\u0022\u003EJoAnn.Arceneaux@cytec.com\u003C\/a\u003E for more details.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society is promoting a wide array of activities to help everyone celebrate the importance of chemistry during this year\u0027s National Chemistry Week, October 18-24.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This year\u0027s theme is Chemistry---It\u0027s Elemental!"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2009-10-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:09","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"46031":{"id":"46031","type":"image","title":"National Chemistry Week","body":null,"created":"1449174347","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:47","changed":"1475894409","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:09","alt":"National Chemistry Week","file":{"fid":"100948","name":"tfc47794.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfc47794_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tfc47794_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66795,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tfc47794_0.jpg?itok=0E7r3LHc"}}},"media_ids":["46031"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"2660","name":"events"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}