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5/5/2008 - Call for Nominations: AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Practice Award
5/5/2008 - Nominations for The Tanabe Prize for Acid Base Catalysis
4/29/2008 - Travel Grants for Participation in the 14th ICC
4/27/2008 - Save $$$ by registering before April 30 for Seoul meeting
4/23/2008 - New Video Clip available featuring Dr. Haldor Topsoe
4/22/2008 - Obituary for Eric Derouane
3/30/2008 - Update on North American Meeting San Francisco, June 7-12, 2009
3/30/2008 - US National Academy of Engineering recognizes new catalysis members
3/27/2008 - Passing of Professor Eric Derouane (1944-2008)
2/11/2008 - Explaining what catalysis is
1/29/2008 - ACS Awards recognize catalysis efforts
1/23/2008 - Nominations Open for Eugene J. Houdry Award in Applied Catalysis
12/5/2007 - Video Clips added to NACS History subfolder
11/27/2007 - Robert Farrauto is the 2008 F. G. Ciapetta Lecturer
11/23/2007 - Nominations open for The Tanabe Prize for Acid Base Catalysis
10/31/2007 - Call for IACS Award Nominations
10/26/2007 - Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2007 awarded to Professor Gerhard Ertl for groundbreaking studies in surface chemistry
10/2/2007 - New Folder, Past NAM meetings
9/16/2007 - Professor White Passes Away
8/15/2007 - Nominations now open for Ciapetta Lectureship in Catalysis
6/15/2007 - Tobin Marks Awarded 2005 National Medal of Science by President Bush
6/14/2007 - Gabor Somorjai wins ACS Priestley Medal
4/9/2007 - Jim Dumesic is the 2007 Robert Burwell Lecturer
3/30/2007 - AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Practice Award
1/19/2007 - Burwell Nominations now open- closing April 1, 2007
12/12/2006 - Alexis Bell selected for the 2007 Michel Boudart Award
11/21/2006 - Professor Robert Davis has been selected for the 2007 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis
8/17/2006 - New Award: Michel Boudart Award for the Advancement of Catalysis
8/7/2006 - Nominations open for Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis
7/25/2006 - 2007 Eugene J. Houdry Award to Stacey Zones
5/5/2006 - ORCS Presents Three Awards at 21st Conference
4/18/2006 - First Electronic ONLY Version of the Newsletter
4/5/2006 - Nominations open for next Eugene J. Houdry Award
1/22/2006 - James C. Stevens is the recipient of the ACS award in Industrial Chemistry
1/9/2006 - James Dumesic is the recipient of the Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis
12/19/2005 - Soled is 2006 Ciapetta Lecturer
12/8/2005 - Heinz Heinemann has passed away
10/17/2005 - A New Catalysis Institute in the USA
10/5/2005 - Catalysis and the 2006 Nobel Prize in chemistry
9/13/2005 - Timing for future NACS Awards
8/30/2005 - Ciapetta Lectureship award for 2006
6/13/2005 - WSJ Technology Innovation Awards
5/30/2005 - New NAM Officers for 2005-2009
5/6/2005 - Israel Wachs receives Herman Pines Award
4/29/2005 - Directors-at-Large for next 4 years
3/29/2005 - Opportunity for free catalyst testing
3/7/2005 - Fabio Ribeiro awarded NY Cat Soc Excellence in Catalysis Award
3/7/2005 - V. N. Ipatieff Lectureship
1/3/2005 - 2005 World Oxidation Meeting Travel Awards
12/30/2004 - New job postings bulletin board on website
12/21/2004 - Enrique Iglesia awarded the 2005 Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis
12/1/2004 - National Officer and Director Elections
12/1/2004 - Date of 2007 North American Catalysis Society Meeting
10/28/2004 - 2005 Eugene J. Houdry Award to Henrik Topsøe
10/26/2004 - Professor Matthew Neurock selected as 2005 Emmett Awardee
10/3/2004 - Call for Burwell Award Nominations- due by 1 December 2004
10/1/2004 - Abstracts now being accepted for Phila. NAM
10/1/2004 - Professor James Schwarz- in Memoria
8/30/2004 - Awards to E. Iglesia, M. Davis, W. Goodman, and I. Wachs
7/3/2004 - Call for Nominations for 2005 Eugene J. Houdry Award in Applied Catalysis
5/3/2004 - Alex Mills passes away
4/15/2004 - Call for Nominations for 2005 Paul H. Emmett Award
4/9/2004 - Travel Funds for the 13th International Congress on Catalysis
3/23/2004 - ORCS announces 3 awards in catalysis
2/26/2004 - Enrique Iglesia selected for 2004 Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion
1/29/2004 - Preliminary program for ORCS meeting
1/21/2004 - 2005 Bower Award will be for catalysis
1/20/2004 - Postdoctoral Convocation
12/22/2003 - Professor Douglas Stephan- 2004 Ciapetta Lecturer
8/29/2003 - Ciapetta Lectureship award for 2004
8/28/2003 - Obituary for Ipatieff Professor Robert L. Burwell
8/27/2003 - IAES newsletter
8/18/2003 - OBITUARY for Professor Paul GRANGE 1943-2003
8/17/2003 - Nominations for IACS' International Catalysis Award
7/23/2003 - Israel Wachs wins AIChE Award
7/13/2003 - C&E News features Cancun meeting report
7/8/2003 - Enrique Iglesia wins Wilhelm Award
7/8/2003 - US Trade Commission issues report on Catalysis
6/20/2003 - Bylaws of the NACS, June 2003
4/8/2003 - Juan's Cancun Tips Posted
4/7/2003 - Changes proposed to NACS Bylaws
4/2/2003 - Stu Soled wins Excellence in Catalysis Award from NY Club
3/20/2003 - NSF awards available for Kokes Student travel to Cancun
3/5/2003 - Grand Challenges in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2/23/2003 - Make your airline and hotel reservations quickly for Cancun
1/13/2003 - Alex Bell awarded 2003 Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis
12/31/2002 - Nominations sought for International Catalysis Award
12/16/2002 - Johnson Matthey's Catalysts and Chemicals Division to Support Burwell Lectureship
12/2/2002 - Web site on catalysis- aimed to students
11/11/2002 - Nominations for the 2003 Robert Burwell Lectureship
10/21/2002 - Seeking nominations for Chicago's Herman Pines Award
10/17/2002 - Houdry Award to Avelino Corma
10/17/2002 - Emmett Award to Francisco Zaera
10/8/2002 - October Newslettter now posted
6/24/2002 - June 2002 NACS Newsletter now posted on Web site
6/21/2002 - Nominations for 2003 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis
6/21/2002 - Nominations for 2003 Eugene J. Houdry Award in Applied Catalysis
5/29/2002 - Canadian Catalysis Awards to W. Piers and H. Kung
5/29/2002 - Steve Ittel receives 2002 Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award
5/15/2002 - Gabor Somorjai named University Professor AND receives National Metal of Science
3/23/2002 - 2002 Catalysis Award of the Canadian Institute for Chemistry to Professor Michael Baird
2/5/2002 - Call for papers: High throughput screening
1/17/2002 - John Monnier awarded F. G. Ciapetta Lectureship in Catalysis
1/16/2002 - Israel Wachs receives 2001 Clean Air Excellence Award
12/20/2001 - Obituary George C.A. Schuit (1910 - 2001)
12/12/2001 - New York Club's Award for Excellence in Catalysis
12/5/2001 - Just published version of NACS Newsletter now on this site
11/28/2001 - Newly available Pilot Plant Facilities and Services
11/21/2001 - 16th Annual Symposium of the Western States Catalysis Club
11/7/2001 - Nominations for Herman Pines Award
10/31/2001 - Multiple ACS Awards for Catalysis Research
10/29/2001 - Value of Catalysis
10/25/2001 - Catalysis featured in C&E News
10/13/2001 - Canadian Catalysis Lectureship Award 2001 – Dr. Marten Ternan
10/10/2001 - Professor Smirniotis recieves award
10/10/2001 - Catalysis is focus of 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
9/13/2001 - Message of Sympathy from President of IACS
8/27/2001 - Call for nominations for 2002 Ciapetta Lectureship
6/26/2001 - 17th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis on June 1-5, 2002

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