The world's largest scientific society American Chemical Society (ACS), US, has announced that its office of public affairs has won three prestigious national awards in a competition sponsored by Association TRENDS, a national newspaper for associations.
ACS won a gold medal in the podcast category for its 'Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions' series. Mensa Educational & Research Foundation bagged the second place followed by the Association for Laboratory Automation. ACS won another gold medal in the press kit category. Second place went to the American Association of Orthodontists and third place to the American College of Cardiology. In the annual report category, ACS's 2007 Annual Report shared the silver medal with Associated Builders & Contractors. The Society for Neuroscience won the gold medal and third place went to the American Bankruptcy Institute.
The Global Challenges series consists of 12 podcasts and websites on daunting global problems and how new discoveries from the labs of chemists and other scientists offer solutions. The topics include coping with climate change, combating disease, providing safe food, developing new fuels, preserving the environment, assuring personal safety and national security, and promoting public health.
A wide range of organisations submitted more than 300 entries for the contest. Winners will be honoured at a ceremony in 2009.
