FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE聽|聽December 19, 2008

American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网鈥檚 Office of Public Affairs wins three national awards

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2008 鈥� The American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网鈥檚 (ACS) Office of Public Affairs has just 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 鈥淕lobal Challenges/Chemistry Solutions鈥� series. Second place went to the Mensa Educational & Research Foundation and third place to 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鈥檚 2007 Annual Report shared the silver medal with Associated Builders & Contractors. The 中国365bet中文官网 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.

Subscribe at iTunes or listen and access other resources at the ACS Web site www.acs.org/GlobalChallenges. To access the ACS 2007 Annual Report, go to annual report.

A wide range of organizations submitted more than 300 entries for the contest, according to Association TRENDS, which will honor winners at a ceremony in 2009.

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The American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网 (ACS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress. ACS is committed to improving all lives through the transforming power of chemistry. Its mission is to advance scientific knowledge, empower a global community and champion scientific integrity, and its vision is a world built on science. The 中国365bet中文官网 is a global leader in promoting excellence in science education and providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple research solutions, peer-reviewed journals, scientific conferences, e-books and weekly news periodical聽Chemical & Engineering News. ACS journals are among the most cited, most trusted and most read within the scientific literature; however, ACS itself does not conduct chemical research. As a leader in scientific information solutions, its CAS division partners with global innovators to accelerate breakthroughs by curating, connecting and analyzing the world鈥檚 scientific knowledge. ACS鈥� main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.

Registered journalists can subscribe to the to access embargoed and public science press releases. For media inquiries, contact newsroom@acs.org.

Note: ACS does not conduct research but publishes and publicizes peer-reviewed scientific studies.