The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world's largest scientific society, and this year they will be selecting a new president to serve in 2017. On this program, we'll hear from this year's candidates: Peter K. Dorhout, Vice President for Research at Kansas State University, and Thomas R. Gilbert, Acting Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University. The candidates will talk about some of the issues important to the chemical community, including the rising unemployment rates of newly-graduated chemists.
Learn more about the candidates at http://www.peterdorhoutacs.com/ and https://sites.google.com/site/thomasgilbertacs/.
Aired Sept 4, 2016
