If you have looked over the program for the spring meeting in San Diego, you may have noticed that once again we will be hosting the Undergraduate Research at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry symposium. This will mark the 9th consecutive year of this symposium and we are looking forward to another great series of talks. There is one minor difference this year (or at least the members of the LC think it is different)--the oral sessions are listed as by invitation only. Consider this an invitation to you, our loyal VIPEr users. Flo and the LC encourage you, or one of your really top notch undergraduates, to give a talk. We are planning on 3 oral sessions for this symposium so we hope to accommodate as many high quality talks as possible. It is unlikely that we will be able to accommodate multiple talks from the same research group. Please note that we are also hosting an Undergraduate Teaching at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry symposium and that is by invitation only. If you would like to know more about that symmposium, please contact Joanne Stewart (stewart@hope.edu) or Barb Reisner (reisneba@jmu.edu). Finally, because I just couldn't resist...

Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our symposia to the test
Wear a snake 'round your neck, chemist
And we'll provide the rest
Many talks
Posters too
Hosting this we love to do
Try Sunday morn'
It's stupendous!

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Ask our speakers!

We can't sing, we can't dance
After all, people, this is ACS
And a talk here is never second best
Go on, unfold your program
Take a glance and then you'll
Be our guest
Be, our guest
Be our guest!