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Focuses on the issues related to part-time teaching of chemistry in the U.S. Problems associated with the working conditions of chemists; Increase in percentage of post-timers faculty; Factors affecting teaching of organic chemistry.

Presents a series of vignettes of recipients of the 2001 awards administered by the American Chemical Society. Magid A. Abou-Gharbia; Paul S. Anderson; John S. Armor; John D. Baldeschwieler; Ernst Bayer; Alexis T. Bell; Carolyn R. Bertozzi; Klaus Biemann; Christina Bodurow Erwin; Joan F. Brennecke.

Presents a profile of Glenn T. Seaborg, a Nobel Laureate chemist, who died on February 25, 1999 at the age of 86. Career background; Education; Family; Achievements; Contributions made to the field of chemistry.

Announces that retired research chemist Stephanie Kwolek was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. Research that led to the development of Kevlar, an aramid fiber five times stronger than steel.

Reports on the participation of graduate students and chemists of Yale University on the rally of unionized employees in New Haven, Connecticut. Objective on the demonstrations of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO); Demand of GESO for the improvement on the student treatment of the university; Effect of the rally on the chemistry department.

Reports that chemists at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France, have developed electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries that behave differently from existing materials. Behavior of the ions in commercial rechargeable lithium-ion batteries during recharging; Crystal structure of the anode developed by the chemists.