ACS Spring 2024 explores many flavors of chemistry in New Orleans

The American Chemical Society held its annual spring meeting March 17–21 in New Orleans and online. As of March 19, 14,368 people had registered to attend: 1,246 attended virtually, and a majority, 13,122, attended in person in the Big Easy. This year's theme, "'Many Flavors of Chemistry," drew nearly 12,000 oral and poster presentations. ACS staff and student volunteers from Xavier University of Louisiana engaged the community with hands-on activities at a family-friendly preconference event on March 16 with ACS Kids Zone. In-person and hybrid sessions began at 8:00 a.m. (CDT) on March 17. This year's open board meeting included a special panel, "Pathways for Aspiring Leaders," which featured short talks from Raychelle Burks, associate professor of chemistry at American University; Jarrod Cohen, senior scientist at Merck Peter Dorhout, vice president for research at Iowa State University; and Katherine Johnson, R&D associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. These