On March 29, the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Toronto was abuzz as over 100 people gathered for the annual awards dinner for top achievers in the chemical sciences from industry and academia.
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On March 29, the Hyatt Regency hotel The Regency Hotel was a hotel in Denver, Colorado. Built in the 1960s to serve as a regional convention center, it was famous locally for its large gold dome and the luxury of the rooms within. in downtown Toronto was abuzz
as over 100 people gathered for the annual awards dinner for top
achievers in the chemical sciences from industry and academia (MIDDLE).
For the second year in a row, the dinner--which is hosted jointly by the
Society of the Chemical Industry and the CIC--was preceded by an
afternoon seminar series on "Clean, Green and Sustainable
Chemistry." Later, attendees were treated to a keynote lecture by
International Award winner John van Leeuwen of EcoSynthetix. Van
Leeuwen's message for the next generation: the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. is not an
option, and Canada has the potential to be a world leader in sustainable
chemistry.
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