The Journal of Chemical Education’s Software video collection, Chemistry Comes Alive! from the NSDL Chemistry Pathway has won the Pirelli Internetional Award in Chemistry.
The Pirelli Internetional Award is “The first international multimedia competition for the communication of Science and Technology, entirely carried out on the Internet (since 1996).” Prizes in physics, chemistry, mathematics and life sciences are sponsored by the Pirelli Group (manufacturer of tires and telecommunications systems) whose goal in sponsoring $130,000 in prizes is to use the Internet, “as an important vehicle for the diffusion of scientific and technological culture . . . . toward the promotion of innovative multimedia science communication.” Jon Holmes, Journal of Chemical Education (JCE), accepted the award in chemistry on May 11, 2007 at the Temple of Hadrian in Rome, Italy.
More information about the Pirelli awards is available here. The winning entry may be viewed here. The Chemistry Comes Alive! collection is currently being cataloged by the ChemEd DL and will be available as part of their collections.
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