Adventures In Liveblogging March 27, 2007
Posted by Beth in General.trackback
Filed by Rudy Baum and Beth Halford
Rudy and I are liveblogging. The signature event at the C&EN booth in Chicago on Tuesday is an appearance by George Whitesides. Stay tuned.
This year’s Priestley Medal winner is signing copies of the March 26 issue of C&EN. George is on the cover, and his Priestley Medal address and a profile of him are the cover stories.
Click “more” to see photos.
The biggest moment so far came when Yagang Zhang, an organic chemistry graduate student at University of South Carolina, asked George to autograph his shirt. “That’s a first!” George said as he signed. “I’ll never wash this shirt,” Yagang replied. I spoke to Yagang a few minutes later. “George will win the Nobel Prize soon,” Yagang predicted.
SIGNATURE COLLECTION
The line of people seeking to have their issue of C&EN signed by George is about 20 people long, as it has been since George arrived at 12:30 PM.
BLOGGER-IN-CHIEF Rudy Baum hard at work.
Thanks to Paul from Chembark for the tip on Nutter Butters®
Beth and Rudy, do you think we can ask George to post some thoughts?
I wonder if Mr. Zhang has a collection of dress shirts ruined by eminent scientists.
Upon closer inspection of that third photo, are those NUTTER BUTTERS?
Indeed. C&EN wanted to make Professor Whitesides feel comfortable while he was bringing so many chemists to our booth. FYI, he also likes coffee with milk.