1.  January. "CPR (Calibrated Peer Review): Getting the Most Out of a Writing Assignment", Dr. Laurie Starkey, Cal Poly Pomona.
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1.  August 26 - 30. American Chemical Society 222nd National Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Talks:
"Individualizing the learning experience in general chemistry: At what cost?", A. A. Russell.
"Molecular Science: Gearing up for new directions", A. A. Russell, K. M. Brand, T. M. Su.
"Evaluating peer review using Calibrated Peer Review", A. A. Russell, K. M. Brand, T. M. Su.
"Crystalline Solids: A computer-assisted instructional exploration", T. M. Su.
"Using an active-learning environment in community college chemistry: Adopting the Molecular Science initiative", T. M. Su, J. R. Chickering, J. Chadwick, C. Collins, J. Magner, M. Villarba.
"Using Calibrated Peer Review in the community college general chemistry curriculum", T. M. Su, L. K. Fong.
"Molecular Science Project: Tools for everyone's box", M. D. Perry.
"Implementation of the Molecular Science tools: Is it as easy as it looks?" J. R. Chickering.
"Molecular Science Project: Tools for everyone's box", M. D. Perry.

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1. January 7. "Learning Theories for Chemical Educators", Barbara L. Gonzalez. Molecular Science Dissemination Workshop, Cal State University Fullerton, CA. presentation slides

2. July 30 - August 3. 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Ann Arbor, MI.

Talks:
"Calibrated Peer Review™", O. L. Chapman, Symposium on Computer Technology in Chemical Instruction.
"Technology-Enhanced Instruction in General Chemistry -- How Big is the Box?" P. Wegner, Symposium on Thinking Outside the Box - Part II.
"A Server-Based Learning Tool for individualized Learning in Introductory Chemistry", P. Wegner, Symposium on Innovations and Reform at Community Colleges - What's New on the Horizon.

Symposium: "Implementing Molecular Science Products, Processes, and Tools"
"The Molecular Science Project - Something New for Everyone", A. A. Russell.
"Integrated Computer Assignments for the Community college General Chemistry Curriculum", T. Su.
"Calibrated Peer Review (CPR): Can it Breathe Life into a Non-Majors Course?" M. Perry.
"From the West Coast to the Gulf Coast: Implementing Molecular Science Teaching Materials into Freshman- and Senior-Level Courses at Nicholls State University", J. Chauvin.
"Implementing Molecular Science Tools in an Introductory General Chemistry Course", B. L. Gonzalez.
"Molecular Science in the Learning Environment at a Research University", R. Arasasingham.

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1999

1. March 21 - 25. American Chemical Society 217th National Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Talks:
"Calibrated Peer Review", Orville L. Chapman.
"The Molecular Science Project - A Curriculum for All", Arlene A. Russell (plenary speaker).

Posters:
"Web-Based Writing and Peer Review", Michael A. Fiore and Orville L. Chapman.
"The Studio Classroom and Conceptual Learning in Chemistry", Barbara L. Gonzalez.

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1998

1. January 4 - 8. Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, Ventura, CA.

Talks:
"Molecular Science - A Fully Digital Network- Curriculum", Orville L. Chapman (Plenary Speaker).
"Can Computer-Based Technology Enhance Chemical Education", Victoria Bragin.

Poster:
"Computer-Aided, Activity-Based Instruction in General Chemistry", Patrick A. Wegner.

2. February. "Molecular Science Network Deliverable Curricula", Arlene A. Russell, Las Vegas, NM. presentation slides

3. February 27. "The Molecular Science Project", Arlene A. Russell, Department of Chemistry Seminar, University of California, Irvine. 

4. March 10. "Web-Based Writing and Peer Review: Calibrated Peer Review", Michael A. Fiore, International Conference on Technology and Education, Santa Fe, NM. 

5. April 19. "The Influence of Conceptions of Molecular Structure and Patterns of Problem-Solving Strategies on the Process of Learning to Interpret Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra" (poster), Barbara L. Gonzalez, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

6. April 22. "The Influence of Conceptions of Molecular Structure on Learning to Interpret NMR Problems", Barbara L. Gonzalez, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Diego, CA. 

8. July 11. "Designing the Assessment Into CPR", Dana Thadani, University of California, Los Angeles. presentation slides

9. August 9 - 13. Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 

Talks:
"The Molecular Science Project: Network-Delivered Curricula", Arlene A. Russell.
"Computer-Assisted Mastery-Based Learning in General Chemistry", Patrick A. Wegner.
"The Molecular Science  Curriculum in a Secondary School", Joseph A. Wise and Norma Chang.
"Web-Based  Writing and Peer Review: Calibrated Peer Review", Michael A. Fiore. presentation slides
"Spectroscopy in the Molecule Science Project", Ben Hutchinson.
"A Discovery-Based Approach to Active Learning: Its Use in Network-Delivered Chemistry Instruction", Victoria M. Bragin.
"The Impact of a Molecular Modeling Application on Solving NMR Problems", Barbara L. Gonzalez.
"Comparing ‘Traditional’ and Student-Centered Computer-Delivered Instruction", Eileen Di Mauro.   

Panel:
"Adopting and Adapting the Network-Delivered Molecular Science Curriculum", Arlene A. Russell, Patrick A. Wegner, Eileen Di Mauro, Joseph A. Wise

10. August 10. "Implementing the Molecular Science Curriculum in a Secondary School", Norma Chang, Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. presentation slides

11. September. Gordon Research Conference on Multimedia Education, London, England.  "Molecular Science: A Fully Digital Network-Delivered Curriculum", Orville L. Chapman (Plenary Speaker). presentation slides

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1997

1. March 14. "Innovations in the Natural Sciences: The Molecular Science Project", Patrick A. Wegner, NSF Conference, Shaping the Future, California State University, Los Angeles.

2. April 23. "The Molecular Science Project", Orville L. Chapman and Eileen Di Mauro, Mt. San Antonio College Board of Trustees Meeting, Walnut, CA.

3. May 10 - 11. Conference on Undergraduate Chemistry Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Talks:
"Evaluation of Molecular Science Project", Robert B. Kozma.
"The Molecular Science Project", Orville L. Chapman and Arlene A. Russell.

4. May 29. "The Molecular Science Project", Arlene A. Russell, Chemistry Department Seminar, California State University, Los Angeles.

5. July 12. Symposium in Honor of Orville L. Chapman, University of California, Los Angeles. 

Posters:
"The Influence of Conceptions of Molecular Structure and Patterns of Problem-Solving Strategies on the Process of Learning to Interpret Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra", Barbara L. Gonzalez.
"The Molecular Science Project", Michael A. Fiore.

6. September 7 - 11. "The Molecular Science Project", Arlene A. Russell, American Chemical Society 214th National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

7. October 21. "Alternate Pedagogies", Orville L. Chapman, Chem 375 First-Year Seminar UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

8. October 21 - 25. "Molecular Science: Network-Deliverable Curricula", Patrick A. Wegner, Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy Sponsored by the American Chemical Society Irvine, CA.

9. October 24. "Will Multimedia Technology Impact Education?" Orville L. Chapman, The Club of Rome Conference on Technology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.

10. November 3. "The Molecular Science Project", Orville L. Chapman, American Chemical Society Satellite Television Seminar, Undergraduate Curriculum Reform: Its Effect on High School and College Level Teaching. (Telephone Respondent, Joseph Wise.)

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1996

1. February 28. "Distance Learning at UCLA", O. L. Chapman, UCLA Academic Sentate, Los Angeles, CA.

2. February. "Multimedia Instruction: Beyond Edutainment", A. A. Russell, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA.  

3. March. "Infrared Spectroscopy: Understanding Without Memorization", A. A. Russell, American Chemical Society 211th National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

4. December 15-17. "Change Dictates Change: Chemistry as a Profession and Chemical Education", O. L. Chapman, U.S. - Taiwan Symposium on Chemical Education, San Diego, CA. 

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Before 1996

1. April 1992. "Let's Use Dynamite", O.L. Chapman, Symposium Organized by the General Chemistry Task Force of the ACS Division of Chemical Education, 203rd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2. April 1992. "Numeracy, Computers, and Freshmen",  A. A. Russell, American Chemical Society 203rd National Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

3. April 1992. "Molecular Modeling and Computational Chemistry in Lower Division Chemistry Courses", O. L. Chapman, 117th Two-Year College Chemistry Conference, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA.

4. August 1992. "Let's Use Dynamite", O.L. Chapman, 12th Biennial conference on Chemical Education, Davis, CA. 

5. March 1993. 205th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Denver, CO.

Talks:
"Graphing, Scaling, Best Fit, Errors: A Computer Tutorial for Students in the First-year Chemistry Laboratory", A. A. Russell.
"Site Remediation: An Environmental Laboratory Course for First-Year Chemistry Majors", A. A. Russell.

6. 1993. "The Role of Causal Structure in Graph Interpretation", M. L. Gattis and K. J. Holyoak, Psychonomics Society Meeting, New York, NY.

7. August 1993. "The UCLA Science Challenge", O.L. Chapman, 206th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL.  

8. October 23, 1993. O. L. Chapman, Chemistry Update Conference, Joint Meeting of the Southern California Regional American Chemical Society and the California Association of Chemistry Teachers, Pasadena, CA. 

9. January 1994. "The UCLA Science Challenge", O. L. Chapman, American Association of Colleges National Meeting, Washington, D. C.

10. January 17, 1994. "Research-Based NMR Instruction: Teaching Students to Think", A. A. Russell, University of Alberta.

11. January 13, 1994. "Interactive Software Modules for Introductory Astronomy", V. Gorgian, American Astronomical Society National Meeting, Washington, D. C., and ACE/NSF Conference, Washington, D.C., January 23, 1994.

12. February, 1994. "The UCLA Science Challenge", O.L. Chapman & A. A. Russell, Science Colloquium on Instructional Technology, University of Massachusetts at Boston.

13. April 7, 1994. "The UCLA Science Challenge", O. L. Chapman, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning 5th Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.

14. April 1994. "Site Remediation: An Environmental Laboratory Course for First-Year Chemistry Majors", A. A. Russell, 207th National ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA.

15. July 1994."Cognitive Constraints on Graph Interpretation Determine the Success of Graphical Software", M. L. Gattis, International Symposium on Mathematics/Science Education and Technology, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, San Diego, CA.

16. August 1994. 208th National ACS Meeting, Washington D.C. 

Talks:
"Teaching Creative Molecular Design", O.L. Chapman.  
"Successful Educational Revolution", O. L. Chapman.

17. September 30, 1994. "Learning Change", O. L. Chapman, Carleton College Chemistry Department Seminar, Northfield, MN.

18. October 3-5, 1994. O. L. Chapman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Program Directors Meeting, Chevy Chase, MD.

19. October 12, 1994. "Telecommunications Technology and Reform of Chemical Education", O. L. Chapman, California Educational Research Network Launch Event, San Francisco, CA. 

20. November 17, 1994. "Changing Education - Why, What, How", O. L. Chapman, California Institute of Technology Chemistry Club, Pasadena, CA.

21. November 18-19, 1994. "The UCLA Science Challenge", O. L. Chapman, Southern California Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Statewide Conference, Irvine, CA.

22. January 8-13, 1995. "Change Dictates Change: Economics and Chemical Education", O. L. Chapman, Gordon Research Conference for Innovations in College ChemistryTeaching, Ventura, CA.

23. February 28, 1995. "Educational Change: Why, What, How", O. L. Chapman, Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

24. March 31-April 1, 1995. "Changing Chemical Education: Why, What, and How", O. L. Chapman, Two Year College Chemistry Conference, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA. 

25. April 22, 1995. "Competitive Education", O. L. Chapman, Los Angeles Physics Teachers Alliance Group.

26. April 1995. "C60: Discovery, Exploration, Experiment", A. A. Russell, 209th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Anaheim, CA. 

27. August 8, 1995. "What It Means to Win CWSA", O. L. Chapman, ComputerWord Smithsonian Awards Delegate Strategy Seminar, San Jose, CA.

28. August 1995. "Multimedia Instruction: Beyond Edutainment", A. A. Russell, 210th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL. 

29. IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA September 8, 1995 "Change Dictates Change", O. L. Chapman.

30. October 25-27, 1995. "The UCLA Science Challenge", O. L. Chapman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Program Directors Meeting, Chevy Chase, MD.

31. December 1995. "Multimedia Instruction: Beyond Edutainment", A. A. Russell, Joint SoCal-ACS/CACT 1995 Chemistry Teacher's Update Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 

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