We are please to announce that Professor John Moore is being awarded the 2008 Braude Award, given by the Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society. The Braude Award Honors excellence in chemistry teaching and is being awarded to John in recognition of his work with Journal of Chemical Education. The award, which was endowed by and named for George L. Braude, a chemist with W. R. Grace and the Food and Drug Administration, will be presented at a meeting of the Maryland Section on October 22 this year. Please join us in congratulating John!