We would like to express our condolences on the passing of Richard Bader on January 15 2012. A Canadian quantum chemist noted for his Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules, a widely quoted theory in chemistry, Dr. Bader was Professor of Chemistry at McMaster University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Congratulations to Benedetta Mennucci, awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant for the EnLight project, The interplay between quantum coherence and environment in the photosynthetic electronic energy transfer and lightharvesting: A Quantum Chemical picture

Congratulations to Berny Schlegel, newly elected member of the
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science,
and named as a 2011 ACS Fellow