“The University of Florida POLY/PMSE (Polymer Chemistry/Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering) Student Chapter has been awarded the Best Student Chapter Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS). Among the notable accomplishments in the previous year were the organization of a Polymer Chemistry symposium at the ACS Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition, and the hosting of the inaugural University of Florida Soft Matter Applied Research and Technology Symposium (UF SMARTS).”