Chem­i­cal & Engi­neer­ing News has a 5 page arti­cle by Mitch Jaco­by in the July 7, 2003 issue (pp. 18–22) [http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/cen/81/i27/html/8127sci1.html], which high­lights our recent Can­cun Nation­al meet­ing. Patic­u­lar focus is giv­en to the ple­nary award lec­tures by Pro­fes­sors Cor­ma and Zaera. Mitch con­cludes, “A week in sum­my Can­cun sounds more like vaca­tion than work… But truth be told, the catal­y­sis meet­ing was busi­ness as usu­al, with research­es talk­ing shop every­where- even on the beach.”