Kathryn Beers is being awarded the Mark Scholar Award by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) in recognition of her excellence in in basic or applied research and leadership in polymer science. She will be honored by a half-day invited symposium at the fall ACS national meeting in Chicago. Additionally, Kate was selected by the ACS Division of Polymer Science and Engineering (PMSE) to be the plenary speaker at the POLY/PMSE awards ceremony at the fall meeting.