UALR graduate student William “Billy” Griffin won the American Chemical Society’s Communities Challenge for posting the most compelling discussion or question during the ACS’s National Meeting last month.

“Anyone who posted a new question or discussion in the network during that time was eligible to participate,” said Mark O’Brian, manager of the chemical society’s discussion network. “The winner was judged by the number of replies posted to an individual thread.”

Griffin’s winning question: “Should the ACS work more like a union in the U.S.?” The question generated seven replies and 59 page views and won Griffin a new iPod Touch.

Griffin is a Ph.D. candidate working on his degree in applied science in chemistry under the direction of Dr. Jerry Darsey.

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