The Materials Research Society (MRS) and Springer Nature have signed a strategic new publishing agreement that will come into effect starting on January 1, 2021. At that time, the two organizations will partner to publish all five journals in the MRS portfolio—MRS Bulletin, Journal of Materials Research (JMR), MRS Communications, MRS Energy & Sustainability, and MRS Advances—as well as books. In addition, Springer Nature will host the archived content of the long-standing MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) and the MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research (MIJ-NSR).

The Materials Research Society (MRS) congratulates MRS Bulletin Editor Gopal R. Rao, recently named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Rao is one of 443 members honored this year for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) congratulates John B. Goodenough, The University of Texas at Austin, M. Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Akira Yoshino, Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University, who were today awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”

The Materials Research Society announces the Vice President/President Elect, Secretary and new Board Members for 2020, elected by the Society's global membership of almost 14,000.

Linda Schadler, dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Vermont, has accepted an appointment to the MRS Board of Directors.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) is pleased to announce that Executive Director Todd M. Osman has been recently named to The Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE) Board of Directors.

The Materials Research Society and Cambridge University Press are pleased to announce the appointment of Y. Shirley Meng, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), as Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) have selected Alexander Martin, postdoctoral fellow in the Molecular Design Institute at New York University’s Department of Chemistry, as the 2019-2020 MRS/TMS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. 

The Materials Research Society, the Optical Society, and SPIE make final selection for prestigious appointments to learn and contribute to science policymaking in Washington, D.C.

MRS Energy & Sustainability publishes a timely collection of papers that unpack the issue of energy storage in the Midwest and beyond.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) recognized 18 Members as MRS Fellows at the 2019 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

Shenda M. Baker, President and COO of Synedgen Inc, has accepted an appointment to the MRS Board of Directors for 2019.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) has joined with over 80 leading academic and professional societies as an inaugural member of the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) to advance professional and ethical conduct, climate, and culture across their respective fields.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) announces two new three-year appointments to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2019.

MRS Bulletin has named Hortense Le Ferrand, Nanyang Technological University, as the 2018 recipient of the MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize. This award recognizes postdoctoral researchers for their intellectual merit, the impact of their research and scholarship, and their interest in science writing and communication.

MRS has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to strengthen U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by broadening the participation of underrepresented groups. The award supports the newly formed Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN)—a five-year, $10 million program named as one of five “Alliance” proposals funded through NSF’s INCLUDES (Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science) initiative.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) have selected Michele L. Bustamante, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as the 2018-2019 MRS/TMS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) is pleased to announce David P. Norton, University of Florida (UF), as its new Chair of the Government Affairs Committee (GAC).