Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform that Rex Reklaitis has been named winner of the Council of Chemical Research’s 2015 Malcolm E. Pruitt Award. This annual award “recognizes an individual record of outstanding contributions to the progress of chemistry and chemical engineering research by promotion of mutually beneficial interactions among universities, government laboratories, and chemical industry.” Pl join me in congratulating Rex for this well-deserved recognition! Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University