At the upcoming Adhesion Society meeting, Professor Al Crosby will be honored with the Adhesion Society's Young Adhesion Scientist Award. This is the first time this award will be given. The purpose of the Young Adhesion Scientist Award is to recognize a young scientist or engineer for conducting outstanding and fundamental research in adhesion science. For more information about the Adhesion Society and the awards, please visit their website at http://www.adhesionsociety.org. To view Professor Crosby's website and see his current research, please visit http://www.pse.umass.edu/~acrosby/.