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NOBCChE
Colleagues,
Please start making plans to attend the 2018 NOBCChE National Meeting Sept. 17-20 in Orlando, FL at the Rosen Centre. Please click here for additional details.
Best Regards,
Emanuel Waddell, Ph.D.
President
National Organization for the Professional
Advancement of Black Chemists and
Chemical Engineers
www.NOBCChE.org
L'Oréal
The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program honors female scientists at a critical stage in their careers with grants of $60,000 each. Since 2003, we’ve awarded 70 postdoctoral women scientists over $3.5 million in grants. We’re seeking five exceptional female scientists looking to advance their research and serve as role models for the next generation of girls in STEM.
Candidates are selected from a variety of fields including the life and physical/material sciences, technology (including computer science), engineering and mathematics. Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. and have started in their postdoctoral position by the application deadline.
The application and more information about the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science program can be found at www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience.
Should you have any questions or require additional information, please email Rachel Pacifico at Rachel.Pacifico@loreal.com.
Thank you for considering this fellowship opportunity and for your help in advancing the role of women in science.
American Chemical Society
The ACS Scholars Program is accepting scholarship applications until March 1! These are renewable scholarships for African-American, Hispanic/Latino and/or Native American undergraduate students majoring in a chemical science and pursuing a career in the same. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000 per year. Visit www.acs.org/scholars for more information and to apply.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The eligibility criteria are as follows:
- Must have completed a Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, or any chemistry-related field.
- Must be early in a research career as teaching or research staff with 10 or fewer years since earning a Ph.D, at the time of application. Must not be a postdoctoral fellow.
- Must be actually originating independent research work in a U.S. Ph.D. granting institution
- Must be American-born, naturalized citizen or permanent resident.
Apply here!
Campus Technology
In a randomized trial this past summer, community college students in STEM fields who received personalized text message "nudges" to keep them on track stayed in school at a rate 10 percentage points higher than those who did not receive nudges. The study, a joint effort by Jobs for the Future and Persistence Plus, followed about 2,000 students at four U.S. community colleges to gauge the impact of text message communications on college completion and student success.
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The Atlantic
It’s a familiar stereotype: Asian people are good at math and science. This belief has pervaded American pop culture and media for decades, perhaps best exemplified in a now-infamous 1987 Time magazine cover that showed six young students, sitting behind a computer and books, with the caption “Those Asian American Whiz Kids.”
Since the stereotype ostensibly is a compliment, there’s a temptation to think that pursuing careers in science, technology, math, and engineering is easier for Asian Americans.
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Entrepreneur
Most of the resumes that employers receive either as hard copies or that are uploaded electronically reside in databases. If those databases were in graphic form, each resume would resemble a lonely tombstone in a cemetery. In the majority of cases, submitting resumes is futile because they get resurrected only if they include keywords — specifically, those keywords used via computer queries made by employers, recruiters or hiring managers.
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CNBC
Job interviews are tough. If you're not well-prepared, some questions can leave you frantically searching for an answer, says Barry Drexler, an expert interview coach who has conducted more than 10,000 interviews.
With over 30 years of HR experience at notable companies like Lehman Brothers and Lloyds Bank Group, Drexler says these are the seven questions that always trip people up:
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The Denver Post
Colorado schools are rewiring classrooms with courses heavy in science and technology, in a bid to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world.
And the surest tool at their disposal is STEM, a nationwide course of study that in its purest form is endorsed by top scientists and high-tech industry leaders. STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — emphasizes hands-on, collaborative learning while honing skills in engineering, computer science and other disciplines that will surely dominate the 21st-century economy, proponents say.
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Nature
Women lose out when reviewers are asked to assess the researcher, rather than the research, on a grant application, according to a study on gender bias. Training reviewers to recognize unconscious biases seems to correct this imbalance, despite previous work suggesting that it increased bias instead.
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CNBC
Whether you took a six month sabbatical to travel the world, a year off to care for a sick family member or simply experienced months of unemployment, hiring managers will want to know why there's a gap on your resume.
Your initial instinct may be to fudge the truth. However, Amanda Augustine, a career advice expert for TopResume, says you should always be honest and transparent with employers about why you took a break from the job market.
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