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University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry is hosting a summer undergraduate research fellowship for summer 2016. The 10-week program includes a $3,500 stipend and housing on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
The program is holding five positions for students from underrepresented groups in chemistry.
For more information click HERE.
To access the application click HERE.
NOBCChE
Important Election Dates for 2016
- March 15: Voters must be regular members in good financial standing by 11:59 p.m. PST.
- April 15: National Elections open and ballots are sent electronically.
- May 15: National Elections Close.
- May 18: Results of the National Elections are communicated to the NOBCChE membership.
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Indiana University
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Diverse
Education undersecretary Ted Mitchell joined a roundtable conversation recently on the role that historically black colleges and universities play in helping diversify the STEM pipeline and workforce at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
HBCUs, which make up 3 percent of the nation's colleges and universities, produce 27 percent of African-Americans with bachelor's degrees in the STEM fields, according to the Education Department.
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Times Higher Education
Scientists who want to raise their profiles, build their careers and help ensure that policymakers and the wider public have access to genuine research findings now need to be effective bloggers.
Yet there are many challenges. What are the best ways of setting up a blog, gaining a following and measuring your impact? How should one deal with material that is genuinely difficult or controversial? And how can one cope with trolls and "deniers"?
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U.S. News & World Report
Funmi Ayeni, a junior at Morgan State University, wants to be a National Institutes of Health researcher and work on improving mental health care in underdeveloped countries in Africa.
Ayeni, a psychology major, is applying to graduate school, working on two cancer research projects and credits being a scholar in the university's Student-Centered Entrepreneurship Development program as the means to achieving her goals.
In 2017, Ayeni will become part of the 6 percent of African-Americans who hold bachelor's degrees in science, technology, engineering or math. However, at 12 percent of the population, African-Americans are underrepresented in STEM fields, according to Department of Education statistics.
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Science
More than 400 American institutions offer doctorates in science and engineering. The degrees they award, however, are not created equal, at least as far as landing faculty jobs is concerned. Research shows that in many disciplines, only a relative handful of programs in each field produce a large proportion of the Ph.D. recipients eventually hired for tenure-track positions.
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TIME
Many job seekers look for their next job when they're still employed. You are more attractive to other employers when you're still employed, and your steady paycheck allows you to take your time. So it is better to look for a job when you still have one.
But do so quietly. When you're gainfully employed, keep any job search activity confidential. If you decide to stay, you don't want your employer to second-guess your commitment. Even if you think you're probably leaving, you want to take your time to explore and leave on your own timetable.
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Nature
The first global survey of women's representation at the highest level of academia shows that less than one-eighth of the members of science academies around the world are women.
Women made up just 12 percent of members among 69 academies that were surveyed in 2013–14, the Academy of Science of South Africa and the InterAcademy Partnership reported on Feb. 29. The Cuban Academy of Sciences had the highest proportion of women, at 27 percent, while the Tanzania Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Sciences had the lowest levels, at 4 percent.
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Forbes
The great thing about a job interview is that whenever you're scheduled for a job interview, you know that you've already surmounted the biggest job search hurdle.
By the time you get an interview, you've gotten the hardest part of your job search behind you. Before you got the interview, you may have been competing with 100-plus other job seekers, and now there may only be five or six people in the mix. You are one of them. That's a victory!
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MultiBriefs
In an effort to enhance the overall content of NOBCChE eBrief, we'd like to include peer-written articles in future editions. As a member of NOBCChE, your knowledge of the event industry lends itself to unprecedented expertise. And we're hoping you'll share this expertise with your peers through well-written commentary. Because of the digital format, there's no word limit and our group of talented editors can help with final edits. If you're interested in participating, please contact Ronnie Richard to discuss logistics.
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