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Michelle Gabriel-Caldwell is a chemical engineer for a chemical additive company. Ms. Gabriel-Caldwell is profiled for her work as a doula coordinator who works to eliminate the disparity between white and black infant deaths.
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Energy.gov
The Department of Energy profiled several of their distinguished black scientists for Black History Month. These scientists include an organic chemist, materials scientist and biochemist.
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ACS
It was James Mack at the University of Cincinnati that James Walker credits with igniting his passion for chemistry. “He let me work in his research lab as an undergraduate,” Walker says. “It was there that I started to connect with what I was seeing in the textbooks and feel the excitement of making something new that had not been done before.” Subsequently, Walker chose to major in chemistry before moving to Iowa State University to pursue a PhD in organic chemistry with Levi Stanley.
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American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society Bridge Program (ACS-BP) assists underrepresented minority (URM) students with getting into and succeeding in graduate school.
Students, who have not applied to graduate school or have applied but were unsuccessful, or would benefit from additional coursework and research experience, are eligible to apply. Applications will be circulated to select chemical science departments that have committed to partnering with the ACS Bridge Program, at no cost to the students. As the new semester begins, please refer any eligible students to www.acs.org/bridge to learn more about the program and apply. Deadline for students to apply for the Bridge Program is April 1!
NPR
Diversity imparts strength and resilience. That's an underlying principle of evolution — and it's equally true of the group of people who study science. A wealth of research demonstrates that having diverse people involved in STEM fields produces better results. But the latest data from the National Science Foundation shows that people of color are still underrepresented in science and engineering — as are women and people living with disabilities.
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WJZ-TV
Over 3,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus and 90,000 have been infected.
March is Women’s History Month and an all-female group of scientists in Montgomery County are working on a breakthrough on a vaccine. They’re from the Novavax Lab in Gaithersburg.
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NBC News
In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, but a librarian threatened to call the police if he didn’t leave. McNair was black.
Years later, McNair was selected to become only the second African American to travel to space, overcoming segregation, poverty, and stereotypes in an intellectual act of resistance that inspired a generation. Tragically, McNair died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.
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Diverse
A new study shows cause for optimism about college completion trends, though racial gaps persist.
According to a report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, completion rates rose in 43 states. The study analyzed state-level data from the last five cohort years in 45 states, echoing national trends from a report in December.
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Forbes
Every month presents the job seeker with new challenges and unique opportunities. To get the best outcomes, you have to know how to assess the market and capitalize on key seasonal trends.
While no two job searches are exactly the same, there’s commonality in what job seekers experience in any given month, and there’s a significant advantage in being prepared for what the month will bring.
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Science
Alaina G. Levine writes:
I was interviewing a source for a story when I received an unexpected gift. Sandra Smith, a corporate and executive education program officer at Brown University, was telling me about strategies for leading multigenerational teams. As our discussion progressed, she happened to mention the importance of each and every team member having their own personal board of directors. My mind perked up. I knew about boards of directors for companies — but how does that work for an individual?
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Grit Daily
Over the last decade, America has expressed its value in the STEM workforce, adding a massive 2 million jobs to the market. To be clear, STEM is an acronym collectivizing the school subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Today, American high school graduates are among the first in history to have completed an entire education with a focus on STEM studies. In the grand scheme of things, the learning program is fairly new, having been developed in 2001 at the National Science Foundation by Judith Ramaley. Upon development and implementation, STEM-focused curricula have extended around the globe.
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Fast Company
What’s the mindset change most people need when it comes to networking?
If you ask Shep Gordon, the celebrity manager behind the likes of Alice Cooper, Emeril, Blondie, and many others, he says it’s not to think of it as networking at all. After all, for many of us, networking conjures an awkward image — like a bunch of professionals making small talk with drinks in their hands, trying to figure out how they can best sell themselves.
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The Washington Post
When social science researchers asked children to draw a scientist in the 1960s and 1970s, more than 99 percent of the scientists they drew were men. That percentage has dropped over time, but kids still overwhelmingly think of scientists as men. “Mission Unstoppable With Miranda Cosgrove,” which airs Saturday mornings on CBS, could help change that. Powered by women in the science, technology, engineering and math fields, the TV series recasts science as women’s work.
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