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Chemical & Engineering News
Several women of color were profiled as part of Chemical and Engineering News’ 2020 Trailblazers article which celebrates “badass women entrepreneurs in chemistry. Among those profiled is Dr. Paula Hammond who was honored with the NOBCChE 2019 Percy L. Julian Award.
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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!
Scientific American
While scientists are scrambling to understand the novel coronavirus and contain the chaos it has unleashed, the outbreak is creating chaos within science itself.
As confirmed COVID-19 cases increase in the U.S. and around the globe, gatherings of all kinds are being canceled or postponed. They include tech developer conferences, book fairs, rock concerts, automobile expositions, a United Nations – sponsored climate week — and numerous scientific meetings, which are normally fertile ground for new ideas and collaborations.
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Diverse
Women remain concerned with underrepresentation and gender bias within science, technology, engineering and mathematics related fields, according to new research.
The Michigan Council of Women in Technology study titled, “Explore, Focus and Grow: A Technology Career Journey in Michigan,” aimed to understand females’ motivations and interests in pursuing a career in STEM fields as well as challenges associated with it.
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Science
Christopher Schmitt is an anthropologist and biologist at Boston University who studies vervet monkeys. He is also a gay man, a fact that can make fieldwork in remote locations more complicated. “Often when I’m in the field and not sure how my being gay will be received, I take a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ stance,” he says. “Basically, I would confide in folks … I was sure were gay-friendly, but be ‘single and too busy to date’ with folks I wasn’t sure about.”
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Fast Company
Angel* was looking forward to the birth of her second daughter, and really looking forward to a break from her lousy corporate accounting job. But her maternity leave was limited, and like all good things, it came to an end. She returned to work with high hopes, only to discover things were actually worse than before she left. The infighting and stress were worse than ever, and Angel’s boss was dressing for battle and was definitely part of the problem, not the solution. Powerless to fix it, Angel really, really, wanted to quit.
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The New York Times
The humanities labor market is in crisis. Higher education industry trade publications are full of essays by young Ph.D.s who despair of ever finding a steady job. Phrases like “unfolding catastrophe” and “extinction event” are common. The number of new jobs for English professors has fallen every year since 2012, by a total of 33%.
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Technical.ly
An interest in fields like science, technology, engineering and math can open up opportunities. To figure out where to land, there’s plenty of help available along the way.
On March 4 at Brown Advisory in Fells Point, Ingenuity Project gathered young women who are interested in these fields to meet professionals who had their own stories and serve as mentors.
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Phys.org
Students from different backgrounds in the U.S. enter college with equal interest in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But that equal interest does not result in equal outcomes. Six years after starting an undergraduate STEM degree, roughly twice as many white students finished it compared to African American students.
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Science
Ellen K. Brennan writes:
I stood behind the curtain, my hands shaking. As I listened to the crowd laugh at the host’s jokes, all I could think was, “Why did I believe I could do this?” Two months earlier, I had signed up for improv classes at a local theater, along with four other grad students. We hoped that improv
training — which involves acting out unscripted scenes — would improve our science communication skills.
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Forbes
The first quarter of the year is always a great time to look for a new job. This is especially true in 2020, when job growth is high and unemployment is low. However, things have changed in the world of job hunting, and it's important to understand how to efficiently and effectively conduct your search in the current labor market.
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