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Eurweb
Ms. Deirdre Robinson infuses the chemical structure of melanin into her clothing and jewelry designs. Ms. Robinson received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Xavier University and a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Detroit Mercy.
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NC State University
Dr. Christine Grant received the 2019 NOBCChE Joseph N. Cannon Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering and is the first African American female hired by the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University (1989). Dr. Grant was recently profiled as a Modern Trailblazer at NC State University.
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University of Cape Town
Ms. Resoketswe Manenzhe is a Ph.D. candidate in the Centre for Materials Research in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. Ms. Manenzhe is a prolific writer and was recently highlighted for World Poetry Day.
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Forbes
As of recently, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive for COVID-19, with over 74,000 confirmed deaths so far. Those numbers are continuing to grow at an alarming rate, with over 70,000 new cases and 5,000 new deaths per day.
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Science Magazine
Over the past 4 weeks, Amol Pohane — a postdoc at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst — learned that he’s no longer in the running for several faculty jobs. It’s not his fault. Four universities informed him that they were canceling or postponing job searches because of COVID-19 disruptions. He’ll have the option of reapplying — or having his original application reviewed — next year, the universities told him. But that’s little comfort for Pohane, who was banking on landing a faculty job this year.
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SC Media
Embracing diversity and inclusion has become a major initiative for all verticals, but it has never been a higher priority for the cybersecurity industry. There is already a massive cybersecurity skills gap, and it’s only going to grow wider. It’s more important than ever to have a new mindset when identifying the best candidates to fill open positions — even independent of direct experience. Businesses should reassess how they recruit, how they train new employees, and how they communicate across all levels of the organization to stay competitive.
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US Black Engineer
Speaking on the new HBCUbiquity Podcast, Senator Doug Jones said the $1.5 billion in emergency funding to historically black colleges and universities is critically needed to help these schools and the communities in which they’re located.
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By Hank Boyer
 More and more employers are using group interviews to help make their final selection. A group interview occurs whenever there is a team of two or more interviewers who each participate in the same job interview at the same time. Group interviews may be formal in that questions are scripted ahead of time and specific interviewers are assigned to ask questions in certain areas. Conversely, sometimes group interviews are more relaxed and conversational in an effort to get to know the candidate, and how well an individual would fit within a team.
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Jaxenter
A research study by The National Center for Women & Information Technology showed that “gender diversity has specific benefits in technology settings,” which could explain why tech companies have started to invest in initiatives that aim to boost the number of female applicants, recruit them in a more effective way, retain them for longer, and give them the opportunity to advance. But is it enough?
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Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University will play a leading role in advancing underrepresented minority astrophysics scholars to secure faculty appointments through elite postdoctoral fellowships, thanks to a $900,000 grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Brittany Kamai and Samaiyah Farid are the first graduates of the model Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s to Ph.D. Bridge Program to be awarded postdoctoral research fellowships through the newly created Astrophysics Future Faculty Launch Program.
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