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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Dr. Angela Peters is a biochemist who received her bachelor and masters degrees in chemistry at Hampton University. After receiving her doctorate in biochemistry, Dr. Peters has had a successful academic career, receiving numerous grants and rising through the academic ranks. On August 5 she will assume duties as the Provost of Albany State University in Albany, Georgia.
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University of Florida
The University of Florida and the National Science Foundation are holding a Mathematical and Physical Sciences Broadening Participation Workshop for new assistant professors and post-doctoral researchers considering academic careers Sept. 8-10 in Alexandria, VA. The application deadline is July 26.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Xavier University recently promoted Dr. Lamartine Meda to Full Professor. Dr. Meda is a Materials Inorganic Chemist who has studied solid state thin-film batteries and holds two patents for his work.
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KYW-TV
A teenager who calls herself the “STEM Queen” is on a mission to make sure underserved kids in her community get exposure to the possibilities of science. Jacqueline Means is not only working to get grade school children to pay attention to her science experiments, she wants to inspire them as well. At 16 years old, she is on a mission, hoping to plant a seed.
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Forbes
“What have you done lately?”
Those were the words that weighted on Priti Shah when she went in for interviews after taking time off to raise her children. Despite previously earning her master's degree and working in tech for most of her career, after over a decade out of the workforce, many tech companies weren’t taking her seriously when she decided she wanted to return to work.
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CNBC
The next time you go for a job interview, you should spend time brushing up your personality — not just your skill set.
That’s according to a new joint report from U.S. careers advice site TopInterview and job search platform Resume-Library, which ranked personality among the top three factors most employers look for in new hires.
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Phys.org
A new study demonstrates that increasing class size has the largest negative impact on female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics classrooms, and offers insights on ways to change the trend.
Using data obtained from 44 science courses across multiple institutions — including Cornell, the University of Minnesota, Bethel University and American University in Cairo — a team of researchers found that large classes begin to negatively impact students when they reach enrollments over 120 students.
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Science
S. Hussain Ather writes:
I arrive at the lab where I work as a postbaccalaureate researcher and, like many scientists starting their days, I open my laptop, check my email, and plan my agenda. But then, when I’m ready to get to work, I turn on my laptop camera. I perform computational research studying the neuroscience of zebrafish — and I use an online streaming service to share it with the world in real time. I had started to use the platform, called Twitch, a few years ago to watch people play video games. But until last year, it had never occurred to me that I could use it for research, too.
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By Catherine Iste
 Imagine if company handbooks included policies governing what personal information employees could and could not share. While there are topics that are generally discouraged, like politics and religion, we usually do not provide hard and fast rules around conversation topics and often allow the culture and the employees to create the standard. This can further blur the line between personal and work lives, which can have interesting implications for leaders.
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Fast Company
Kathleen Davis writes: "So, tell me a little about yourself . . .”
I’ll admit, like nearly every hiring manager on the planet, I usually start most job interviews with some version of this question. But I know from the times I’ve sat on the other side of the table, this seemingly softball question can be nerve-wracking. It feels a little like a personality test. But here’s a hint: Your answer shouldn’t be your life story, shouldn’t take you more than a minute or two to tell, and should focus mostly on the career path that led you to want to work at that company.
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