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Face2Face Africa
Minerva Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone was a chemist, entrepreneur and philanthropist who expanded her business in St. Louis, MO; the site of our next National Conference.
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Howard University
Howard University rising senior and NOBCChE student member, Jaquesta Adams has been named a 2019-2020 Goldwater Scholar, making her the first student in Howard’s history to receive the prestigious award.
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Princeton University
Dr. Rodney Priestly was promoted to Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at Princeton in June 2019 and will assume the role of Vice Dean of Innovation in February 2020.
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Science
Launching your own laboratory marks the beginning of a new and exciting phase of your career. But it can also be overwhelming. Few of us have any training in the management skills necessary to build and run an effective lab. Here, we offer three important tips to keep in mind.
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Fast Company
Hop on Google to look for job search advice, and you’ll find plenty of articles, podcasts, and LinkedIn posts with tips that require hours each day to implement.
Some suggest creating an in-depth “value validation” project for each role. Others tell you to reach out to 100 people a week until you get an offer.
For most people, that type of time-intensive job search is out of the question.
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Quartz
In the past couple of decades, women have been gaining ground in highly skilled occupations throughout the U.S. economy. For example, women account for roughly 40% of the country’s physicians and surgeons, up from about 26% in the late 1990s, according to a Quartz analysis of data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Harvard Business Review
The toughest job interview question may seem like a softball from the interviewer’s perspective:
“So … tell me about yourself.”
It seems easy because it feels like a free pass: no hypothetical scenario, no request for real-life examples, no technical challenge, not even the dreaded “What’s your biggest flaw?” Just…tell me anything.
But it only seems simple. Receiving such an open invitation invites more perils than opportunities, because you’re given no framework for your response — just a blank, clue-free canvas.
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The Houston Chronicle
Rice University, University of Houston, and Texas Southern University have been collectively awarded a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation in order to increase opportunities for underrepresented minorities pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to a release from Rice.
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By Lisa Mulcahy
 A shaky voice...no projection...stuttering...you may have dealt with all these issues prior to a big presentation. A fear of public speaking, as you probably know, is an incredibly common issue even the most experienced businesspeople face. You might be unsure how to nip these problems in the bud if you're not used to speaking before groups, but you can. These strategies will stop public speaking jitters from becoming a long-term issue and give you a lot more confidence!
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Forbes
The pipeline for recruiting more women into STEM fields is rooted in hands-on experience at the collegiate level. According to the National Science Foundation, the total percentage of freshmen planning to major in science and engineering fields increased from about 8% in 2010 to about 45% in 2016. However, the percentage of women earning degrees in these fields has either remained basically stagnant or has declined; for instance, the percentage of women earning bachelor’s degrees in engineering went from 18.4% in 2010 to 20.1% in 2015 and the percentage of women earning bachelor’s degrees in physical sciences decreased from 40.9% in 2010 to 38.7% in 2015.
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