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Percy Julian documentary airs tonight
WTTW
Tonight, NOVA and WTTW, the PBS station in Chicago, will host a virtual screening and panel discussion for Forgotten Genius, the PBS NOVA documentary about the life and accomplishments of Percy Julian. The panel discussion will feature his granddaughter, physician Dr. Katherine Julian, as well as other exciting guests.
5 - 7 p.m. EST; 4 - 6 p.m. CST
RSVP Link: https://bit.ly/wttwforgottengenius
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Latest NOBCChE job postings
NOBCChE
If you are an employer interested in posting a job or internship please visit
the Corporate/Academic Partners page. For details on openings visit here.
Government Openings
- Institute for Defense Analysis, Director, System Evaluation Division
- NSF, Deputy Division Director, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
- ACS, Director, Learning and Center Development
Academic Openings
- University of San Francisco, Assistant Professor, Term< Chemistry
- Wesleyan University, Max Tishler Research Professor of Chemistry, Medicinal
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These Georgia Tech Schools are sites for the American Chemical Society’s Bridge Program, which aims to increase the number of underrepresented students who receive doctoral degrees in chemical sciences. Bridge Fellows earn a thesis MS while receiving extensive support, mentoring, and training to prepare for success in a PhD program.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Could the pandemic prompt an 'epidemic of loss' of women in the sciences?
The New York Times
Like many women during the pandemic, Alisa Stephens found working from home to be a series of wearying challenges.
Dr. Stephens is a biostatistician at the University of Pennsylvania, and the technical and detail-oriented nature of her work requires long uninterrupted stretches of thought. Finding the time and mental space for that work with two young children at home proved to be an impossibility.
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Why your job search isn't yielding results
Forbes
According to a recent survey conducted by Resume Builder and YouGov, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected employment for 30% of workers, and almost 25% of Americans say there are no suitable employment opportunities. That’s why it’s more important than ever to make yourself a competitive candidate. Unfortunately, many job seekers are struggling, wondering why their search is taking so long. If you are one of those people, here are some reasons that your job search may not be yielding results.
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Want other scientists to cite you? Drop the jargon
Science
If you want your work to be highly cited, here’s one simple tip that might help: Steer clear of discipline-specific jargon in the title and abstract. That’s the conclusion of a new study of roughly 20,000 published papers about cave science, a multidisciplinary field that includes researchers who study the biology, geology, paleontology, and anthropology of caves.
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'10 simple rules' to make science more inclusive
WTTW
Despite evidence that diverse teams of scientists outperform more homogenous teams, women and people of color are severely underrepresented in STEM fields. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the issue, as women were more likely to take on increased domestic burdens, causing research hours and paper production to fall relative to men, while scientists of color took on extra challenges as American society and institutions reckoned with racism in the wake of the killing of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
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To build a diverse company for the long term, develop junior talent
Harvard Business Review
America — and American business — is undergoing much-needed soul searching about race and equity in the workplace. Corporations across America are affirming their commitments to diversity. Yet commitments have been made before, and to date, diversity efforts have struggled to deliver.
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Science teaching and learning found to fall off in pandemic
Education Week
Students are struggling to learn science during the pandemic, even as they find it increasingly interesting and relevant to their lives, according to new research highlighted at the annual American Educational Research Association conference.
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