I'm catching up on my reading of careers coverage in Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN) from the American Chemical Society (ACS).
According to an article in the 22 December issue, the representation of women on U.S. chemistry faculties has edged up--slowly--reaching 16% in the latest survey.
Also of interest in this issue: Lots of bad employment news, with short items ("Business Concentrates") on planned (and since consummated) job cuts at Bristol-Meyers, Pfizer, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, EntreMed, and Panacos. And if you're a chemist you should probably read the Chemical Year in Review, which highlights some of 2008's biggest chemistry advances.
More recent bad news from the same publication: the chemical industry lost 15,000 jobs in 2008, about 1.8% of the chemical-industry workforce.
According to an article in the 22 December issue, the representation of women on U.S. chemistry faculties has edged up--slowly--reaching 16% in the latest survey.
Also of interest in this issue: Lots of bad employment news, with short items ("Business Concentrates") on planned (and since consummated) job cuts at Bristol-Meyers, Pfizer, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, EntreMed, and Panacos. And if you're a chemist you should probably read the Chemical Year in Review, which highlights some of 2008's biggest chemistry advances.
More recent bad news from the same publication: the chemical industry lost 15,000 jobs in 2008, about 1.8% of the chemical-industry workforce.
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