Science Careers Blog tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2008-10-28:/sciencecareers//8 2009-07-01T17:28:34Z News and Online Highlights to Help Plan a Career in Science Movable Type Open Source 4.1 On Passion tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3631 2009-07-01T16:43:29Z 2009-07-01T17:28:34Z Kate Travis Raising the Roof on a Scientific Career tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3628 2009-06-30T22:20:53Z 2009-06-30T22:44:49Z The Science Careers feature last week on career renewal has pointed us towards several stories involving strange career turns, including this report, spotted by editor Jim Austin, on Wayne Marasco, M.D., Ph.D., appearing today on the U.S. News and World... Alan Kotok Blog Your Way to Antarctica tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3621 2009-06-30T14:27:15Z 2009-06-30T15:32:36Z Biology doctoral student, blogger, and Science Careers Facebook fan Danielle Lee points us to a competition that gives the winner an all-expenses-paid trip to Antarctica. The contest offers bloggers--Danielle is one of the contestants--a chance to post an essay on... Alan Kotok Career renewal issues on the big screen tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3616 2009-06-29T17:27:39Z 2009-06-29T19:59:04Z It was just a coincidence, but last Saturday I went to see a movie that tied in with the career renewal feature we published just the day before on Science Careers. If you get a chance, go and see it.... Elisabeth Pain Climate Change Bill Creates New Energy Research Centers tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3615 2009-06-29T16:17:46Z 2009-06-29T19:40:26Z One section of the climate-change bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday (officially, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, or ACES), creates a series of clean energy innovation centers under the Department of Energy... Alan Kotok Science/Engineering Grad Student and Postdoc Numbers Jump tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3612 2009-06-26T13:38:33Z 2009-06-26T18:13:08Z The National Science Foundation (NSF) reports in its latest Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering that the number and diversity of grad students and postdocs in these disciplines increased in 2007.The report says that in 2007... Alan Kotok Where do Ph.D.s work? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3605 2009-06-25T11:01:46Z 2009-06-25T12:04:05Z Anywhere from 30% to 60% of doctoral graduates in the sciences end up in research, depending on the discipline. That's according to a new report, "What Do Researchers Do? First Destinations of Doctoral Graduates by Subject," released yesterday afternoon by... Kate Travis Study Associates Implicit Gender Stereotypes with Science/Math Achievement tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3597 2009-06-23T16:50:33Z 2009-06-23T18:22:59Z A new study finds a strong correlation between hidden or unconscious stereotypes that link males with science and mathematics to higher achievement among males in those fields. The findings, by University of Virginia psychology professor Brain Nosek, are published this... Alan Kotok Tomorrow's Women, Tomorrow's World tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3586 2009-06-19T11:56:43Z 2009-06-19T13:14:02Z The full report of the March 2009 conference, Tomorrow's Women, Tomorrow's World, is now available online from the U.K. Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology. Conference reports aren't usually page-turners, but I attended this excellent meeting, and... Kate Travis Wendy Hall on Being a Woman Scientist tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3579 2009-06-17T19:05:08Z 2009-06-18T11:11:57Z Earlier this month, the Guardian talked to computer scientist Wendy Hall about her career choices, her experience as a woman in a male-dominated field, and her latest project, among other topics. (Hall spoke to Science Careers in 2007 for an... Kate Travis Private Research Universities Step Up for G.I. Bill Tuition Assistance tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3568 2009-06-16T17:13:37Z 2009-06-16T22:08:49Z Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who qualify for graduate degrees in science will have access to some of the country's top private research universities under a special program included in the new G.I. Bill signed into law... Alan Kotok Are Academia-Industry Ph.D.s Valuable? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3565 2009-06-16T09:32:56Z 2009-06-16T09:40:30Z The days when all Ph.D. holders worked at universities are long gone: According to a new report from the European University Association (EUA), more than 50% of the doctorate holders in Europe are in careers outside of academia, many of... Kate Travis NIH Struggles to Get its Grant Submissions Systems Back Online tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3563 2009-06-12T21:04:43Z 2009-06-12T21:30:25Z Any organization that tries to make a wholesale upgrade of its key computer systems anticipates problems, but NIH's electronic grant submission systems seem to have encountered more than their share over the past 3 weeks. As of this afternoon--12 June--NIH... Alan Kotok Corrected: Teen Science - But Why No Publication Credit? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3558 2009-06-12T13:05:09Z 2009-06-15T17:06:58Z In the post below, I wrote "Maybe there's an answer--if someone can convince me that this is as it should be, I'll happily admit to it"--and now I shall do so, in light of the comment to this blog entry,... James Austin Science and Career Uncertainty tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/sciencecareers//8.3553 2009-06-11T14:51:30Z 2009-06-12T13:51:21Z An interesting, if not novel, post on Michael White's Adaptive Complexity blog:The bottom line is this: a career in academic science, especially biology, demands a lot of you in terms of training, skill, time, and dedication, and the rewards are... James Austin