Science Careers Blog tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2008-10-28:/sciencecareers//8 2013-02-26T12:29:49Z News and Online Highlights to Help Plan a Career in Science Movable Type Open Source 4.1 We've Moved! tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5448 2013-02-26T15:35:00Z 2013-02-26T12:29:49Z James Austin http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org Hearing in Sangji Case Delayed Again, Until March tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5445 2013-02-18T16:10:00Z 2013-02-18T15:18:42Z Beryl Benderly High-Skill Immigration: "A Profit Center...And A Wage-Supression Tool" tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5442 2013-02-13T14:00:00Z 2013-02-13T10:43:51Z Beryl Benderly Some Immigration News That's Fit to Print tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5441 2013-02-08T22:01:18Z 2013-02-08T18:55:37Z As the immigration issue has heated up here in Washington, numerous politicians have proclaimed the need--and introduced legislation--to admit additional high-skilled foreign workers to counter the nation's imaginary shortage of technical skills. We at Science Careers have, of course, spent... Beryl Benderly Unconscionable Plagiarism? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5440 2013-02-06T16:20:00Z 2013-02-06T16:26:21Z Beryl Benderly A "Worrying" Witness at Congressional Immigration Hearing? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5439 2013-02-05T23:20:00Z 2013-02-05T20:06:37Z The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on immigration reform on 5 February, covering a number of topics, including, of course, high-skill workers. For those familiar with such Kabukis, there were no surprises, at least in the hearing... Beryl Benderly University of British Columbia Boosts Pay of Faculty Women tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5438 2013-02-04T17:02:15Z 2013-02-04T14:04:07Z "Striking a blow against gender inequity in professors' pay," the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver has announced that it will raise the salary of each of the 880 tenured or tenure-track women on its faculty by 2 percent,... Beryl Benderly What Senator Cowan Can Tell Us About Admissions Preferences and STEM tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5436 2013-01-30T22:55:58Z 2013-01-31T13:54:52Z Recently we reported on a study of students at Duke University showing that minority students admitted to competitive colleges with large admissions preferences transfer out of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields much more often than do white students, who... Beryl Benderly Researchers See Many Benefits from Collaborating with Patients' Associations tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5435 2013-01-30T11:13:15Z 2013-01-31T14:09:20Z A survey carried out at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) suggests that the majority of researchers see interacting with patients' associations in a positive light. The preliminary results were presented today at the French senate... Elisabeth Pain New Measures to Promote Gender Equality in France tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5433 2013-01-29T17:05:00Z 2013-01-29T13:49:21Z Yesterday, the French government announced the adoption of a charter aimed at helping France reach true gender equality in higher education.The "Charter for Equality" (link goes to PDF) was put together by the Conference of University Presidents (CPU), the Conference... Elisabeth Pain Scientific Opportunity in the Muslim World tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5432 2013-01-25T16:20:41Z 2013-01-25T18:32:58Z Some time back, Science Careers reported on the push by Qatar, the tiny but hugely wealthy Persian Gulf emirate, to achieve scientific eminence. In that article we also noted the similarly vigorous ambitions of Qatar's nearby and equally mega-rich neighbor,... Beryl Benderly More Evidence that Admissions Preferences Discourage Minority Students from Majoring in STEM tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5431 2013-01-24T01:14:42Z 2013-01-24T15:25:26Z Recently Science Careers commented on Mismatch, a provocative and persuasive new book that examines the effects of giving large admissions preferences to minority college students. One of the unintended consequences of such measures, write authors Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor,... Beryl Benderly Scientific Malpractice: A New Risk for Scientists? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5430 2013-01-23T17:54:24Z 2013-01-23T15:24:23Z The judge who last year convicted seven scientists and engineers of manslaughter--and sentenced them to 6 years in prison--for the advice they gave in advance of the 2009 Italian earthquake explained his verdict in a statement released last week. Edwin... James Austin http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org Scientific Misconduct, Career Stage, and Gender Bias tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5429 2013-01-22T13:54:26Z 2013-01-22T18:42:01Z A new study that looked at data from the U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI) foundthat scientific misconduct occurs all along the academic career ladder, and that maleresearchers are more likely to engage in misconduct than their female counterparts.In the... Elisabeth Pain Teaching Doctors (and Researchers?) to be More Skeptical tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2013:/sciencecareers//8.5427 2013-01-18T22:32:19Z 2013-01-18T19:16:15Z A study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reveals that psychiatrists who were exposed to conflict of interest (COI) policies during their residency are less likely than peers who lack similar training to prescribe brand-name... James Austin http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org