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Do you know which companies were voted as Best Places to Work by scientists? Results from a
survey conducted by The Scientist revealed the Best Places to Work
in Industry in 2010. Of the top 30 U.S.
Institutions listed, 17 companies are defined as "large"
(5,000 or more employees) companies and 13 companies are considered "small"
(less than 1,000 employees).
View the top 30...
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Improve your skills with ACS Webinars! Join us every Thursday from 2-3pm ET. American
Chemical Society Webinars is a weekly online event serving to connect ACS
members and scientific professionals with subject matter experts and global
thought leaders in chemical sciences, management, and business on relevant
professional issues. Each webinar is 60 minutes in length, comprising of a
short presentation followed by Q&A with the speaker. Recordings of past webinars are also available online. To register and to find upcoming events
 June 3, 2010 - Effective
Technical Writing - Tips and Strategies Every Scientist Should Know. Does your
job require frequent technical writing?
Do you ever feel frustrated with technical writing, either with your own
or that of others? Technical writing is
a regular, but often considered painful, part of life for many scientists. Fortunately, there is help! Improve your
technical and scientific writing skills without leaving your desk! Join our speaker Aline Harrison, the
instructor for Effective Technical Writing Short Course offered by the American
Chemical Society Office of Professional Education, as she shares tips on how to
improve your ability to write technically, the "pain-free" way.
 June 10,
2010 - Covering Your Elements - Understanding Professional Liability Concerns
Facing Scientific Consultants and Strategies to Protect Yourself. Can I be sued for giving accurate
technical/scientific advise? What can I do to mitigate my liability as a
chemical professional and a consultant? These are some of the questions one
needs to consider as a scientist practicing or joining the scientific
consulting business. Join us to learn from speaker Richard Kissel, of Kissel
Hirsch and Wilmer LLP, as he shares real-life stories and tips for keeping you
and your business free from legal heartache.
 June 17, 2010 - A Life of
Innovation - Finding Your Passion. How would you like to shape your scientific
legacy? Get inspired with remarkable
life stories of great scientists. David Walt's Laboratory at Tufts is
world-renowned for its pioneering work that applies micro and nanotechnology to
urgent biological problems. Join us as David Walt, an accomplished educator,
researcher, and entrepreneur shares his journey and his passion for science and
innovation. Learn how to uncover your
passion and build your own journey!
 June 24,
2010 - Exit Strategies - A Measure of Success for Chemical Entrepreneurs and
Small Business. Success is sometimes measured by the attainment of your
business plan's exit strategy. Experts
recommend developing your exit strategy in the early stages of your business. Is your exit strategy well-suited to fit the
needs of your business and your investors?
Knowing which exit plan to take may be one of the most important
decisions for capitalizing on your hard work.
Join us to learn from Kenneth Polk about the various exit strategies
available to help you achieve your personal goals, meet the needs of your
business, and satisfy your investors.
More information and registration... Have ideas? Send us your suggestions for future ACS Webinars topics. acswebinars@acs.org
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ACS National Meeting Content
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 ACS San
Francisco March 2010 Meeting Presentations are now Online. If you missed the Spring
ACS National Meeting, or were there but didn't make it to all of the sessions on your itinerary, we have good news: selected
presentations from the meeting are now available
online.
More than 300 oral presentations
from the meeting were recorded, and feature PowerPoint slides synched with audio
for review at your convenience. Take advantage of this opportunity at www.acs.org/meetingcontent. And please let us know what you
think of this new ACS service by taking our one-minute survey when you visit the
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 Upcoming
FREE C&EN Webinar on
MIDA
Boronate Building Blocks: Towards a general
platform for small molecule synthesis, scheduled
for Wednesday, June 16th 2:00
p.m. GMT · 3:00 p.m. CET · 4:00 p.m. EET. The webinar, sponsored by
Sigma Aldrich and moderated by C&EN's Senior Editor, Mitch Jacoby, will discuss the many physical and
chemical features of MIDA boronates that underlie their widespread utility
including ease of preparation, purification, and storage and minimized
environmental impact, reversibility, capacity for slow-release cross-coupling,
and compatibility with a wide range of common reaction
conditions. For more
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ACS New York Section Webcast - Chemical Marketing and Economic group brings you "Ethylene Derivatives NA's
Position in the Global Competitive Environment"
with John Stekla, Director of Ethylene Studies, CMAI and Tison Keel, Director, Ethylene
Oxide and Derivatives, CMAI. This presentation will address the implications
of these shifts for North American petrochemical production, especially
for the major derivatives of ethylene: polyethylene, ethylene oxide
& glycol, and PVC.
Register here for the June 3, 2010 at 1:00pm ET Webcast
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 Attention: Dislocated Life Science
Workers in New Jersey. New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research is hosting a event on June 21, 2010 linking Volunteer Dislocated Life Science
Workers with Start-up Companies &
Organizations. The organization is seeking dislocated middle to executive-level professionals who can
volunteer time to work with small and early-stage companies and make a
difference; who can step in now and help build new corporate functions from the
ground up; who can work well with a small team, even as they keep their sights
on building a larger one.
For more info, please contact Lou Wagman, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, NJIT Enterprise Development Center (609) 688-9252 or lou.wagman@gmail.com
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Calling all Chemical Professionals in Business and Management. The Business Development and Management (BMGT) division of
the ACS is hosting several impactful technical sessions at the upcoming ACS Fall
2010 National Meeting in Boston. The sessions are: Job Growth in This Economy?,
Clinical Supply Manufacture and Local Economies of Scale, Open Source Drug
Discovery, Sustaining a Chemical Business with Federal Grants & Contracts,
Chemistry: The Future-Proof Profession and Open Innovation: The New Paradigm for
Competitive Advantage. Plan to attend!
Learn more about BMGT at http://chemicalenterprise.org/
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Temporary Residents Earn
Majority of Doctorates in Engineering. Data from the National Science Foundation's Doctorate
Recipients from U.S. Universities: While U.S. citizens and permanent
residents earned more doctorates in life sciences than any other broad fields in
2008, temporary residents earned the majority of doctorates awarded in
engineering (60%) and 48% of the doctorates awarded in physical sciences. Read the report from CPST... |
More Jobs will Require a Graduate Degree. According to a
recent report from the Commission on the Future of Graduate Education in
the United States (FGE), it is projected that about 2.5 million jobs will
require a master's or doctoral degree between 2008 and 2018, yet many
undergraduate degree holders who have the ability to obtain a graduate degree
never enroll in a graduate program, and many who do enroll leave without a
degree. Read the report from CPST... |
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Who is the famous scientist attributed to the inspiring quote above? (hint: this was originally said in German) Send us your correct answer to win an Avogadro Mole. One winner will be selected.
Email us (imp@acs.org) your answer by June 25, 2010 to be entered into the drawing. Answer and winners will be posted in next month's edition.
Congratulations to Jørgen Skibsted from Denmark and James Newton from Texas for the correct answer to last month's quote contest "I have not failed.
I've just found 10,000 ways that do not work" by Thomas Edison. The names were randomly selected from all the correct entries received. Winners will each receive an ACS T-shirt. Thank you to all who entered the contest.
This month's quote was submitted courtesy of Klaus Theopold. Send us (imp@acs.org) your favorite scientists' quotes and if we use your submission, we will send you a surprise prize.
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