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Trudy L. Jackson Bosilovic, MS
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Contributed by Meghan Mott, PhD
Behaviors Limiting Career Success
Making a meaningful career change will be more difficult when your own behavior is dragging you down. If you're dissatisfied at work, it's time to evaluate your performance and attitude. Embrace accountability for your situation, understand that there is no "perfect" time for career change, close your power gaps, explore new directions through action, and stop regretting the past.
Be the change
Internships Bridge Gap for Jobs Outside Research
A recent survey of postdocs reveals that a growing cohort of scientists is taking time away from the bench for professional development. Through partnerships with administrative offices and private companies, postdocs are learning to apply their skills outside research. The depth of their research training and breadth of experience demonstrate innovative problem solving skills of great interest to companies recruiting new talent.
Expanding opportunities
New Survey Finds Women Qualify Success Differently
A new survey dispels several gender stereotypes and reveals how men and women think about success differently. Polling results from over 1,000 LinkedIn members indicate that women are less likely to consider children and marriage as markers of success compared to men. It also found that women are more likely to be stressed about money, and millennial women are more likely than any other generation to describe themselves as ambitious.
Measuring success
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Contributed by Katherine Wendelsdorf, PhD
Teach Scientists to get Involved
Should postgrads be better equipped when it comes to policy? The chairman and president of Newton's Apple, a UK Science Policy Foundation, argue that science postgraduate training should include skills to get involved in policy. This would increase the number of scientifically trained individuals involved in policy matters, as well as the number of graduates with skills to survive outside of the shrinking academic job market.
Case for policy training
Using Hip-hop to Spread Science
In an interview with NPR, scientist Danielle Lee explains how hip-hop can be used to build a diverse new generation of scientists. She also touches on misogyny in science and the under preparation of urban students.
Rapping biology
Will "new" EdTech 'Ravage' Education?
An increasing number of expensive, elite universities are making their course material freely available online-- a movement called 'EdTech'. This article discusses whether higher education would be transformed by this wave of change just like the significant transformation of the music and media industries. Is it possible that higher education will also be 'ravaged by the digital revolution'?
The future of EdTech
Who's Running Education?
Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post, lists 11 of the most influential people in education-- who have never been teachers. These top education leaders influence everything from teacher evaluation systems and teacher training guidelines, to teaching standards. The article sheds light on how education is actually managed.
Who's Who
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Contributed by Demetra Farley, PhD
Ten Unbelievable Medical Breakthroughs
Though they sound like science fiction, these real-world scientific discoveries have already impacted on the quality of life for millions across the globe. A panel of 30 medical professionals selected 10 finalists - technologies or new discoveries - that it considered "disruptive" due to the amount of substantial improvements provided.
Science fiction turns reality
New Body Part Discovered
Belgian scientists, Dr. Steven Claes and Dr. Johan Bellemans, have made a major discovery: the identification of a new body part. Titled the anterolateral ligament, the fibrous tissue connects the femur to the tibia, and was identified in 97% of analyzed specimens.
And then there were 7,501
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Member Spotlight
Carmen R. Cid, PhD Sustaining member AWIS
Congratulations to Dr. Carmen R. Cid, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Connecticut State University, who was appointed interim president at Quinebaug Valley Community College
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Contributed by Catherine Moorwood, PhD
Why 'I'm Sorry' is the Mantra of the Working Mom
If you're a parent, this may sound familiar: you're always struggling to fit everything in, and constantly saying sorry for failing to do it all - to your boss, your co-workers, your partner, your kids, and your friends. Katrina Alcorn, author of 'Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink', says we should stop apologizing and start talking about the societal factors that put us in a position where we are asked to do the impossible.
Sorry state of affairs
Redesigning Work for Everyone
Research from the Work, Family & Health Network shows the advantages of taking an organization-wide approach to redefining employee leave and time management. One-off accommodations single out, and sometimes penalize, those taking advantage of flexible working options, however, when all employees and managers are jointly involved in redesigning the work day, everyone benefits.
Making it work
Overworking All Over the World
A recent study by the Dailan University of Technology in China measured scientists' working habits by analyzing the number of downloads of scientific papers during weekdays and weekends in 30 different countries. They used the downloads as a measure of how much scientists were working. While working habits differed, a common theme was that all scientists in the study were working overtime. This may be driven by scientists' passion for their work, but also by increasing pressure due to competition for jobs and funding.
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Contributed by Natalia Sanchez, MS
Limit Your Children's Exposure to Media
Children spend on average 8 to11+ hours a day with media, according to The American Academy of Pediatrics. Excessive media exposure has been linked to obesity, lack of sleep and aggression, among other behavioral problems. Limiting and managing children's media exposure will minimize potential risks and increase positive media use.
Turn it off
The Case for Expanding Your Palate
Taste buds are remarkably adaptive. This adaptability can be helpful when attempting to improve people's diets. When people regularly consume the same food, taste buds adapt to their flavors, increasing food enjoyment. This is the case with wine, beer or coffee, which are considered "acquired tastes"; flavor appreciation increases with consumption. This approach can be used with healthy foods, making taste buds more sensitive to sugar and salt in these foods.
Try it, you might learn to like it
Preventing Cervical Cancer
Research on women vaccinated with only one dose of a human papillomavirus (HPV) demonstrated that the antibodies against the viruses remained stable in their blood for four years, suggesting that a single dose of vaccine may be sufficient to generate long-term immune response. This may lead to a more simplified vaccine administration schedule that may be cheaper, simpler, and more likely to be implemented.
One is enough
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The Editor's Choice is a new Washington Wire section and will be filled with reports and articles that the AWIS National Staff and other AWIS members would like you to see. In this issue we have a few additional articles that we thought you might be interested in reading.
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BBRG Scholars-In-Residence Program
Each year, the BBRG hosts a new group of approximately ten competitively selected scholars from the U.S. and abroad for a period of one academic year. (from August 21, 2014 to May 15, 2015). The BBRG Scholars-in-Residence Program is open to senior and junior faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from any country, whose work is centrally on gender and women. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. (or its equivalent) at least one year prior to the projected beginning of their residency at BBRG. NEW OPPORTUNITY! (Applications due March 15, 2014)
BBRG Affiliated Scholars Program
The BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program is designed to accommodate scholars who would like to spend a relatively short period of time in residence, ranging from one month to six months. The BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program is open to senior and junior faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from the U.S. and abroad, whose work is centrally on women and gender. Applicants must have the Ph.D. (or its equivalent) in hand one year prior to the beginning of the appointment. NEW OPPORTUNITY! (Applications accepted throughout the academic year)
Applications for support are invited from ornithologists worldwide to help participants attend the 2013 IOC I Tokyo, Japan. Applicants must be registered participants in the congress Click here to apply.
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology will offer a limited number of travel awards to early career investigators at the Assistant Professor or equivalent industry scientist level.
Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship
The Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship program aims to encourage creative and highly-trained recipients of doctoral degrees in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematical disciplines to engage in hands-on research projects in their areas of expertise at the kind of small innovative businesses that historically have fueled the nation's economic regime. Each research fellow will receive a stipend of at least $75,000 plus health insurance benefits.
NSF's Career-Life Balance (CLB) Initiative
Scientists now have the opportunity to submit supplemental funding requests to support additional personnel (e.g., research technicians or equivalent). This will help sustain research when the Principal Investigator is on family leave. In FY 2012, up to 3 months of salary support may be requested (for a maximum of $12,000 in salary compensation) by CAREER awardees.
NSF-led Gender Summit 3 - North America Diversity Fuelling Excellence in Research and Innovation
The aim is to achieve positive change towards greater diversity in the STEM workforce and leadership, and greater inclusion of the "gender dimension" in research content and process.
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