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Google Policy Fellowship
- "As lawmakers around the world become more engaged on Internet policy, ensuring a robust and intelligent public debate around these issues becomes increasingly important. Thats why were launching the Google Policy Fellowship Programto support students and organizations working on policy issues fundamental to the future of the Internet and its users. Think of it as the public policy version of Google's Summer of Code. The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring future academic and professional interests."
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A snapshot of jobs in the biosciences industry suggests that business training may be worth
- Naturejobs, Aug. 29, 2007 Since the rise of biotechnology in the 1970s, the worlds of bioscience and business have drawn ever closer together. But for jobseekers interested in the biosciences industry, how much of an asset is business training? It may offer some advantages. The pharmaceutical industry, for example, is suffering serious job losses (see Nature 448, 965; 2007), but there still are jobs available, and business training is one way to get a leg up. The extent to which that training translates into broadened opportunities is hard to quantify. The Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont, California, which specializes in bioscience degrees that incorporate business skills, has released a report that assesses the situation (see http://www.kgi.edu/x6503.xml).
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Idaho National Laboratory
- The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's missions in nuclear, energy, science and national security.
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Math for America
- The Newton Fellowship Program trains mathematically-talented individuals to become high school math teachers and supports them in the early years of their careers. The fellowship pays your tuition for a master's in education from Columbia, NYU, or Bard plus $90,000 (total) over a 5 year period while you teach.
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Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
- HBS Working Knowledge. "In his course on commercializing science and technology, Lee Fleming combines students from business, engineering, law, science, and medicine. The result: Ideas for products from scale-eating bacteria to quantum dot cancer treatments."
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Presidential Management Fellows Program
- "The purpose of the Program is to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs."
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The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
- "The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program within the Policy and Global Affairs Division of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government."
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Certifiable: Teacher Training for Midcareer Professionals
- "'Lateral entry' from another career is becoming the default path into teaching. As a result, the majority of todays teaching trainees are older, often entering teaching as a second or even a third career. And the transition to teaching can be very quick and relatively cheap."
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quantfinancejob.com
- The quantitative finance community with tutorials, interview questions and job searching resources for quants to land a successful financial engineering job on Wall Street.
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Idaho National Laboratory
- The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's missions in nuclear, energy, science and national security.
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Mathematical Finance at Rutgers
- Master of Science in Mathematics with option in Mathematical Finance
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Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
- "The most comprehensive and authoritative rating and analysis of employee satisfaction in the federal government."
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Careers - RTI International
- RTI International which can be researched by reviewing the website at http://www.rti.org is a not for profit research and development organization which focuses on research in the social sciences, biotechnology, and engineering sciences, among many other endeavors. Our mission is to improve the human condition. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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APS Education List of Professional Skills for Physiologists and Tranees
- "In 2003, The American Physiological Society and the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology compiled a list of important professional development skills for physiology trainees. It is important to note that the list was developed with specific purposes in mind. The primary purpose of this list is to serve as a professional development tool for physiology trainees and their mentors."
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Software Carpentry
- "Many scientists and engineers spend much of their lives writing, debugging, and maintaining software, but only a handful have ever been taught how to do this effectively: after a couple of introductory courses, they are left to rediscover (or reinvent) the rest of programming on their own. The result? Most spend far too much time wrestling with software when they'd rather be doing research, but still have no idea how reliable or efficient that software is. This site presents an intensive course on basic software development practices for scientists and engineers. Its aim is not to turn biochemists and mechanical engineers into computer scientists; instead, it introduces them to the 10% of modern software engineering that will satisfy 90% of their needs."
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The AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology Policy
- "The AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology Policy is a 'crash course' in science and technology (S ) policy, designed for those who need to know how S policy works. It is modeled after the highly acclaimed orientation program that AAAS provides for its new S Policy Fellows each fall, but distills the key material into 4 1/2 days instead of two weeks."
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Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute
- "For more than 20 years, the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has had the national mandate to advance the state of the practice of software engineering and to serve as a national resource in software engineering and technology."
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- "MIT Lincoln Laboratory has pioneered in advanced electronics since its origin in 1951 as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Laboratory's fundamental mission is to apply science and advanced technology to critical problems of national security."
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RAND Corporation
- "The RAND Corporation's reputation is built on quality and objectivity. RAND provides an exciting intellectual environment and opportunities for career growth. We hire highly qualified applicants and provide challenging assignments. Diversity is an essential operating principle at RAND. We look for unique backgrounds, original views and diversity in academic training, work experience and ideological outlook. We are committed to Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action."
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MITRE
- "MITRE is an independent, not-for-profit corporation engaged in scientific and technical activities for various government organizations. MITRE manages Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) for the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, and Internal Revenue Service. We take on the nation's most critical challengesin defense, aviation, and enterprise modernizationand provide innovative, practical solutions to our sponsors. MITRE has corporate offices in Bedford, Massachusetts, and McLean, Virginia, as well as 60 sites around the world."
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Institute for Defense Analysis
- "IDA offers a stimulating work environment for motivated individuals with diverse backgrounds. IDA employees conduct original research and work side by side with top decision makers in the Department of Defense. We provide strong opportunities for career growth and a comprehensive array of benefits."
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The CNA Corporation - Careers
- "The CNA Corporation is a non-profit organization that provides in-depth, independent research and analysis to inform the important work of public sector leaders. For over 60 years, we have helped make a difference by putting our minds to work on the critical issues that face our nation - and the world."
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The Aerospace Corporation
- "Since 1960 The Aerospace Corporation has operated a federally funded research and development center in support of national-security, civil and commercial space programs. We're applying the leading technologies and the brightest minds in the industry to meet the challenges of space."
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Science Writing in a Teaching Environment
- Part IV of Careers in Science Writing. "The gentle knock on the door carried a sense of nervousness and urgency. 'Professor Wallace, can I talk with you?' Looking up from my computer, I recognized John, a second-year graduate student. The year was 1987, and I was an associate professor and director of graduate studies in pharmacology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. "
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A Flexible Alternative
- Part III of Careers in Science Writing. "If you ask science or medical writers how they got into the business, you'll find that many of them never planned to end up where they are now. Many were science teachers, laboratory researchers, nurses, even doctors. Others began as writers of nonscientific prose and ended up writing more and more stories about science or medicine, slowly building their knowledge of these fields by doing the research necessary to assemble a comprehensive story."
