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More Blogging While Brown…About Science

A follow-up to my first Blogging While Brown…About Science is in order.

Blogging While Brown

Thanks to the great comments made here and at Jack & Jill Politics, I realized that you all were absolutely right. I’ve got to push through the discomfort, create my own air for this issue. So here I am sounding off [...]

7Apr2009 | dnlee | 8 comments | Continued
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BigUps: Dr. Gina Francis

I saw this come across my Google Reader and wanted to share.

Dr. Gina Francis

Dr. Francis is an accomplished veterinarian and writer who not only holds the distinction of being the first practicing Black veterinarian in Jacksonville, NC, but also the recipient of the Intriguing African-American Women award by the Northeast Community Development Corporation.
More about Dr. [...]

17Feb2009 | Fredric | 5 comments | Continued
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Drinking Your Kool-Aid

Oftentimes, we [the working folk of America] forgo our dreams for steady pay and “job security”. We settle for unfulfilling careers that leave us constantly wondering “what if”. Now, more than ever, it is imperative to take life into your own hands. American poet Archibald MacLeish said:
There are those who will say that the [...]

30Jan2009 | mbacox | 3 comments | Continued
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Summer Ecology Research Opportunity for Undergrads

Remember when I was saying that undergraduate research is a good thing? Well, fresh off of the Ecological Society of America ECOLOG presses, here is a FABULOUS opportunity.
Summer Research Program in the Arkansas Ozarks Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services
credit: avern
Univ. of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas is conducting a Research Experience for Undergraduates [...]

28Jan2009 | dnlee | 1 comment | Continued
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Look Who’s Hiring …

Some of the Best Companies in the Nation are Hiring: (courtesy of CNNMoney.com/FORTUNE)
credit: woodleywonderworks
Look Who’s Hiring…

Edward Jones - financial advisers, branch office administrators
Google - people operations, engineering, product mgmt, legal, sales
Wegman’s Food Markets - store positions at 3 new stores (2 in VA, 1 in PA)
Cisco Systems - engineering, customer advocacy
Genetech - CFO group, [...]

27Jan2009 | Garry | 7 comments | Continued
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Black Professionals Aren’t Recession Proof

by Malcolm G. Turner
Despite being more educated than our peers, well-spoken, non-threatening, generally good Negroes, Black folks tend to take the brunt of the damage during recessions, all the way from the janitors to the managers. The companies that are forced to comply with these equal opportunity standards are presented with the perfect opportunity to [...]

15Jan2009 | trebaker | 5 comments | Continued
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Advertising and Marketing: A Cotton Curtain of Discrimination

I don’t know if you saw it on Friday, but the New York Times ran a piece in their business section about the systematic racism in the advertising and marketing companies on Madison avenue and the NAACP’s massive lawsuit against them.
Spear-headed by Cyrus Mehri, a lawyer who successfully won lawsuits against Coca-Cola for discrimination to [...]

12Jan2009 | Fredric | 5 comments | Continued
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Undergraduate Research - It’s a Good Thing

During my first senior year of college, I signed up to do a Senior Problem, also called a Senior Thesis. It was a two semester independent research study on sheep. I studied the seasonal influences of mating and reproduction of a Southeastern Ewe-flock. I spent a lot of time on the University’s farm (I was [...]

7Jan2009 | dnlee | 4 comments | Continued
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22nd Kellogg BMA Conference, Feb 20-22

Remember how I said, back in the day, I met Obama and had a nice good talk with him? Well, this was the event I met him at. For those interested in pursuing a MBA or just want to participate in stimulating conversation from our community leaders, don’t miss the 22nd Annual Black MBA Conference [...]

29Dec2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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Increasing Diversity in the Sciences with Mentorship and Conference Attendance

Continuing the dialogue about Increasing Diversity in the Sciences, I want to examine the initiatives of professional organizations to provide travel awards and mini-mentorship opportunities to undergraduate students to attend scientific meetings.
Scientific meetings offer tremendous learning and networking opportunities for students. This is especially true for students who are members of traditionally under-represented groups. Though [...]

4Dec2008 | dnlee | 8 comments | Continued
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Building a Green Economy

As President-Elect Barack Obama names his cabinet members and economic recovery team, I am also proud of his inclusion of Green Economic prospects. In fact, the buzz of Green Jobs is in the air, literally on NPR.
Van Jones Forecasts Green Job Revolution – News & Notes
A Green New Deal? – On Point

Green Jobs Now

Green Careers [...]

26Nov2008 | dnlee | 1 comment | Continued
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Increasing Diversity in the Sciences

“The very large racial Ph.D. gap in the natural sciences is striking when we examine black Ph.D. awards in specific disciplines.” * I am all-too-familiar with this fact. I am the only African-American Ph.D. student in my academic department. That will make me the second African-American to earn a doctorate in Biology from my institution. [...]

20Nov2008 | dnlee | 10 comments | Continued