Lab Leadership
On August 3,U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson toured the Agency's Edison Environmental Center in Edison, NJ. Jackson was joined by Congressman Frank Pallone and Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano to highlight the Agencys
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If you're in management long enough, you're bound to face a decision that will challenge your principles. There will always be gray areas that need to be navigated, where something might or might not be right. But inside all of us is something that tells us whether an action we're considering is or isn't right.
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Before presentation software such as PowerPoint became almost ubiquitous, many presenters would give rambling, poorly focused presentations. Preparing 35 mm slides was often too costly and took too much time for internal presentations. So speakers wo
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The web is full of new and interactive ways to engage with lab products and marketings minds are getting more and more creative. This week I came across the BioTek video contest that you might like to explore. You can submit a short video describing
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NSLS researcher Peter Siddons can't remember the first time he approached the BNL Instrumentation Division for assistance, but he has been a steady customer and collaborator for at least 20 years. And recently, he has relied on the division's experti
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UT-Battelle has appointed Michael K. Miller of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory a UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow. The honor is reserved as the highest level of recognition for career achievements in science and technology, perfo
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What is typically a sea of T-shirts and blue jeans was replaced by green-and-brown military fatigues in the classroom of Stefan Bossmann, professor of chemistry at Kansas State University.
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In Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, the author examines the impact of the "flattening" of the world, and argues that globalized trade, outsourcing, supply-chaining and political forces have changed t
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Taking useful short courses and workshops can be a major factor in career success. While taking full semester courses is often helpful, many times this isn't possible due to time constraints of job responsibilities or family duties. Often full semest
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There are only three weeks left to take advantage of the opportunity to be among leading researchers who have discovered breakthroughs in laboratory automation strategies and technologies. LabAutomation2011, the world's premier conference and exhibit
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How to be the bearer of bad news and still help facilitate a positive outcome.
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Virginia Commonwealth University announced Wednesday it has received a $20 million grant the largest federal award in its history from the National Institutes of Health to become part of a nationwide consortium of research institutions working to tur
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