Lab Leadership
According to research by Harris Interactive on behalf of the Adecco Group, the most serious threat to organizations in this recession may be the recession's end.
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Many managers believe that their job is to resolve problems that arise. While that is true, it is only the lesser part of the job. More importantly, a manager's job is to prevent problems.
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Archaeologist Lynn Swartz Dodd of USC College and her students are taking trade artifacts from Egypt to the Argonne National Laboratorys Advanced Photon Source, home of the most powerful X-rays in the country.
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On the subject of personality factors and success in science, here is a provocative essay by UK professor Bruce Charlton. He claims that the modern system selects for conscientiousness over raw intelligence, with negative consequences.
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The project is an initiative of the Council of Graduate Schools, which seeks to help graduate students become more aware of the wide variety of issues in the ethical and responsible conduct of research.
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"Relatives of UCLA research assistant Sheri Sangji, who died of burns from a chemical explosion, say a state investigator ignored key information and seek harsher penalties for the university." LA Times, 6/22
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A new intensive laboratory class was unveiled for biochemistry students at Michigan State University this summer.
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Hach Company and Accelerated Technology Laboratories Inc. (ATL) have announced a joint marketing, technology and customer migration partnership that will provide significant benefits to customers.
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Retention programs are as diverse as the businesses that implement them, but an ideal retention strategy is comprised of three key elements.
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A new report from the National Academies contradicts an earlier one from that organization on whether women in academe face discrimination in hiring, promotion, and access to resources. The current report, released last week, finds rough parity between the sexes, even though the earlier report, released in 2006, contends that women do face discrimination.
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One hundred years ago (in 1908), a group of higher educators launched a new professional masters degree called the MBA. Their aim: to meet the anticipated needs of 20th century business, which would be characterized, they thought, not by product spec
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In our June Leadership & Staffing article, author Allison Champion describes her lab's cross-training program in which technicians develop capabilities in more than one area and adjust their focus as needed to alleviate workflow bottlenecks.
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