After my postdoc, I decided it was time to part ways
with academic science and seriously considered my career options in the commercial angle of science.
Not exact matches
As a veteran
science and technology writer who has dealt
with the issue as a reporter, editor and
academic, he had some insightful views on it.
Many institutions still lack the technological infrastructure needed to harness their own researchers» mammoth data sets, let alone those at other
academic centers; fixing that alone could present medical
science with one of the greatest research opportunities in decades.
A year of studying for a Master of
Science in Financial Economics at Columbia for the 2017 - 2018
academic year will run you an estimated $ 91,760, according to the university's website,
with $ 58,512 for tuition and $ 21,375 for housing.
With a confidence in markets, deep connections to the
academic community, and a focus on implementation, we go where the
science leads, and continue to pursue new insights, both large and small, that can benefit our clients.
It was expected to be an
academic presentation to show if Theranos Inc.'s controversial blood - testing technology worked, and perhaps explain the
science behind the claims that the startup could do lab tests
with a fraction of the blood and cost of traditional machines.
Regarding Schumer's point on enrollments, the number of computer
science graduates bottomed out in the 2006 - 07
academic year,
with only 8,021 students receiving bachelor's degrees in computer
science at the 170 Ph.D. - granting institutions tracked by the Computer Research Association.
The strategy was put forth in a Discovery Insti - tute manifesto known as the Wedge Docu - ment, [1] which describes a broad social, political, and
academic agenda whose ultimate goal is to defeat materialism, naturalism, evolution, and «reverse the stifling materialist world view and replace it
with a
science consonant
with Christian and theistic convictions.
Some of this has to do
with the enduring quest to make history resemble a
science, a vision that took hold in earnest in the nineteenth century and has never entirely lost its appeal among
academic historians.
Questions which the body politic or the
academic world are unwilling to confront head - on are often dealt
with through the medium of, say,
science fiction: think of the Matrix films, or a novel such as Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.
Should both old earth and young earth models be presented, or are
academic institutions obligated to stick
with established
science?
With the rise of the evolution — creationism debate in the U.S., these
academics, even if they did not subscribe to a religious faith themselves, were having to become more aware of ways in which faith and
science interpenetrate, connect and harmonise.
(a) Man may regard his encounter
with the powers which dominate his life — death, life, spirit, blood, and so forth — as the decisive factors in his life:
science will then be an
academic luxury devoid of any existential importance.
Then again, the business of
academic research endowments, especially in fields as conceptually confused as artificial intelligence or cognitive
science, really is all about exploiting the credulity of wealthy foundations and corporations and private donors (sometimes
with devious cynicism, sometimes in deluded innocence).
This was not an exercise in
academic theology, but a case of theologians addressing themselves to the worldly fact that religious beliefs had not kept pace
with the radical transformation of society by
science and the rest of modern culture.
While we are not in favor of mandating that creation be taught in public school
science classes, we believe that, at the very least, instructors should have the
academic freedom to bring up the problems
with evolution.
Increasing
academic specialisation combined
with the disintegration of a philosophical background that would unite theology, the humanities and the
sciences makes Deane - Drummond's task near impossible.
These
academic programs enable students to complement their theological and biblical studies
with secular skills in public management and policy, law, music, social work, business administration, information and library
science or health - care administration.
«Israel has a very large and vibrant Muslim population,
with Muslim members of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) and in
science and
academics, and I'm their ambassador as well,» Oren said.
The CGIAR Research Program for Rice, known as the Global Rice
Science Partnership (GRiSP), is a partnership coordinated by six research - for - development organizations that bring together over 900 partners from the
academic, public, private, and civil society sectors
with a stake in the rice development sector.
The committee included an international group of
academics with expertise in various aspects of food culture and gastronomy such as Joxe Mari Aizega, General Manager of Basque Culinary Center; Jorge Ruiz Carrascal, Professor of the Department of Food
Science at the University of Copenhagen; Marta Miguel Castro, a Research Associate at the CIAL Institute of Research in Food
Science, who studies how food components could prevent disorders such as diabetes and obesity; Melina Shannon Dipietro, executive director of Rene Redzepi's MAD project; and Dr F. Xavier Medina, author, social anthropologist and leading scholar of Food and Culture at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona.
The Waldorf pedagogy integrates literature, movement, theatre, and the visual and musical arts
with a rigorous
academic study of
science, math, world languages, history, and geography.
At the same luncheon, Rodolfo Dirzo, the Bing Professor in Environmental
Science, will receive the Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize, which recognizes Stanford faculty who engage and involve students in integrating
academic scholarship
with significant and meaningful volunteer service to society.
Equally we probably know of very
academic people, perhaps brilliant at maths or
sciences, who seem to lack any common sense or the ability to communicate
with other people.
To date, she has completed over 1500 hours of training
with moms and their new babies, along
with several
academic studies connected
with the
science of lactation.
I don't really put too much stock in
academic authority of people in social
sciences until they talk about testable predictions like real scientists do; or at the very least deal
with # s. Without that, they're just people who have opinions that are no more nor less valid than anyone who isn't an
academic social scientist.
In the 2013/14
academic year, 200
science resource centres were equipped
with 2,794 items ranging from
science and laboratory equipment, electronic equipment, technical support, ICT and audio visual items.
Meanwhile, polytechnics seeking to be converted into Technical Universities should have the following requirements: a) satisfy the existing norms, guidelines and requirements of the National Council for Tertiary Education and the National Accreditation Board for accreditation as a Technical University, b) offer a minimum of four Bachelor of Technology degree programmes in
Science and Technology based disciplines c) have
academic departments headed by at least a Senior Lecturer
with a PhD and professional experience; and d) have at least three full - time lecturers
with relevant research master's degree, at least one of whom shall have industry experience.
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie, who worked
with Cambridge Analytica, claimed it amassed the data of millions of people without their consent through a personality quiz on Facebook called This is Your Digital Life that was created by an
academic for Global
Science Research.
The collection highlights successful case studies to encourage councils to collaborate, share information, and build effective relationships
with local
academics from the social
sciences.
Critical factors such as a minimum of 4 BTEch Degree Programmes in
Science and Technology based disciplines,
academic and professional qualification of teaching staff, stock of equipment, strategic partnership
with industry and a well crafted legal regime just to highlight a few are all crucial elements that infrastructural provision alone can not satisfy.
Buffalo, New York —
With the start of the new
academic year only weeks away in Buffalo, Mayor Byron Brown and Buffalo Public School students joined educators, scientists and business leaders at the Math,
Science & Technology Preparatory School to officially kick - off the new Buffalo Schools STEM Experience —
Science Week All Year Long.
Inaugurated last year
with the first annual Buffalo Public Schools
Science Week, this year's greatly expanded program begins at the start of the new
academic year.
Most
academics in the
sciences contribute to their fields by building research groups, populated
with staff and students.
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From this base, visit Okinawa Institute of
Science and Technology campus to meet
with local researchers and
academics to learn about coral restoration, trap insects and input data into a research project and visit the «sustainable homes» development project — a blueprint for sustainable living.
Academic institutions employ a wide range of
science professionals, run dozens of specialized core facilities, and collaborate
with industry.
Stories are integrated
with photographs and illustrations, links to journals and
academic studies, related research and topics, and encyclopedic terms, to provide a wealth of relevant information on almost every
science topic imaginable — from astrophysics to zoology.
Bill has also worked
with the
Science editorial team to raise awareness of
Science / AAAS within
academic institutions in developed and developing countries.
He is volunteering
with another organization, Chance for
Science, which connects displaced researchers
with academic resources and European peers.
The program is also producing an array of online resources for public engagement, including video archives of
academic symposia, additional examples of
science engagement projects
with commentary, and a web - only version of the workshop.
Hill leads an NSF - supported program for future K - 12
science teachers to help infuse their classrooms
with climate change
science, and an industry -
academic partnership to understand the consequences of ocean acidification on shellfish farmers.
And the two women just starting their careers in
academic medicine that
Science Careers spoke
with for this article felt that they had been supported equally by men and women.
Yet, in many ways,
academic science study — especially when it's complemented
with work in an industrial setting — provides excellent preparation in the basic skills you need to practice — and to teach — enterprise in a scientific context.
Being on the team track has also helped me establish a work - life balance that I am happy
with, which is admittedly hard to achieve in
academic science.
With tenure, you will have achieved one of the most important milestones in an
academic science career and a near guarantee of professional stability.
They will provide you
with insights into the differences between
academic and industrial
science, broaden your skills and experiences, and give you an advantage over other applicants who have not had an assignment
with the company.
This view is strongly supported by Germany's
Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, whose president, Theodor Berchem, declared such cooperation
with foreign first - class universities to be essential in establishing German universities in the first league of international
science.
Today's
science system puts Ph.D. candidates at the bottom of the
academic career ladder
with no clear or unified legal and social status.
Mathematics looks like an especially promising discipline for those aspiring to an
academic career, whereas the life
sciences look particularly poor for those
with academic ambitions.