Interesting Features for PWN for 4/24/2016

http://motto.time.com/4284937/productive-people-secrets/

Laura Vanderkam, author of “I know How She Does It,” “168 Hours,” and “What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast “put together an interesting list of “the 9 Secrets the Most Productive People Know” in motto. She based these secrets on time diaries she collected from 133 women who met two conditions: earned over $100,000 a year and had at least one child living at home. Among these secrets is “take life one week-not one day-at a time” and try to achieve work-life balance within the week, not per day.

https://www.fatwallet.com/blog/girls-need-stem-toys/

Creative write and communications professional Mika Doyle wrote an interesting article in “Fat Wallet” that addresses explicit and implicit gender biases currently present and how we can try to make a difference in the lives of women starting at a young age. The article addresses the fact that women are greatly underrepresented in STEM fields and that this problem is actually starting at a very young age. While women make up half of the workforce, they are underrepresented in STEM fields, making up only 26%. This article also includes informative infographics.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3055035/the-future-of-work/you-should-plan-on-switching-jobs-every-three-years-for-the-rest-of-your-?utm_content=buffer03ae4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Business writer Vivian Giang put together an interesting article on Fast Company on the benefits of switching jobs frequently. This article points out the positives to changing jobs and the notion that the learning curve “flattens after three years.” But, it is important to note that the exception to this is academia. 

Interesting Features at PWN for 12.21.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

'Early access to professional networks will unclog the diversity pipeline in tech.'

Jessica Pliska, the CEO and Founder of The Opportunity Network, and Christina Lewis Halpern, Founder and Director of All Star Code, penned an article in the Huffington Post that emphasized the use of professional networks for all young engineering and computer science students in order to minimize the diversity gap in these fields. Pliska and Halpern suggest that pursuing connections through LinkedIn, professional blogs and Twitter, particularly at a young age, will increase their professional relationships with more senior tech leaders and their familiarity with building connections to promising opportunities.

'The 5 things your emails need to include to get people to read and respond.'

Aaron Orendorff put together an interesting article posted on Fast Company that proposes 5 crucial yet simple steps that will help ensure that recipients read and respond to your emails instead of ignoring them or worse, deleting them without reading the whole thing. Among his suggestions are offering a single action item per email and mindfully keeping the email brief.

Interesting Features at PWN for 12.14.15

News from the PWN Pipeline: 

'How to be the person who never misses a deadline'

Kelsey Manning, an Advertising and Promotions coordinator at Harper Collins, has written an interesting article describing methods she uses to remedy patterns of 'lateness,' which can mean anything from being late to meet with colleagues to handing in important materials past deadlines. She outlines several key factors in reducing procrastination and missed deadlines, including being honest with yourself about why you're late ("Are you easily distracted from the task at hand?" "Are your deadlines unrealistic?") as well as not underestimating how long tasks will take. The article is a quick read that offers a few great tips to organize work time better in order to hit all deadlines.


Advancement Opportunities:

Postdoctoral position available in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine

Excellent opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher with a PhD in Neuroscience, or related area, to conduct research on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying nicotine reinforcement and aversion utilizing mouse and rat behavioral models in conjunction with manipulation of neuronal circuit function (e.g. optogenetic/DREADD approaches). The successful candidate will have strong problem-solving, writing and communication skills, as well as background and experience in rodent behavioral models, calcium imaging, in vitro neuronal culture, and/or generation of designer viral constructs.

More details in the link above
Apply: CV | Statement of research experience and interests | Contact info of 3 references
Send to: Dr. Christie Fowler | cdfowler@uci.edu

Interesting Features at PWN for 12.7.15

News from the PWN Pipeline:

'Women... saw not an innocent hair dryer, but a tool of sexist oppression. IBM had wrapped science and engineering in girly girl trappings.'

IBM very recently experienced a public backlash to their Hack a Hair Dryer Campaign, which aimed to encourage young women to get more involved in science and engineering by suggesting they imagine what they could do or build by 'hacking' a hair dryer. IBM posted a video to Twitter to announce the campaign, and the video showed women in lab coats using a hair dryer to push a ping pong ball through elaborate machines. Though many have complained about the obvious sexist undertones of the campaign and are outraged that women should have to 'prove' their ability to do science, an article by Fortune's Stacey Higginbotham suggests that IBM may have succeeded in making the conversation about attracting more women to science and engineering careers more relatable to young girls through the application of a hair dryer and may encourage them to think beyond the practical utility of an everyday household object. Many female engineers and scientists have responded with humor and sarcasm to IBM's campaign with tweets incorporating the hashtag #hackahairdryer.

Head over to Twitter (#hackahairdryer) to read some these tweets or join the conversation!

'A young man doesn't have to overcome a social stigma to be in STEM.'

An interesting article from Heather Cabot on nbcnews.com addresses the issue of encouraging and motivating young women to stay in science and engineering degree programs. Cabot indicates that fear of failure and high expectations for success result in women lagging confidence and being hard on themselves. The article suggests that encouraging women in these STEM programs to find community with like-minded women and to take the focus off of straight A's and immediate success will allow a more harmonious melding of the female identity with the tech identity.

Interesting Features at PWN for 9.14.15

Hello all! Keep an eye out for emails and announcements from PWN as we transition from using LinkedIn to Gmail for keeping in touch with our members. 

Career Advancement Opportunities: 

Tenure-track faculty positions available in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University

Fantastic opportunities for faculty positions in Behavioral Neuroscience and in Human Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2016. Successful applicants will have a PhD in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field, and will have a strong record of research productivity.

Interested candidates for the Behavioral Neuroscience position should have interests and expertise in the mechanistic basis of behavior using animal models, and those with experience using cutting-edge approaches that integrate physiological or molecular methods with neural systems-level methods are especially encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates for the Human Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology position should have interests and expertise in human perception, memory, and/or cognition using one or more experimental methods.

More details and application portal in the link above.


Postdoctoral research position available in the Department of Pharmacology and Center for Substance Abuse Research at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia

Excellent opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher with a recent PhD degree in either neuroscience or pharmacology to study the neuropharmacology of designer cathinones found in 'bath salts' in the laboratory of Dr. Scott Rawls, PhD, at Temple University School of Medicine. The successful candidate will have experience in studying behavioral and neurochemical effects of drugs of abuse and will be motivated to develop or enhance expertise in use of self-administration assays, microdialysis assays, and immunohistochemical techniques to study behavioral, neurochemical, cellular, and neurotoxic effects of cathinones.

Apply: CV | contact information for 3 references
Send to: Dr. Scott Rawls, PhD | scott.rawls@temple.edu