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“Every one of our graduates in the last 4 years have found a job in an industrial or lab setting in their field.” --Ned Djilali, director of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria in British Columbia

"A diverse faculty is a sure sign of an increasingly diverse student body that a woman or a person of color can excel and achieve."

"Growing up hooked on science, it was only a matter of time before I was overcome by the temptation to run my own experiments."

"Although many of the jobs in the RNAi industry will closely resemble positions in other industries--biochemists, molecular biologists, and pharmacologists will be in demand--some specializations will be particularly sought after."

"As I look back at my busy life, I would not have been happy giving up either—career or family," says Margaret Dalzwell Lowman.

Decision scientists may be mathematicians, statisticians, economists, philosophers, management theorists, or psychologists.

To avoid red tape, will foreign students and scholars steer clear of the United States?

"When important decisions are made in Washington, D.C., scientists and engineers are rarely at the table."

"Everything is made out of something, and it always will be."

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"The Indian education system is producing record numbers of graduates with advanced science degrees, but the current research environment in India cannot effectively tap their potential."

When delivering a job talk in industry, you need to remember why you are there and focus on the expectations of the audience.

"Attention is our way of devoting a limited resource (our time and energy) to the most important information. By almost any measure, productivity hinges on this most basic of skills," says G. Andrew Mickley, professor of psychology.

"With a focus on problems that are at once basic and applied, students can easily get jobs in the pharmaceutical industry or in cosmetics."

"New Duke parents now have access to a total of 6 weeks of paid leave time. The new policy extends not only to birth parents, but also to parents who choose to adopt a child."