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The current employment reports showing that there are more job openings than available bodies to fill them. So, why haven’t you gotten any offers? You feel that the interviews have gone well, or you believe that you have a great resume. 
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UC Irvine geneticist Francisco J. Ayala has resigned after a university investigation found he sexually harassed four faculty members and graduate students. UC Irvine named its biology school after him after Ayala donated $10 million in 2012. The university said it will remove his name.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Another giant of the profession is found guilty of sexual harassment.
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"If you have been on social media this week, you have seen screenshots of this week’s CBS News broadcast on Syria, which in fact displayed a map of Iran. Many jokes were made, many tweets went viral. As connoisseurs of hilariously wrong TV news maps, this is nothing. Kids’ stuff. We have dug deep into our collection, gathered lovingly over the years, and now invite you to follow along on a tour of the world according to TV news."
PIRatE Lab's insight:
You must always have solid maps!
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A Reuters visual guide to blockchain technology
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is a great example of a data visualization which takes something hard to understand/communicate and turns it into a clear, crisp understandable array of step-by-step illustrations.
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The annual event — called the Party At BIO Not Associated With BIO, or PABNAB for short — has a reputation for bringing over-the-top themes and festivities to an industry networking event. Not everyone was impressed.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
The BioTech world is years behind much of the rest of the world in terms of equality and equal access.
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Negative experiences on social media carry more weight than positive interactions when it comes to the likelihood of young adults reporting depressive symptoms, according to a new analysis. The finding may be useful for designing interventions and clinical recommendations to reduce the risk of depression.
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President Trump met with Japan's President Shinzo Abe at the White House Thursday and, to questions, said he doesn't feel he needs the sort of extensive preparation his predecessors went through in advance of his summit meeting wit North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This isn't you! You always must prepare for such meetings and never be so arrogant as to to say you can play something by ear, be that a research project, job interview, etc.
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Staying motivated, overcoming obstacles, and knowing your limits are just some lessons that can be applied to your professional aspirations.
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Most schools with names tied to the Confederacy are in the South, were built or named after 1950, and have a student body that is majority non-white.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Great example of graphics and visualization via various online tools.
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Depending on the study, the percentage of college students who say they’ve cheated runs between 50% and 90%. Clearly, all of our efforts to prevent cheating haven't been successful. Can we be doing more? Yes. Here are five things you can do to better promote academic integrity.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Share your insight
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Graduating Fresno State senior Tom Shudic will join 27 other students in receiving his viticulture and enology degree next week
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The future crisis may be flat wages not lack of jobs
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Automation will help with many things, but likely not social stability
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Four quick ways to shift students’ attention from life’s distractions to your course content.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Useful approaches, regardless of teaching or not.
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Human Centric Lighting addresses the influences of light on the human body and is used to develop innovative lighting technologies for diminishing the negative effects of artificial lights and enhancing the wellbeing of people. Aside from the human body, scientists have also studies the impacts of artificial lights..
PIRatE Lab's insight:
A great example of a capstone project!
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The word "data" implies an abstract, weightless and unidentified mass of numbers. But what are the origins of the word "data" and what are its implications?
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Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes and former company Chief Operating Officer Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani have been charged by a federal grand jury of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Justice Department said Friday.
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PIRatE Lab's insight:
Read the full report here: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/shstudy/index.htm
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Spending more years in full time education is associated with a greater risk of developing short-sightedness (myopia).
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Get educated...and get poor eyesight?
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"Google Chrome is a fast and easy-to-use browser with a simplistic and minimalistic design. Many features have been added over the years to make your browsing experience easier and more enjoyable. Via John Evans
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'Phony' source derided by Trump turns out to be a White House official briefing a group of reportersPesident Trump accused The New York Times on Saturday of inventing a source for a story who, in fact, was a White House official conducting a briefing for reporters under the condition that the official not be named.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
File this one under "know your sources."
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The ascent of Donald Trump has proved Neil Postman’s argument in Amusing Ourselves to Death was right. Here’s what we can do about it
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How USC handled the case of a campus gynecologist allowed to practice for years despite complaints of misconduct has sparked outrage and demands for change in the university’s leadership and management culture. To some, it is part of a troubling pattern.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is not the way to run a university or put students at the center of the educational experience.
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