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When navigating the career path, advises Cynthia Palmer, make sure the jobs you take are the ones you actually want. She talks about the importance...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 03:27
It was a tough decision, she says, but Terri Taylor left grad school to become a high-school chemistry teacher. She talks about the importance of f...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 03:30
During this program Chérie Newman talks with Susanna Sonnenberg about her second memoir, 'She Matters: A Life in Friendships.' Sonnenberg also read...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 3
From: Distillations
Marinda Wu chose her particular graduate program because she wanted to work for a famous professor. But when she arrived, she was told the professo...
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- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
In the face of harassment, Isabel Escobar learned the hard-earned lesson of standing up for herself. From men assuming she had a temper and could “...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 04:36
When Kathryn Lysko began her undergraduate work, there were 15,000 men and 100 women in her entire college. She talks about the camaraderie that em...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 04:15
From: Distillations
Without mentors, says Judith Iriarte-Gross, she would have never become a chemist. She talks about the importance of encouragement, the necessity o...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:57
The obstacles facing women today have not disappeared—they’ve just become more subtle, says Bonnie Charpentier. In this week’s episode, she discuss...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 03:54
Joan Brennecke talks about how spending Saturdays with her dad pulling apart cars and old calculators led to a lifetime of curiosity.
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 04:06
From: Distillations
In a small town in South Carolina, chemistry students at a high school were doing accomplished, innovative work—yet no one was paying attention. De...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 02:41
In her role with the Chemical Security Engagement program of the U.S. Department of State, Nancy Jackson travels throughout Asia and the Middle Eas...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 1
Chemists can be narrowly focused, says Rebecca Guenard. In a field that encourages scientists to follow a pre-defined path, she encourages young wo...
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 04:43
Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...
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- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 07:12
- Purchases: 1
During this program, Mardell Hogan Plainfeather talks about and reads from 'The Woman Who Loved Mankind: Lillian Bullshows Hogan,' as told to and w...
Bought by KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
From: Distillations
In her job as a technical writer Rachael Brady is an artist surrounded by scientists. She talks about the challenges, joys, and importance of using...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 1
Amanda Field, senior administrative assistant of the Chemical Engineering Program for Texas A&M University at Qatar, believes that careers aren’t s...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 03:44
After being told she wasn’t particularly smart, Mary Shultz, a professor of chemistry at Tufts University, set out to prove otherwise. She talks ab...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 05:09
- Purchases: 1
Lucy Eubanks, retired professor at Clemson University, discusses the importance of flexibility and recalls how telling men she was a chemist elicit...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 04:06
Linda Wang, senior editor at Chemical and Engineering News, talks about how she incrementally turned a beloved hobby into a vital and exciting part...
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- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 1
When Maria K. Burka began looking for jobs in chemistry, she was told not to use her first name on applications because “if the interviewer saw you...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 04:11
Sharon Haynie, principal investigator at DuPont, shares the advice that helped her get savvy and make the most of her experience at MIT.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 04:50
- Purchases: 1
Sarah Mullins, a researcher in the chemistry of inorganic materials for 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, talks about her love for science and how...
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 05:03
From: Distillations
Maureen Rouhi, editor in chief of Chemical & Engineering News, shares the worldview that guided her journey toward a career in chemistry as well as...
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 04:32
From: Distillations
Patti Parziale, manager of the Fungicide Discovery chemistry group at DuPont, shares her secret to building a strong reputation and successful care...
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 03:37
Lisa Houston, director of applications engineering at PAC, LP, started her career when she least expected to. She shares her journey to remind youn...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 1
