Diversity at JLab
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- Millennials struggle with confrontation at work: Besides entering the workforce with unrealistic confidence and expectations, young people also can have problems resolving disputes.
- Bias Persists for Women of Science, a Study Finds: Science professors at American universities widely regard female undergraduates as less competent than male students with the same accomplishments and skills, a new study by researchers at Yale concluded.
- Girls in STEM: A New Generation of Women and Science. The following link features young women scientists and engineers who wowed the President and the nation at the White House Science Fair in February.
- In " News Highlights," just say somethiDiversityng like, "On April 5, 2012, Dr. Elizabeth Simmons, theoretical physicist and Dean of Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University, presented a seminar entitled, Women in Physics in the U.S.: Numbers, Challenge and Solutions. Her slides are available here.
- 2012 JSA Postdoctoral Research Grant Winner Takes Aim at Never-Before-Seen State of Matter.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 15 - Very few people can claim being the first to see a new state of matter. Sarah Phillips wants to join those select few. Today, Phillips got one step closer to that goal when she was named the recipient of the 2012 JSA Postdoctoral Research Grant at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
- JLab Appointments Deputy Associate Director for Nuclear Physics: We are pleased to announce that Patrizia Rossi has been selected to serve as the lab's Deputy Associate Director for Nuclear Physics. She will begin her new duties at the lab in May, but many of you will already know Patrizia through her work with Hall B and the Italian collaboration on the 12 GeV program.
- JSA announces grant to continue Minority Assistantship Program: The FY2012 JSA Initiatives Fund includes $9,000 to continue the JSA Research Assistantship Program for Minority Science and Engineering Students. The Initiatives Fund Program is an annual commitment from the JSA owners, SURA and CSC/ATG, to support programs, activities, and initiatives that further the scientific outreach, and promote the science, technology, and education missions of Jefferson Lab and benefit the Lab user community. Announcements and application instructions have gone out to colleges and universities across the country and the deadline for applying is early April.
- Pilat Elected APS-DPB Vice Chair: Fulvia Pilat, Accelerator Division deputy director, has been elected as the next Vice-Chair for the American Physical Society's Division of Physics of Beams. She will accept the position in the April time frame. It is a four year term where she will successively serve as vice-chair, chair-elect, chair and past chair.
- Scientist Wins Energy Award at Technology Event: Jefferson Lab scientist Xin Zhao has been named a co-winner of a 2011 award from the World Technology Network for his patented supercapacitor design that uses graphene. His invention could lead to high-capacity, high-power energy storage systems
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Diversity Statement from the Director
Jefferson Lab's Diversity Program is integrated with the laboratory's mission. We value the contributions of all people regardless of their differences. Our emphasis is on people and the environment in which they work.
Because the laboratory's mission is scientific, our Diversity Program seeks to enhance scientific discourse. The goals of the laboratory's Diversity Program are:
1. To create and maintain a professional, ethical and respectful work environment in which everyone contributes to the laboratory's mission; and
2. To maintain and encourage a workforce composed of qualified people who proportionally represent the diversity of their professions.
3. To increase diversity within the laboratory and the broader scientific and engineering communities in the nation.
Diversity in an organization can include a variety of characteristics, and many of them are represented in Jefferson Lab's population. Jefferson Lab's Diversity Program is aligned with our mission and values the contributions of all people, regardless of their differences.
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Our employees come from 26 countries other than the United States and every continent except Antarctica. |
Gender |
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22.3% of our workforce is female. |
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4 Generations comprise the work force at JLab: Traditionalists, Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. |
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54.37% of our workforce has at least a Bachelor's Degree. Of these, 49.7% have a graduate degree. |
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Scientists compose the largest job group at JLab, with Technicians second. |
Our emphasis is on our people and the environment in which they work. We recognize, value, and affirm that diversity contributes richness to the Lab community and enhances the quality of life for individuals and groups. We take pride in our various achievements and we celebrate our differences. We believe that diversity can lead to the excellence, passion and innovation needed to respond to our nation's scientific and technological challenges.
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