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Sage Tells Students: Want To Make Money In Tech? Become A Wall Street Banker

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By Jeff McMahon, Opinion, Forbes

The real money in engineering and technology is on Wall Street, an emeritus director of Argonne National Laboratory told a roomful of engineering students Monday at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Argonne Director Emeritus Alan Schriesheim was asked whether students should go into nanotechnology because of that emerging field’s future. The question reminded him, he said, of the scene in “The Graduate” in which Dustin Hoffman’s character is told there’s a great future in plastics.

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Another Giant Declares Nuclear Dead In Fracking America

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By Jeff McMahon, Opinion, Forbes

No utility executive could propose a nuclear reactor ”in good conscience” in the U.S. today, the director emeritus of Argonne National Laboratory said in Chicago Monday.

Alan Schriesheim became the first industry executive to lead a national laboratory when he took the helm of Argonne in 1983, after serving as Exxon’s head of engineering and the director of its research lab, which developed more efficient processes for producing components of gasoline.

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Ebola: Anatomy of a Global Outbreak

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The current Ebola outbreak has claimed thousands of lives and has been declared a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” by the World Health Organization. The alarming rate of new infections in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and the spread of cases beyond West Africa to the US and Europe, continues to challenge the international community’s existing strategies for controlling the infectious disease. Isolated Ebola epidemics have occurred in the past, but what explains the virulence of this particular outbreak and how can it be contained? What essons are governments, NGOs, and doctors learning from this crisis to help them prepare for future outbreaks?

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Nature’s Fortune

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Why should businesses invest in nature?

Because it is one of the smartest investments they can make, according to Mark Tercek. The services that nature provides— clean water, air, and protection from storms, floods, and other disasters— can help businesses reduce costs, mitigate risks, and protect assets. Join The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Nature Conservancy CEO, Mark Tercek, for a discussion on how business, government, and society can thrive by investing in nature.Mark Tercek is president and chief executive officer of The Nature Conservancy and author of the bestselling book Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature.

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