Getting the word out about PSM is an important part of the PSM Initiative. If your PSM program is highlighted in your local or regional press, please be sure to send the CGS PSM Team a copy of the press release and the article so that we can help extend the coverage.

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PSM Initiative

November, 2008: Professional Science Masters degrees gaining national interest (Media-Newswire.com)

October 13, 2008: But Can They Write A Memo?: Professional group based at WPI looks to ready scientists (Worcester Business Journal)

October 1, 2008: Masters of professional science (Nature Jobs)

September 5, 2008: Taken for Granted: Fitting the Job Market to a T (Science Careers)

August 8, 2008: CSU Stanislaus geneticist Janey Youngblom achieves national certification (California State University Stanislaus)

August 1, 2008: Graduate Programs that Prepare for NonResearch Careers: New Views on the Master's Degree in Science (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)

July 23, 2008: National Academies Panel Endorses Professional Master’s Degree (Nature Jobs)

July 21, 2008: Support for Masters of Science: Professional Science Master's Degree Programs are Vital and Must be Funded, NRC Report States (Chemical & Engineering News)

July 14, 2008: Scientists for a New Age (Inside Higher Education)

July 14, 2008: National Research Council Supports Professional Master's Degrees (The Chronicle of Higher Education - Subscription Required)

July 11, 2008: Science Professionals: Master’s Education for a Competitive World (National Research Council)

June 16, 2008: Masters of Industry: Professional science master's programs take root (Chemical & Engineering News)

June, 2008: Staying Competitve: Educating Graduates for Math and Science Jobs (National Conference of State Legislatures)

June 6, 2008: Taken for Granted: Over Here (Science Careers)

April 17, 2008: New graduate-degree concept combines business with science (News Bureau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

March 7, 2008: Mastering the Job Market (Science Careers)

February 2008: PSM Program Assessment from All Perspectives (CGS Communicator)

January 28, 2008: Area Schools Heed Science Industry's Warning: PSM Degree Programs Aim to Produce Business-Savvy Workforce to Keep U.S. Tech Sector Competitive (The Washington Post)

January 2008: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 (CGS)

October 2007: The role of the PSM in physics education? (Donald Langenberg's response to Leo Kadanoff)

September/October 2007: Science Professional Skills = Formula for Success!!! (in Chemistry, American Chemical Society)

August 1, 2007: Final Competitiveness Legislation Authorizes Support for Professional Science Master’s programs at NSF

March 2007: The 2007 State New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the State  - Excerpt on the PSM (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation)

March 2007: The Changing MBA - Employers have their say (The Greentree Gazette)

PSM "Press Hits" from October 2006 – January 2007 (PDF)

January 27, 2007: A degree of professionalism - There's a growing career path for students who like science, but don't want to be academics (NatureJobs, sub. req.)

January 3, 2007: Tech pros to improve worth with people skills (Tucson Citizen)

December 13, 2006: Tailor-made degrees (Federal Times)

PSM "Press Hits" from July – September 2006 (PDF)

April 2006: CGS Launches Expanded Professional Science Master’s Initiative (CGS Communicator)

PSM Programs

September 11, 2008: UMUC Grant Targets Postsecondary Education (The Washington Post)

June 24, 2008: CSU Receives Grant from Sloan Foundation to Support Professional Science Master’s Programs: The $474,000 award is second grant in a three year period. (California State University)

May 27, 2008: Biotechnology Program earns national designation: Professional Science Master's (USF Health Communications)

May 9, 2008: Cream of the crop sprouts from GVSU's new Professional Science master's Program (GVNow - Grand Valley State University)

December 10, 2007: An Express Lane to Careers in Proteomics And Genomics: Master's program produces graduates with industry-specific skills biotech employers seek (Chemical & Engineering News)

June 21, 2007: Baker College M.S. in Information Systems Degree Receives Professional Science Master's Program Designation (Baker Center for Graduate Studies)

May 2007: New master's degree program cross-trains scientists for business world (Western Carolina University)

May 2007: The 2007 State New Economy Index (PSM Excerpt)

May 3, 2007: KGI Cross-Trains Biotech’s Future Leaders  (Signals Magazine)

March 2007: The inside track from academia and industry: Translating science into business (Nature)

March 21, 2007: Fresno State Biotechnology Master's program partners with Pacific Ethanol Inc. for unique internship – five students tour plant today (FresnoStateNews.com)

December 17, 2006: NEW DEGREE: CSU to offer science master's degree (San Francisco Chronicle)

December 15, 2006: CCST Report Helps CSU Launch New Graduate Science Programs (California Council on Science and Technology)

December 13, 2006: Council of Graduate Schools Applauds California State University’s Plans to Launch Professional Science Master’s Programs (CGS Press Release)

December 12, 2006: California State University to launch 16 new graduate science programs (CSU Press Release)