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UD among top research workplaces in nation 11:58 a.m., Nov. 21, 2005--The University of Delaware has been named one of the top academic institutions in the nation at which to conduct scientific research, according to a survey of academics conducted by the magazine The Scientist. UD is ranked 11th among the top 15 Best Places to Work in Academia in the United States, according to the results of the third annual survey released in the Nov. 7 issue of the magazine. "It is a point of pride for UD to be recognized by The Scientist as providing one of the nation's most supportive workplaces for scientific research, and it is all the more gratifying because that recognition is the result of appraisals from UD colleagues,” Provost Dan Rich said. Topping the list in the 2005 survey is Clemson University, followed by the Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake, N.Y., the J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, the University of Florida, Vanderbilt University, the University of Wisconsin, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Wake Forest University, the Wadsworth Center in Albany, N.Y., Cornell University, Delaware, Calvin College, the University of California San Francisco, the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato, Calif., and Purdue University. “What makes the results of this survey so valuable is that professionals are providing unfiltered insight into their workplace,” Richard Gallagher, publisher of The Scientist, said. “Our participants feel free to express their true opinions about their employers, and that’s what’s so significant. You know that the responses are really genuine, especially when it comes to the top ranked institutions. People don’t praise their place of work in a blind survey unless they truly mean it.” The more than 2,600 academics that responded to the survey rated relationships with their peers, a sense of accomplishment in their work and access to research resources as the ingredients that make for a great workplace. The Scientist is a magazine for the life sciences. Now in its 20th year, it informs and entertains with a unique blend of trustworthy and accessible information on research, technology, careers and business. For more information on the magazine, visit [www.the-scientist.com]. Article by Neil Thomas To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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