Issue of January 04, 2019
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, JoEllen McBride, and Ale Aloisi (guest ed.)
[Happy New Year everyone! To anyone going to the AAS meeting in Seattle, we hope you have an astronomical time! --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Cross-post: AAS 233 events from the CSMA Nesletter
3. AAS Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion in Astronomy Graduate Education Issues Report
4. The Women of NASA's New Horizons Team Are Breaking Boundaries—in More Ways Than One
5. 'You Can't Be What You Can't See'
6. Women In STEM In 2018 Made Major Gains & Here Are 5 Of Their Biggest Accomplishments
7. The Year in Science—and What Americans Thought about It
8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
10. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
1. Cross-post: AAS 233 events from the CSMA Newsletter
From: Cristina Thomas via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
- List of POC presenting at AAS
http://astronomyincolor.blogspot.com/2019/01/people-of-color-presenting-at-aas-233.html - Student Orientation and Grad Fair
Sunday, 5:30-7:00 pm, Room 6B
CSWA, CSMA, SGMA, and WGAD will all have tables - Meet & Greets
CSMA Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm, Room 4C-1
SGMA for LGBTQIA Monday, 6:30-7:30 pm, Room 214
CSWA Wednesday, 6-7 pm, Room 4C-3
See more events on our blog at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/01/cross-post-aas-233-events-from-csma.html?m=1
Back to top.2. Astro2020 Update
From: Cristina Thomas via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The National Academy of Sciences has appointed Fiona Harrison and Robert Kennicutt Jr. to co-chair the upcoming Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astro2020. The deadline for proposals has also been extended to February 19.
More information on our blog at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/01/astro2020-co-chairs-announced-deadline.html?m=1
Back to top.3. AAS Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion in Astronomy Graduate Education Issues Report
From: Alexandar Rudolph [alrudolph_at_cpp.edu]
The AAS Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion in Astronomy Graduate Education has submitted its final report to the AAS Board, which has voted to accept it. Members of the Task Force will be presenting the highlights of the report’s findings at a plenary on Tuesday, January 8th at the AAS meeting in Seattle from 11:40 am-12:30 pm in Room 6E.
In addition, there will be a special session organized by the Task Force on Holistic Admissions on Thursday, January 10th from 10-11:30 am in Room 6C:
Download a copy of the report at
https://tinyurl.com/AASDiversityTaskForceReport
Back to top.4. The Women of NASA's New Horizons Team Are Breaking Boundaries—in More Ways Than One
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
Congratulations to the New Horizons team for the successful encounter with 2014 MU69 (aka Ultima Thule). Mission Ops Manager, Alice Bowman, reported that the spacecraft was "healthy" on January 1 after receiving signals from the edges of the solar system. She is part of the ~30% of the New Horizons staff, and ~25% of the mission’s science leadership, who are women.
Read more at
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/women-of-new-horizons
Back to top.5. 'You Can't Be What You Can't See'
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
A group of STEM professionals came together to share their tips on being successful in STEM fields.
Watch more at
https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/45973116/stem-you-can-t-be-what-you-can-t-see
Back to top.6. Women In STEM In 2018 Made Major Gains & Here Are 5 Of Their Biggest Accomplishments
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
By JR Thorpe
"In many ways, 2018 was a groundbreaking year. For women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and girls who hope one day to be changing the world through STEM, it's been a showcase of the power of female-led science and innovation. There have also been challenges and powerful lessons, but 2018 for women in STEM was intriguing, barrier-breaking and full of new and exciting discoveries."
Read more at
Back to top.7. The Year in Science—and What Americans Thought about It
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
This whole article is interesting but I am submitting it to AASWOMEN for the last section on Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities in STEM. A Pew Research Center poll of US adults shows similar results to the NASEM report on experiencing harassment in the workplace.
Read more at
Back to top.8. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.10. Access to Past Issues
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