Former astronaut Nicole Stott orbits Earth aboard the International Space Station (Credit: NASA)Issue of June 5, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. Be well! --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Cross-Post: AAS President Calls on All Members to Support Black Americans Now
2. Women Leading Pandemic Research Through Time
3. Physicist Tesla Jeltema wins Mentorship Award from American Physical Society
4. Retired astronauts discuss the future of spaceflight ahead of SpaceX Crew Dragon launch
5. Deep Biases Prevent Diverse Talent from Advancing
6. Trailblazers: Lorena Soriano, STEM Diversity Advocate
7. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
9. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
1. Cross-Post: AAS President Calls on All Members to Support Black Americans Now
From: Megan Donahue via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
“As AAS President, I wish to comment on the tragic and brutal murders of Black Americans Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor. As scientists, researchers, educators, and human beings we have a responsibility to respond, to see and name these injustices, and to empathize and acknowledge our different human experiences and reactions to these events. We stand together with our Black members, their students, and their families. We stand with our Black AAS employees and volunteers from whom we have asked so much during these difficult and challenging times.”
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2020/06/aas-president-calls-all-members-support-black-americans-now
Back to top.2. Women Leading Pandemic Research Through Time
From: JoEllen McBride via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
“Medical schools routinely have 50% female students. Does that mean women are equal participants in the field? Let us consider the issue and start with the current pandemic.”
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/06/women-leading-pandemic-research-through.html
Back to top.3. Physicist Tesla Jeltema wins Mentorship Award from American Physical Society
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Tim Stephens
“The American Physical Society (APS) Division of Particles and Fields has awarded its 2020 Mentorship Award to Tesla Jeltema, associate professor of physics at UC Santa Cruz and a member of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP). ”
Read more at
https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/05/jeltema-award.html
Back to top.4. Retired astronauts discuss the future of spaceflight ahead of SpaceX Crew Dragon launch
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Hailey Rose McLaughlin
“Two NASA veterans - Nicole Stott and Cady Coleman - ponder humanity’s future in space, as well as the role women will play in it.”
Read more at
Back to top.5. Deep Biases Prevent Diverse Talent from Advancing
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Korena Di Roma Howley
“A new study indicates that underrepresented students in science-related fields are innovating at high rates—but not reaping commensurate rewards.”
Read more at
https://eos.org/articles/deep-biases-prevent-diverse-talent-from-advancing
Back to top.6. Trailblazers: Lorena Soriano, STEM Diversity Advocate
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Rebekah Bastian
“Lorena Soriano is an entrepreneur, a community leader, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Fellow. She is on a mission to change the workforce stats in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to ensure that the people who design and create products and services are representative of the populations that use them. She has founded three organizations, including her most recent venture every POINT ONE, and shares her own journey in STEM and entrepreneurship on Instagram.”
Read more at
Back to top.7. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.9. Access to Past Issues
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/AASWOMEN
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
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