From item 6 Issue of November 6, 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. Meet Your CSWA, Sukanya Chakrabarti
2. 11 female astronauts who pioneered spaceflight
3. Study sheds light on what it takes for women to succeed – or not – in science in Africa
4. Pride in STEM Virtual Conference
5. Searchable STEM Women database increases representation of women
6. There's still a way to go with equality for women in science. Here's what needs to change.
7. Using better colours in science
9. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
11. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
1. Meet Your CSWA, Sukanya Chakrabarti
From: JoEllen McBride via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
“Sukanya got her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, held postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard and UC Berkeley, and is currently faculty at RIT. She works broadly on a number of areas from galactic dynamics to time-domain astronomy.”
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/11/meet-your-cswa-sukanya-chakrabarti.html
Back to top.2. 11 female astronauts who pioneered spaceflight
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Eric Betz
“With a variety of backgrounds and talents, these women have helped push the boundaries of spaceflight.”
Learn more at
https://astronomy.com/news/2020/10/10-female-astronauts-who-pioneered-spaceflight
Back to top.3. Study sheds light on what it takes for women to succeed – or not – in science in Africa
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
In a survey of 415 women scientists in Africa, the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa found that "women’s success ... was influenced by individual, family, societal and work environment factors. These included personal capabilities and academic preparation. Access to funding and having women role models also emerged as factors."
Read more at
Read the report at
Back to top.4. Pride in STEM Virtual Conference
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
"Join Pride in STEM to celebrate the third annual LGBTQ+ STEM Day at the LGBTQ+ STEM Day Virtual Conference on 18th November, 2020!
To commemorate American Astronomer and gay activist Frank Kameny’s US Supreme Court fight against workplace discrimination, the conference is about what motivates and challenges us – in our professional lives, in our personal lives, in our practice as researchers, in our lived experiences as members of plural, intersecting, communities, in our pasts and in our futures."
Learn more at
https://prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/lgbtq-stem-day-virtual-conference
Back to top.5. Searchable STEM Women database increases representation of women
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Australian Academy of Science
“After celebrating its anniversary in August 2020, STEM Women has published its successes and future development in its first-year impact report.
The online directory “STEM Women” was established as a simple tool to combat the lack of representation of women in science, technology engineering and mathematics. By creating a STEM Women profile, women can gain more opportunities to share their expertise and progress their careers and personal capabilities.”
Learn more at
Read the report at
https://www.stemwomen.org.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/STEM-Women-Impact-Report-2020.pdf
Back to top.6. There's still a way to go with equality for women in science. Here's what needs to change.
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Katie Stow
“A new report conducted by Professional Scientists Australia has shed light on statistics that paint a frankly horrifying picture of inequality in science. And we need to talk about it. In fact, everyone should be talking about it.”
Learn more at
https://www.mamamia.com.au/women-in-science
Back to top.7. Using better colours in science
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By University of Oslo
“Colors are often essential to convey scientific data, from weather maps to the surface of Mars. But did you ever consider that a combination of colors could be "unscientific?" Well, that's the case with color scales that use rainbow-like and red–green colors, because they effectively distort data. And if that was not bad enough, they are unreadable to those with any form of color blindness. Researchers from the University of Oslo and Durham University explain scientific color maps, and present free-to-download and easy-to-use solutions in an open-access paper released today in Nature Communications.”
Learn more at
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-colours-science.html
Back to top.8. Job Opportunities
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/resources/Diversity#howtoincrease
- Visiting Assistant Professor (Astronomy), Albion College (Michigan) https://apply.interfolio.com/80281
Back to top.9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.11. Access to Past Issues
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/AASWOMEN
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
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