From Item 3Issue of May 07, 2021
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. Women of Arecibo: Dr. Flaviane Venditti
2. The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir
3. Shining a Light on Women in STEM with THE CURIE SOCIETY
4. 'Raven the Science Maven' encourages students to find their voice in STEM
5. Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence
6. Strategy to get more women in STEM jobs falls flat
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
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
1. Women of Arecibo: Dr. Flaviane Venditti
From: JoEllen McBride via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The post features Dr. Flaviane Venditti who joined the Arecibo staff in May 2017 and is currently the group lead for planetary radar.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/05/women-of-arecibo-dr-flaviane-venditti.html
Back to top.2. The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir
From: Jay Pasachoff [jmp_at_williams.edu]
This post is a beautiful review with a personal touch by Jay Pasachoff about the remarkable book “The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir” written by Sara Seager in 2019 to tell her personal and professional story.
Read more at
https://www.keyreporter.org/book-reviews/2021/the-smallest-lights-in-the-universe-a-memoir
Back to top.3. Shining a Light on Women in STEM with THE CURIE SOCIETY
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Rosie Knight
“Female scientists are incredibly rare in media, but a new comic is here to change that. The Curie Society shines a light on women in STEM in an exciting kid-focused story. Imagining a world where Marie Curie established a secret society for women in science, the graphic novel centers on the newest recruits. Simone, Maya, and Taj are students at Edmonds University, but after solving a series of complex puzzles they’re inducted into the titular group. It’s an action-packed sci-fi adventure that puts women at the forefront. To celebrate the release, we dug into the process behind the story with its developers, Adam Staffaroni and Heather Einhorn.”
Read more at
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/shining-light-women-stem-curie-212346189.html
Back to top.4. 'Raven the Science Maven' encourages students to find their voice in STEM
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Joe Dolinsky
“Molecular biologist and social media standout Raven Baxter, better known as “Raven the Science Maven,” utilized her trademark mix of music and science education to inspire Penn State Hazleton students during a virtual event dedicated to diversity in STEM.”
Read more at
Back to top.5. Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Julianna Photopoulos
“In 2011, during her undergraduate degree at Georgia Institute of Technology, Ghanaian-US computer scientist Joy Buolamwini discovered that getting a robot to play a simple game of peek-a-boo with her was impossible – the machine was incapable of seeing her dark-skinned face. Later, in 2015, as a Master’s student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab working on a science–art project called Aspire Mirror, she had a similar issue with facial analysis software: it detected her face only when she wore a white mask. Was this a coincidence?”
Read more at
https://physicsworld.com/a/fighting-algorithmic-bias-in-artificial-intelligence
Back to top.6. Strategy to get more women in STEM jobs falls flat
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Julie Hare
“A $100 million investment encouraging women to take up jobs in the science and technology sector has come to little, with a new government report showing the number of females in related occupations has barely budged over the past decade. The STEM Equity Monitor reveals only 10 per cent of women with a science, technology, engineering or mathematics qualification continue to work in the field. A yawning gender pay gap, low levels of seniority, high levels of unemployment and lack of job satisfaction all contribute to the dire picture.”
Read more at
Read the report from the Australian Government at
https://www.industry.gov.au/news/second-national-data-report-on-girls-and-women-in-stem
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