Issue of May 21, 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. Tapasi Ghosh
3. Pandemic Could Roll Back Advancements For Women in STEMM
4. How Congress can help get more women and girls involved in STEM education
5. More than 120 orange statues at NorthPark honor women in science, tech, engineering and math
6. Strength in Diversity - Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
7. Women in Science: Neuroscientist Caroline Geisler on 'standing out from the crowd'
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. Women of Arecibo: Dr. Tapasi Ghosh
From: Amanpreet Kaur via http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
This post is part of our ongoing Women of Arecibo series, which highlights the achievements and experiences of women who built their careers around the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory, as well as the professional and personal impact of losing an instrument which was of utmost importance in their careers.
The following post features Dr. Tapasi Ghosh, who has been a Staff Scientist at the Green Bank Observatory since 2018. Previously, she worked as a Staff Astronomer at NAIC/Arecibo Observatory from 1992 - 2018. We asked her about her work with Arecibo and the impact of the facility.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/05/women-of-arecibo-dr-tapasi-ghosh.html
Back to top.2. The People Behind Astronomical Plates and Notebooks: Project PHaEDRA and the Harvard College Observatory Computers
From: Maria Patterson [maria.t.patterson_at_gmail.com]
"Beginning in 1885, the Harvard College Observatory (now part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) began an ambitious project to survey the entire night sky. Astronomers at Harvard’s central observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its new observatory in Arequipa, Peru, ultimately produced over 500,000 glass plate images of the night sky. Directors of the Harvard College Observatory hired women to study, organize, and care for its immense glass plate collection in Cambridge."
Read more at
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/project-phaedra-and-harvard
Back to top.3. Pandemic Could Roll Back Advancements For Women in STEMM
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com] and Maria
Patterson [maria.t.patterson_at_gmail.com]
By Emily Kwong
"[NPR] Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong speaks with Dr. Eve Higginbotham about our earliest understandings of how the pandemic has impacted the careers of women in STEMM, and what support institutions can offer.
Dr. Higginbotham chaired a committee investigating how the pandemic specifically has affected women in STEMM. Higginbotham is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania and Vice Dean for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity for Penn Medicine."
Read more and listen at
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/997652545/pandemic-could-roll-back-advancements-for-women-in-stemm
Back to top.4. How Congress can help get more women and girls involved in STEM education
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)
"It is no secret that there are long standing disparities that exist within the STEM fields. Despite women's groundbreaking research, discoveries, and achievements in science and technology, in 2019, only 35 percent of students enrolled in STEM coursework were women. Women earned less than half of degrees in most STEM fields (46.3 percent associate's, 49.4 percent bachelor's, 43.6 percent master's, 45.2 percent doctoral), less than a quarter of all degrees in engineering, and STEM Bachelor degree attainment for women was decreasing. In 2019, women accounted for just 28 percent of the science and engineering workforce. Further, the opportunity gaps that women and people of color face have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic."
Read more at
Back to top.5. More than 120 orange statues at NorthPark honor women in science, tech, engineering and math
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Cheryl Hall
"The '#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit,' featuring more than 120 life-size statues of women STEM stars, is finally ready for its public debut at NorthPark Center [Dallas] after a year on hold due to the pandemic.
The bright orange sculptures created by 3D scanning and 3D printing are designed to inspire girls (and boys, too) to think about the careers they can have if they add science, technology, engineering and math to their playlist."
Read more at
Back to top.6. Strength in Diversity - Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
From: Maria Patterson [maria.t.patterson_at_gmail.com]
For AAPI Heritage Month throughout May, the Department of Energy highlights contributions from AAPI colleagues, including - Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, often called the "First Lady of Physics"; Jeene Villanueva who leads a team of ten software developers at DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Lady Idos, the first-ever Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Officer for DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Dr. Jie Xiao, who holds 17 patents in the energy storage field; and Dr. Vanessa Z Chan, the Chief Commercialization Officer and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions, angel investor, mother, and maker all at the same time.
Read more at
Back to top.7. Women in Science: Neuroscientist Caroline Geisler on 'standing out from the crowd'
From: Maria Patterson [maria.t.patterson_at_gmail.com]
"As part of its continuous efforts to explore the role of women in science, Global Voices spoke to Caroline Geisler, PhD, an independent research associate in the neurobiology department at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Geisler works in the field of computational neuroscience, with a focus on the emergence and function of rhythmic neuronal activity."
Read more at
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
- Investigation Scientist for Extreme-Precision Radial Velocity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
https://www.jpl.jobs/job/R361/Investigation-Scientist-for-Extreme-Precision-Radial-Velocity
- Neutrino Scientist - Senior R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physical Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN
- Particle/Nuclear Scientist - Senior R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physical Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN
- Various staff and postdoc roles, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physical Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN
https://jobs.ornl.gov/go/Advanced-Materials-Jobs/4534000
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