AAS Committee on
the Status of Women
Issue of August 20, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria
Patterson, Jeremy Bailey, and Alessandra Aloisi
[We hope you all are taking care of
yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
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| Carolyn Shoemaker at the telescope |
3. Underrepresented Minority Communities in Planetary Science Travel Grant
4. Message from the IAU About the Scientific Community in Afghanistan
5. Sonar, Esforzarse y Lograr: Reach, Strive, Achieve - From Costa Rica to Mars
6. Job Opportunities
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. In Memoriam: Carolyn Shoemaker, 1929–2021
From: Mary Chapman and Lisa Gaddis via usdaynews.com
American astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, Carolyn Shoemaker, passed away on August 13, 2021, at the age of 92.
“Carolyn was quite extraordinary,” noted Lisa Gaddis, Director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute. “Although her scientific career began after she and her husband Gene raised their family, she became one of the world’s foremost discoverers of comets and asteroids. She was smart, witty, and just so practical; she was an example to younger women and budding scientists everywhere as someone who made a difference in her own way.”
Read more at
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary_news/2021/08/17/in-memoriam-carolyn-shoemaker-1929-2021/
Learn about Carolyn’s life at
https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/people/carolyn-shoemaker
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2. Academic Institutions Must Do Better to
Protect Caregivers This Fall
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By 500 Women Scientists
As the academic year approaches, many schools and universities in the U.S. have failed to put in place mask or vaccine mandates. This lack of protection places parents in an agonizing position of trying to keep their children safe while maintaining productive careers, and once again, women and historically excluded groups will bear the brunt of the losses that this situation imposes.
Read more at
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3. Underrepresented Minority Communities
in Planetary Science Travel Grant
From: Maria Womack [dpssec_at_aas.org]
The makeup of the planetary science community does not reflect the full diversity of the United States, and in particular Black/African American, Indigenous, and Latinx communities are heavily underrepresented relative to the US labor force population (Rivera-Valentin et al., 2020). Therefore, the DPS is offering funds to encourage and support participation of students, scientists, and other space professionals who are members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. In partnership with the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), awards are available for members of Black/African American, Indigenous, and/or Latinx communities to support attendance at the annual DPS meeting and/or the annual NSBP meeting. The fund is intended to support some travel (when meetings are in person) and meeting registration fees, and applicants may also request coverage for society membership fees. Deadline Sep 17, 2021.
Apply for the travel grant at
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4. Message from the IAU About the
Scientific Community in Afghanistan
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
"The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is profoundly concerned by the current events in Afghanistan and fears adverse consequences to its scientific community, most notably continued access for women in science and access to education for girls.
We have been receiving reports of the dire circumstances and numerous requests for help from our colleagues, who in this time of crisis fear for their lives for no other reason than that they are upholding scientific principles and furthering scientific knowledge. Their freedom, security and wellbeing are under threat."
Read more at
https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann21044/
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5. Sonar, Esforzarse y Lograr: Reach,
Strive, Achieve - From Costa Rica to Mars
From: BU, ShieldOutreach [shieldoutreach_at_bu.edu]
The next ShieldOutraech webinar (Friday, September 10, 2 pm ET) will feature Sandra Cauffman, who serves as the Deputy Director of the Earth Science Division, in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. From February 2019 to June 2020 she served as the Acting Director of the Earth Science Division. She provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and overall management for the entire agency’s multi-billion Earth Science portfolio, from technology development, applied science, research, mission implementation and operation.
Her profile has been highlighted by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women for being a positive example for women, especially, youth and children. Due to her extensive work in outreach and STEM in Costa Rica and Latin America the Government of Costa Rica issued a stamp in her honor in 2017.
Register for the webinar at
https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdemvrTMjGt0ECcz2tI1Prb36DWq7eou_
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6. 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
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Graduate Student Internship
Opportunity, Joint Staff, Pentagon
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