The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to be launched in December 2021 (from item 3, courtesy: NASA)Issue of October 15, 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. Astronomers from Planet Earth: Victoria Grinberg
2. Researchers voice dismay at all-male science Nobels
3. NASA hit by resignation over its handling of investigation into telescope renaming
4. New Primary Source Set on Women in Science and Technology
5. Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund open for applications
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. Astronomers from Planet Earth: Victoria Grinberg
From: Bryne Hadnott via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
This feature is part of our ongoing series about the amazing women at Astronomers for Planet Earth (A4E), a global network of astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts dedicated to offering their unique perspective to the fight for climate justice. For this post, we'll hear from Victoria Grinberg, an astrophysicist and liaison scientist at the European Space Agency's Science Division.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/10/astronomers-for-planet-earth-victoria.html
Back to top.2. Researchers voice dismay at all-male science Nobels
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Katharine Sanderson
Another article highlights the disappointing lack of progress in terms of diversity for the prestigious Nobel Prizes awarded this year.
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02782-2
Back to top.3. NASA hit by resignation over its handling of investigation into telescope renaming
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Michael Banks
“A member of NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee has resigned over the agency’s handling of an investigation into whether the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) should be renamed. The probe was instigated in the wake of concerns that Webb – a former NASA administrator – had been involved in mistreating gay and lesbian people in the 1950s and 1960s. NASA announced in September, however, that it would not be changing the name of the JWST, revealing the news via a single-sentence statement that was released only to certain media outlets.”
Read more at
Back to top.4. New Primary Source Set on Women in Science and Technology
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Stephen Wesson
“Researchers, authors, activists, educators, and technicians: Women have played many different roles in the development of science, technology, and medicine over the centuries. A new primary source set from the Library of Congress, Women in Science and Technology, brings together items from the Library’s collections that highlight some of the work that American women have done in scientific fields.”
Read more at
https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2021/10/new-primary-source-set-on-women-in-science-and-technology
The new Primary Source Set can be found at
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/women-in-science-and-technology?loclr=blogtea
Back to top.5. Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund open for applications
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
The Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund, founded by Jocelyn Bell Burnell using her £2.3m 2018 Breakthrough Prize and administered by IOP, is for full or part-time graduates wishing to study towards a doctorate in physics who are from groups that are currently under-represented in physics. Applications are now open, with a submission deadline of 21 January 2022.
Read more at
Back to top.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#howtoincrease
- Planetary Astronomer, SETI Institute, CA https://seti.org/jobs/planetary-astronomer
- Rubin Operations Scientist, Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Fundamental Physics Directorate, CA https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19917
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
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