Issue of February 11, 2022
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Alessandra Aloisi, Jeremy Bailin and Sethanne Howard
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. Be well! --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Crosspost: Physics Conference Creates Positive Experience for Kassaye, Stapley
2. An Open Call for Guest Blog Posts
3. Crosspost: U.N. leaders decry gender gap in STEM fields on Int'l Day of Women and Girls in Science
4. International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Feb 11
5. Report on NASA Astrophysics Inclusion Plan Pilot now available
6. Promoting mathematics to girls in Ghana
7. Meet 10 women with great science ideas
9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to 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. Crosspost: Physics Conference Creates Positive Experience for Kassaye, Stapley
From: Bryne Hadnott via http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Sophomore Bezawit Kassaye one day wants to own her own business that integrates the fashion industry with technology, which is why she’s double-majoring in computer science and business administration.
But her interest in another subject led her to an opportunity outside the classroom, as she was one of two College of Idaho students to make presentations at the 2022 Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics in January.
“I’ve always loved physics, that’s why I ended up taking the research opportunity,” Kassaye said. “I love physics, I am interested in astronomy, and it integrated computer science with it.”
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/02/crosspost-physics-conference-creates.html
Back to top.2. An Open Call for Guest Blog Posts
From: Bryne Hadnott via http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Are you known for your razor sharp wit and dry sense of humor? Are you that person in your friend group who has a hot take on literally every topic? Do your posts get retweeted by random celebrities because something about your opinions just "rings true" with people? Then, good news, everyone! The Women in Astronomy Blog is looking for your thought pieces, glow ups and glow downs, and any other thoughts rattling in your brain that can be arranged into a guest blog post of around 500 words or less.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/02/an-open-call-for-guest-blog-posts.html
Back to top.3. Crosspost: U.N. leaders decry gender gap in STEM fields on Int'l Day of Women and Girls in Science
From: Bryne Hadnott via http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Written by Doug Cunningham for UPI
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other U.N. leaders on Friday highlighted a gender gap in science, math, engineering and technology fields on International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
The U.N. chief emphasized that just one in three researchers in science and engineering are women.
Read more
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/02/crosspost-un-leaders-decry-gender-gap.html
Back to top.4. International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Feb 11
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu] and Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
Today is the UN's Int'l Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Here are a couple of articles about this:
- Full and equal access and participation for women and girls in science https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day
- U.N. leaders decry gender gap in STEM fields on Int'l Day of Women and Girls in Science https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/02/11/un-antonio-guterres-women-science-gender-gap/4091644589809
- In focus: International Day of Women and Girls in Science https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/in-focus/2022/02/in-focus-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/womenandgirlinscienceday
Back to top.5. Report on NASA Astrophysics Inclusion Plan Pilot now available
From: Patricia M. Knezek [patricia.m.knezek_at_nasa.gov]
In support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Agency-wide core value of Inclusion, as well as the Science Mission Directorate’s (SMD) objective of increasing the diversity of thought and backgrounds represented across the portfolio, the Astrophysics Division undertook an Inclusion Plan Pilot Program (Pilot Program). The goal of the Pilot Program was to determine if SMD could assess whether proposed Research and Analysis (R&A) investigations would further inclusion and whether such assessments could be factored into future selection decisions. A report on how the pilot was undertaken, the results, and lessons learned is now publicly available at the link below.
Read more at
Back to top.6. Promoting mathematics to girls in Ghana
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
Angela Tabiri, who researches quantum algebra at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Accra, describes how she began Femafricmaths, a network of African female mathematicians who highlight their different career paths through social media and promote the study of maths at schools. Tabiri started this program because she didn’t see many mathematicians who were people of colour and particularly women.
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00347-5?
Back to top.7. Meet 10 women with great science ideas
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
Astronomers Rebecca Allen and Sarah Pearce were profiled in Cosmos magazine, in an article celebrating the diversity and impact of Australia’s women scientists.
Read more at
https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/society/idwgs-women-in-science-day-2022
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
- Professor, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Virginia https://www.hamptonu.edu/hr/jobdetail.cfm?id=1239
- Assistant Professor, Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Wyoming https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/0b6532b9
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