AAS Committee on
the Status of Women
Issue of September 29, 2023
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Nicolle
Zellner, Sethanne Howard, and Hannah Jang-Condell
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
2. NSF supports the Council of Graduate Schools in efforts to broaden participation in the nation’s technology workforce
3. Astronomers push back on new IAU harassment polic
4. Natural Inspiration
5. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
6. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
7. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
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1.
NASA's Hubble Fellowship Program
From: Antonino Cucchiara and Patricia Knezek via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) seeks input from the astronomical community and, in particular, from early career colleagues, in response to the 2021 NHFP program review and recommendations. This feedback form will be available until October 21st, 2023.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2023/09/nasas-hubble-fellowship-program.html
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2.
NSF supports the Council of Graduate Schools in efforts to broaden
participation in the nation’s technology workforce
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced it will invest nearly $5.8 million in two projects in collaboration with the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). The NSF investment will fund efforts to broaden participation in advanced degree programs in a range of key technologies highlighted in the "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022" and provide data to help universities address challenges in recruiting and retaining domestic graduate students underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Read more at
https://new.nsf.gov/tip/updates/nsf-supports-council-graduate-schools-efforts
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3.
Astronomers
push back on new IAU harassment polic
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Sarah Wild
The executive committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) plans to meet this week to revise its code of conduct after receiving complaints that the recently updated harassment section supports those who have harassed or bullied their colleagues.
Many astronomers and academics have expressed worries that the policy opens the door for retaliatory harassment allegations against those who refuse to work or engage with alleged or known offenders.
Read more at
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/42744/Astronomers-push-back-on-new-IAU-harassment-policy
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4. Natural Inspiration
From: Nicolle Zellner
[nzellner_at_albion.edu]
“There isn’t anything about being a PI that you can’t learn by being in retail", says Martha Muñoz, an evolutionary biologist at Yale University. Working as a cashier at a pharmacy, where she had to handle angry customers and put up with condescending colleagues, taught her valuable lessons about leading a research laboratory.
Read more about her career trajectory and salamander research at
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5. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN
newsletter
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7. Access to Past Issues
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Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
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