Issue of April 4, 2025
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Sethanne Howard, Ferah Munshi, Stella Kafka, and Ben Keller
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Grace Period Ending Soon for AAS Memberships
2. Cross-post from the AAS Education Committee blog: The AAS Education Committee Is Soliciting New Volunteers!
3. The Telescopes for Teachers Program with Dr. Rachel Huchmala
4. Who Was Cecilia Payne and How Did She Change Astronomy?
5. Academy Member was Female Trailblazer in Astronomy
6. Self-Nominations Invited for Task Force 1 (TF1): Development of NASA-DARES 2025: The 2025 NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy
7. Call for Experts: National Academies Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics
8. Job Opportunities
9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
11. Access to Past Issues
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
This is your call to action if you have yet to renew your 2025 membership in the American Astronomical Society. The grace period for your membership will end on Monday, 7 April.
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/04/grace-period-ending-soon-aas-memberships
The AAS Education Committee oversees the AAS's education activities.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2025/04/cross-post-aas-education-committee-is.html
Kimberly Mitchell, CSWA blogger, interviewed Dr. Rachel Huchmala, CSWA member and doctoral research fellow for Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve STEM Network (CIDSRSN). They spoke about the Telescopes for Teachers program Rachel helped found with CIDSRSN.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2025/03/kimberly-mitchell-cswa-blogger.html
By Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi
Learn more about how Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin changed astronomy when she proposed what the stars were made of.
Read more at
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-was-cecelia-payne-and-how-did-she-change-astronomy
By Brooke Elliott
Dr. Margaret Burbidge was the first woman to serve as director of the Royal Observatory, a recipient of the National Medal of Science, and a designer of instruments carried aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. She was also the first director of the University of California’s Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences.
Read more at
https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/academy-member-was-female-trailblazer-in-astronomy/
The NASA Astrobiology Program is seeking a panel of 12-14 subject matter experts and 1 early-career executive secretary (early-career being defined as within 5 years of terminal degree) for NASA DARES (NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy) Task Force 1 (TF1). Nominations due April 11.
Read more at
https://go.nasa.gov/ABStrategyRFI
By: Kristen Garofali
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to be considered for the membership rotation or other engagement with the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), a committee of the Space Studies Board.
Read more at
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
- 2025 Caroline Herschel Lectureship
https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/applications-sought-2025-caroline-herschel-lectureship
- IPAC Visiting Graduate Fellowship, IPAC, Pasadena, CA
https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/page/graduate-fellowship-2026
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