Women In Astronomy: August 2019

Friday, August 30, 2019

AASWomen Newsletter for August 30, 2019

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Barbie introduced two new dolls to their Inspiring Women series on Monday: Sally Ride and Rosa Parks. (Credit: Huffpost)

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of August 30, 2019
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, and Alessandra Aloisi

This week's issues:

1. AAS Board Reflections: Christine Jones

2. Dr. Martha P. Haynes, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, to receive the 2019 Bruce Gold Medal

3. In Support of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

4. Did this Woman Really Discover What ‘the Universe is Made of’?

5. Rosa Parks And Sally Ride Are Getting Their Very Own Barbies

6. 'Mission Mangal' Tells the True Story of the Women Behind India's First Mission to Mars

7. A 24-year-old entrepreneur was bored in science class – so she started this company

8. Fall research symposium at New York University

9. Younger scientists need better support

10. The Publications Arms Race

11. Female-free speaker list causes PHP show to collapse when diversity-oriented devs jump ship

12. Biased Evaluation Committees Promote Fewer Women

13. More Birthdays Needed for the AAS Wall Calendar

14. Job Opportunities

15. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter

16. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter

17. Access to Past Issues of the AASWOMEN newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for August 23, 2019

Posted by Nicolle Zellner

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of August 23, 2019

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, JoEllen McBride, and Alessandra Aloisi

This week's issues:

1. AAS Board Reflections: Adam Burgasser

2. What's Up With MeTooSTEM?

Bearded Lady Scientists
Image by Kelsey Vance (2017)

3. Ten simple rules for a successful remote postdoc

4. Girls Who Code CEO: Men Need to Be Brave in the Service of Women

5. Women in STEM college programs under attack for male discrimination

6. Berkeley FEMALE profs wear BEARDS to protest alleged gender bias

7. If NASA Wants to Land the 1st Woman on the Moon, Her Spacesuit Better Fit
8. Why Equal Access to the Academic Stage is Still an Upward Battle

9. Peer reviewers need a code of conduct too

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for August 09, 2019

Posted by Maria Patterson

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of August 09, 2019
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

Rose O'Halloran, from item 2

This week's issues:

1. Summary of the Symposium Honoring Vera Rubin

2. 'Can teach men' - The story of Irish astronomer Rose O'Halloran

3. UW professor Ann Nelson remembered as brilliant physicist, advocate for diversity in science

4. Distinguished chemist Polly Arnold appointed as chemical sciences director at Berkeley Lab

5. How gender bias excludes women from international scientific collaboration

6. After Investigation, Neil deGrasse Tyson Will Keep His Job

7. Student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors

8. Why we need to keep talking about equality in physics

9. Study suggests use of gender-neutral terms to describe people leads to gender equality

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for August 2, 2019

Posted by Heather Flewelling

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of August 02, 2019

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, JoEllen McBride, and Alessandra Aloisi
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