From Item 2 Issue of January 22, 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. Cross-post: We’re Past Due for a SEA Change
2. American Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman’s Legacy for Female Pioneers
3. Why Big Data Is Failing Women In STEM And How To Fix It
4. Meet the Biden cabinet’s science and tech leaders
6. The 10 greatest predictions in physics
8. We Need STEM Mentors Who Can Reduce Bias and Fight Stereotypes
9. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
11. 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. Cross-post: We’re Past Due for a SEA Change
From: Alexis Knaub via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
“While it’s no secret that we in physics and astronomy still have much progress to make, our field has begun the journey of addressing the disproportionate challenges faced by our colleagues from groups underrepresented in physics, including those who are Black, Latin American, Indigenous, Asian, female, LGBT+, and/or are disabled. A major issue we must confront is that many of our learning and work environments aren’t set up for all of us to thrive as our whole, authentic selves.”
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/01/cross-post-were-past-due-for-sea-change.html
Back to top.2. American Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman’s Legacy for Female Pioneers
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Tracy Staedter
"As a child, Nancy Grace Roman was curious about the world. Thanks to her father, who was a scientist and encouraged inquisitiveness, and her mother, who pointed out the wonders of the night sky, Roman became fascinated by the stars. She wanted to know what they were made of, what they were like and how they behaved. By age 11, she formed her own astronomy club; by age 12, she resolved to become an astronomer. Little did she know, she would become one of the most celebrated female pioneers of astronomy in America."
Read more at
https://now.northropgrumman.com/american-astronomer-nancy-grace-romans-legacy-for-female-pioneers
Back to top.3. Why Big Data Is Failing Women In STEM And How To Fix It
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Joan Michelson
“Walmart can tell you how many of anything are in a given store or warehouse at any moment. Apps track your heartrate and your phone tracks your location at any moment. C-suite executives monitor everything in their organizations daily. Big Data dominates our economy. Yet, we don’t have consistent, standardized and real-time data on the jobs driving that 21st century-Big Data economy: science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Especially for women. In the labyrinth of sources, the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data seems to be the most detailed, but it’s relative; it’s not even clear exactly which jobs they include.”
Read more at
Back to top.4. Meet the Biden cabinet’s science and tech leaders
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Erin Fennessy
“President-elect Joseph R. Biden will have no choice but to rely on his new heads of science and technology in the Executive Branch as he begins his term facing down two dire crises: the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. So far he has embraced this reality, selecting medical experts and strategic environmental regulators as his closest advisors, and developing and campaigning on robust plans to tackle both crises.”
Read more at
https://www.popsci.com/story/science/biden-science-cabinet-picks
Back to top.5. ‘Picture a Scientist’ documentary showcases just how hard it is for female scientists to overcome bias
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Darcel Rockett
“Jane Willenbring’s opening salvo in the documentary “Picture a Scientist” is one that still brings tears to her eyes. The geomorphologist recalls taking her daughter to work one day and the 3-year-old saying she wanted to be a scientist just like her mom.”
Read more at
Back to top.6. The 10 greatest predictions in physics
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
I know some of you like lists. David Appell highlights what he thinks are the top 10 theoretical physics predictions that "have rocked our understanding of how the world works." Two of the predictions are attributed to Maria Goeppert Mayer and Vera Rubin.
Read more at
https://physicsworld.com/a/the-10-greatest-predictions-in-physics
Back to top.7. Dr. Andrea Ghez, Only the Fourth Woman to Win the Nobel Prize for Physics, Shows the Rarity of High-Achieving Women in Science
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Carol Stabile
“From their inception in 1901, the Nobel prizes have recognized the highest achievements—those which “have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”—in chemistry, literature, peace, physics, physiology and/or medicine, with a special memorial prize in economics.”
Read more at
https://msmagazine.com/2021/01/19/andrea-ghez-fourth-woman-nobel-prize-for-physics-women-in-stem
Back to top.8. We Need STEM Mentors Who Can Reduce Bias and Fight Stereotypes
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Stephanie Knezz
“This past November, a heated conversation about mentorship in science was sparked by a Nature Communications study that alleged that female scientific trainees are less prolific in their subsequent careers if their research adviser is a woman. After serious backlash, the journal took a step back and retracted the paper.”
Read more at
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