Friday, July 16, 2021

AASWomen Newsletter for July 16, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of July 16, 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:

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1. Crosspost: Women You Should Know—Jocelyn Bell Burnell

2. The gender gap in science and technology, in numbers

3. Embrace and celebrate diverse names in science

4. Where are all the female astronomers? Influential women in astronomy, now and through the ages

5. Women in STEM: Promote yourself and find mentors for success in your field

6. 2022-2025 IAIFI Fellowship Competition

7. 2022-2025 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Call for Nominations

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 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. Crosspost: Women You Should Know—Jocelyn Bell Burnell
From: Bryne Hadnott via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com

By Dale Debakcsky

Sometimes the hardest thing about living in the universe is knowing about it. There is real and true terror to be faced in the indifferent march of the universe towards its inevitable dark close, and it takes a special type of person to stare into the void of our cosmic destiny on a daily basis and contemplate the mechanics of the vast machinery cooly plotting the complete demise of us, everything we’ve ever done, and everything we shall ever do. Psychologically, astronomers of the modern era have to be made of some pretty stern stuff, and how they cope with the magnitude of their subject matter is often as fascinating as their research, and few in this regard are as consistently compelling as Quaker astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell (b. 1943).

Read more at

http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/07/crosspost-women-you-should-knowjocelyn.html

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2. The gender gap in science and technology, in numbers
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]

By Natalie Marchant

"Women are still under-represented in fields such as computing, engineering, mathematics and physics, finds a UNESCO report. A workforce highly qualified in science and tech disciplines is vital to filling the skills shortage as the Fourth Industrial Revolution gathers pace. Strenuous efforts need to be made to address the gender gap at all levels of academia and the workplace, UNESCO warns. Women remain a significant minority in the scientific fields driving the digital revolution, amid a general skills shortage that’s holding back progress."

Read more at

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/07/science-technology-gender-gap

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3. Embrace and celebrate diverse names in science
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu] and Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]

By Ilinca Ioana Ciubotariu

According to the US National Science Foundation, nearly one-half of US postdocs and one-third of faculty members in science and engineering were born in other countries. Many immigrant scientists have experienced discrimination in various forms — including poor reactions to their supposedly hard-to-pronounce names.

Read more - and earn what to do for your name and those of others - at

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01831-0

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4. Where are all the female astronomers? Influential women in astronomy, now and through the ages
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]

In the run-up to the Royal Astronomical Society’s high-profile annual meeting – hosted this year by the University of Bath (July 19-23) – the prime minister has announced an important new prize for women astronomers. The award highlights the need for women to be recognised for their outstanding work in this field, and it begs the question – why is the world so short on female astronomers?

A new prize to celebrate outstanding research by women astrophysicists was made public earlier this month by Britain’s prime minister. It is the latest initiative to recognise the game-changing contribution of women in a field that is hugely dominated by men.

Read more at

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=57782

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5. Women in STEM: Promote yourself and find mentors for success in your field
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]

By Karen Roby

"TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke with Jenn Donahue, president and owner of JL Donahue Engineering and an engineer. Donahue is also a mentor and speaker encouraging and helping women to be successful in STEM positions. They talked about the challenges women face in STEM careers. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation."

Read more at

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/women-in-stem-promote-yourself-and-find-mentors-for-success-in-your-field

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6. 2022-2025 IAIFI Fellowship Competition
From: Marisa LaFleur [mlafleur_at_mit.edu]

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce the Year 2 Fellowship competition for the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI)!

The IAIFI is comprised of both physics and AI researchers at MIT, Harvard, Northeastern, and Tufts. Our goal is to advance physics knowledge – from the smallest building blocks of nature to the largest structures in the Universe – and galvanize AI research innovation.

We are searching for early-career scientists working at the intersection of Physics and AI. Applications for this second round of IAIFI Fellows are due on September 21, 2021:

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18785

https://iaifi.org/fellows.html

The complete text of the ad is pasted below the signature. Feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be interested in this fellowship opportunity or who might wish to receive future IAIFI news mailings:

http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/iaifi-news

Any inquiries about the program should be directed to iaifi-fellows@mit.edu.

Sincerely,

Marisa LaFleur, IAIFI Project Manager

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7. 2022-2025 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Call for Nominations
From: Carol Breen [breen_at_mit.edu]

Dear Colleague,

The Executive Committee of the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics invites faculty and senior researchers within physics, astronomy or related fields to submit nominations for the 2022-2025 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics competition.

Nominees should be young physicists of exceptional ability at the beginning stage of their careers, who currently have or will have received a doctoral degree in physics, astronomy or related fields by September 1, 2022.

Candidates are nominated using the online form located at:

https://physics.mit.edu/research/pappalardo-fellowships-in-physics/competition

The nomination deadline is Friday, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021.

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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

- Astronomy Education Specialist at NOIRLab https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/JobBoard/9eb88b35-a884-4935-9c1e-0ce6bbf2a741/Opportunity/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=ff169397-b7ae-4071-a456-2fd4c6b03d11

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