Friday, September 29, 2023

AASWomen Newsletter for September 29, 2023

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:

1. NASA's Hubble Fellowship Program
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

An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

https://www.science.org/content/article/biologist-discovered-lizards-and-other-organisms-can-influence-their-own-evolution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter

To submit an item to the AASWOMEN newsletter, including replies to topics, send email to aaswomen_at_lists.aas.org .

All material will be posted unless you tell us otherwise, including your email address.

When submitting a job posting for inclusion in the newsletter, please include a one-line description and a link to the full job posting.

Please remember to replace "_at_" in the e-mail address above.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter

Join AAS Women List through the online portal:

To Subscribe, go to https://aas.simplelists.com/aaswlist/subscribe/ and enter your name and email address, and click Subscribe. You will be sent an email with a link to click to confirm subscription.

To unsubscribe from AAS Women by email:

Go to https://aas.simplelists.com/aaswlist/subscribe/ , in the "My account and unsubscriptions", type your email address. You will receive an email with a link to access your account, from there you can click the unsubscribe link for this mailing list.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. Access to Past Issues

https://aas.org/comms/cswa/AASWOMEN

Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.

No comments :