Issue of January 24, 2025
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Sethanne Howard, and Ferah Munshi
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Career Profile: Have Sextant, Will Travel
2. AAS Election
3. AAS Fellows for 2025
4. AAS 245 Chambliss Student Award Winners
5. Fostering Belonging through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives at ICRAR-UWA
6. The Gruber Foundation Fellowship Programme
7. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
9. 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.
The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy has compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers, planetary scientists, etc. The interviews share advice and lessons learned from individuals on those paths.
Below is our interview with Dr. Jennifer Bartlett, the Project Scientist for Astrophysics at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Throughout her career, she has been interested in astrometry, the history of astronomy, computer science, and library science and worked in government and industry between degrees. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and her graduate degrees at the University of Virginia, from which she earned her PhD in 2007.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2025/01/career-profile-have-sextant-will-travel.html
The 2025 AAS election is now underway, and eligible members will vote for the following positions: President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, At-Large Trustee, USNC/IAU Representative, Nominating Committee member. Members eligible to vote received an email with a set of login credentials specifically for the voting portal. Voting Closes 18 February.
The American Astronomical Society (AAS), a major international organization of professional astronomers, astronomy educators, and amateur astronomers, is honoring 24 members for extraordinary achievement and service by naming them AAS Fellows — an honor bestowed on less than 0.5% of AAS’s membership each year. They are being recognized for original research and publications, innovative contributions to astronomical techniques or instrumentation, significant contributions to education and public outreach, and noteworthy service to astronomy and to the Society itself.
See more at
https://aas.org/press/aas-names-24-new-fellows-2025
The latest Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award poster competition was a success, and we at the AAS are excited to announce the winners of the competition! The winners presented their posters at the 245th AAS meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, in January 2025. These students participated in a Chambliss Student Poster Competition, which has been significantly revised in the past year to include a two-stage process.
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/01/congratulations-aas-245-chambliss-student-award-winners
We are excited to announce the second talk in the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Talk Series, continuing our collaboration between the International Astronomical Union Women in Astronomy and the European Astronomical Society EDI Working Group!
This is another excellent opportunity to engage in thought-provoking discussions, learn from each other, and explore actionable ways we can contribute to fostering greater diversity and inclusion within our community. Mark your calendars, and don't miss out on this enriching event!
We are pleased to introduce our next speaker: Asha Stabback, Acting Chair - Development and Inclusion Committee at ICRAR-UWA.
Deadline to register your interest: 25th January, 2025
Registration link- https://forms.gle/2j9W22w7c4xzNQax8
Date: 30th January 2025
Time: 11:00 -12:00 AM CET (UTC+1).
Fostering Belonging through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives at ICRAR-UWA
Abstract: ICRAR, a State Government funded joint venture between Curtin University and the University of Western Australia (UWA), is committed to creating a working environment and culture that is inclusive and provides equal opportunities, irrespective of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, culture and origin. We celebrate inclusion and diversity and appreciate the experiences, skills and perspectives of all individuals to harness a collaborative environment. In this talk, Asha Stabback, current Chair of the DEI Committee (UWA) will share an insight from the UWA perspective of the programs and initiatives established, the challenges and the opportunities to continue to maintain and strengthen the culture of belonging across academic and professional staff as well as students.
A recording of the talk will be made available on the IAU Women in Astronomy Working Group website following the event.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89165223590
By IAU
The Gruber Foundation (TGF) has created the GF Fellowship Programme with the aim of promoting the science of cosmology and other branches of astronomy. The deadline is March 1st.
Read more at
https://www.iau.org/science/grants_prizes/gruber_foundation/fellowships/
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