Issue of January 23, 2026
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Sethanne Howard, Ferah Munshi, Stella Kafka, and Ben Keller
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. AAS Congressional Visits Day 2026 & The Unknowns of Science (Policy)
2. First Announcement for the “Empowering Science in the Data-Rich Era of Astronomy” Conference
3. Nominations Open for Scientific American Young Scientists Award
4. Coming out as a transgender scientist made me the best teacher I’ve ever been
5. How the administration's moves could dramatically reshape the scientific workforce
6. Job Opportunities
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 deadline to sign up for AAS Congressional Visits Day is fast approaching (February 1, 2026). In today's crosspost, Cecilia Ochoa, a PhD student at the University of California, Riverside, writes about her experience as an AAS science policy advocate in 2025.
Read more at: https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2026/01/aas-congressional-visits-day-2026.html
NSF NOIRLab is pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission are now open for the “Empowering Science in the Data-Rich Era of Astronomy” conference, which will take place from 20–24 April 2026 in Tucson, AZ. The astronomical community has entered an era of rapidly evolving datasets of unprecedented volume and complexity, requiring cutting-edge analysis resources and tools, including AI and machine learning. NSF NOIRLab is positioning itself to better support the community in this era of data and software-driven growth. The discussion at this meeting will inform the planning process for evolving the data, software and service products across NOIRLab.
Read more at: https://noirlab.edu/science/events/websites/data-rich-astronomy
Scientific American is looking for the next great superstars in science, technology, and medicine. They are the future generation of leaders, the innovators, the people making big discoveries and solving the toughest problems. This award is for scientists whose work is poised to change the world.
Read more at: https://aas.org/posts/news/2026/01/nominations-open-scientific-american-young-scientists-award
How can research institutions welcome scientists who come out as LGBTQ+? And what does being ‘out’ in an academic context mean? In 1997, Shannon Bros came out as a transgender woman to students and colleagues. “When I transitioned, everything stopped,” says Bros of her research career. “I had a huge friend base by that time. I was confident, you know, what I was doing. Everything collapsed overnight.”
Read more at: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00057-2
In some ways, she and her husband were ahead of the curve. Months before Donald Trump was elected U.S. president for a second time, the chemistry postdoc began to submit applications for faculty jobs in Europe. “We were noticing the momentum in Florida,” she says of the overhaul of public universities that Republican Governor Ron DeSantis had implemented in her home state. The pair was also “very concerned” about Project 2025, the blueprint of presidential priorities laid out by a conservative think tank. “That’s when we thought, maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look outside the U.S.”
Read more at: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-trump-s-moves-could-dramatically-reshape-scientific-workforce
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#howtoincrease
- Assistant Teaching Professor at University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, CO
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=69334
- Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, CO
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Assistant-Professor/69040
- Astronomy Instructor, Full-time Tenure Track at Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, CA
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/kccd/jobs/5172052/astronomy-instructor-full-time-tenure-track-bc
- Assistant Professor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA
https://jobs.nicholls.edu/postings/9565
- Second Assistant Professor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA
https://jobs.nicholls.edu/postings/9564
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