Issue of August 21, 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. Crosspost: New Astronomy Bachelors: What Comes Next
2. How women physicists in India are breaking down barriers and shaping the future
3. NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed ISS antenna but run out of time for replacement
4. Women in Science Leadership Award for Prof. Tandoğan!
5. Meet Annapurni Subramaniam, the Indian astrophysicist who became the first Indian woman to win the COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal
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
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By Kimberly S. Mitchell
oday's crosspost features a report from AIP's Bachelor's Degree Recipient Follow-Up Survey. The survey covered three academic years from 2021 to 2024 and summarizes the responses for astronomy bachelor's degree holders upon graduation.
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2026/08/crosspost-new-astronomy-bachelors-what.html
"Three successful women physicists in India – Kaveri Hukku, Asima Pradhan and Urbasi Sinha – talk to Shobha Shukla and Matin Durrani about their triumphs"
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"Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot are back inside the International Space Station after a 6-hour, 23-minute spacewalk."
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"Dr. Aslı Tandoğan, Assistant Professor in Residence at UConn’s Hartford Campus, was awarded the 2026 Petit Family Foundation Women in Science Leadership Award"
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https://physics.uconn.edu/2026/08/14/women-in-science-leadership-award-for-prof-tandogan/
"India’s space science community is celebrating a big event as Professor Annapurni Subramaniam, Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, has been awarded the COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal"
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