Issue of September 18, 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: Dara Norman to Receive 2026 Arthur B.C. Walker II Award
2. NA-ROAD Announces the 2026 Women and Girls in Astronomy Program Cohort
3. Emily Levesque Named Next Editor in Chief of AAS Journals
4. CSWA accepting applications for new members
5. IAU Equity and Inclusion Survey 2026
6. New oral histories: Women’s experiences in moving into science
7. In an Age of AI, a Physicist Seeks What Endures
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
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
Dara Norman served as the AAS president from 2024 until June of this year. She is also the Deputy Director of the NoirLab Community Science and Data Center. Her research focuses on AGN environmental triggers and galactic evolution, while she has also been a leader and advocate for science. The award honors African-Americans or scientists of African descent for their outstanding dual contributions to science and to their efforts towards advocacy and inclusion in STEM. It is given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Dr. Arthur B.C. Walker was a solar physicist and longtime Stanford professor who mentored many students, with a focus on mentoring female and minority students.
Read more at: https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2026/09/crosspost-dara-norman-to-receive-2026.html
Ten community-rooted projects across the North American region selected to receive 2026 Women and Girls in Astronomy Program mini-grants. WGAP inspires and empowers women, girls and underrepresented genders in astronomy by supporting innovative, community-rooted projects that foster participation and inclusion in the field. From a highly competitive pool of proposals submitted across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Greenland and the Caribbean, ten projects were selected to each receive a US$2,000 mini-grant.
Read more at: https://aui.edu/na-road-announces-the-2026-women-and-girls-in-astronomy-program-cohort/
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) today announced that Dr. Emily Levesque (University of Washington) has been confirmed as the next Editor in Chief of the AAS journals. Dr. Levesque will succeed Dr. Ethan Vishniac, who announced last year that he would step down from the role at the end of summer 2027 after 12 years of service.
Read more at: https://aas.org/press/emily-levesque-named-editor-chief-aas-journals
The AAS Committee for the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) is accepting applications for new members.
Read more at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jc4I7Pt96e2PRDoqqg0uMrlnysv8Je-l-qFlRzk3Y-k/viewform?edit_requested=true
The IAU Recommendations for improving equity, inclusion and diversity in astronomy – a document drafted by a group of astronomers and inclusion specialists at the initiative of the IAU, published on 10 January 2021 – highlight the need to collect data to help identify and address the barriers that hinder or prevent the full participation of IAU Members and Associates with disabilities in the Union’s activities and bodies. The survey is part of the professional study “Research on the barriers faced by astronomers with disabilities who are members of the IAU” conducted through a partnership between the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Read more at: https://iau.secure-platform.com/site/organizations/main/submissions/details/111880
An AIP project supported by the Henry Luce Foundation has been working to document and celebrate women’s contributions to the physical sciences. As part of that effort, Niels Bohr Library and Archives fellow Dorothy Tang and Anna Doel interviewed sixteen scientists.
Read more at: https://www.aip.org/history/oral-histories-women-moving-into-science
Sarah Demers, chair of the physics department at Yale University, sees the potential for large language models to both help and harm her field.
Read more at: https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-an-age-of-ai-a-physicist-seeks-what-endures-20260903/
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
- Open Rank Professor - Planetary Science at Cornell University in Ithica, NY
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32680
- Open Rank Professor - Astrophysics at Cornell University in Ithica, NY
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32678
- Full Professor - Astronomy at Universidad de Tarapacá in Providencia, Chile
https://aas.org/jobregister/ad/656789e4
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