Crosspost: A fast-moving revolution: from Stonewall toward a more diverse scientific workforce

By Bruno da Rocha-Azevedo

June 2019 is a special year for the LGBTQ+ community. The Stonewall riots started the fight for gay rights in the United States. It can be seen as a collective “coming out” of people fighting to be recognized as they are. It was violent, and not a “fun event” as our Pride Parade is nowadays. However, the riots had a strong impact on society. One year later, Gay Pride marches started all over the nation, and each year gay rights has moved more and more towards equality. Every June, we should pay respect to and celebrate with pride these strong men and women who fought for our rights and who were the start of a fast-moving revolution.

AASWomen Newsletter for June 21, 2019

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 21, 2019
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

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Sally Ride, from item 2

This week's issues:

1. Crosspost: Symposium in Honor of the Legacy of Vera Rubin

2. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space 36 years ago today

3. A Push For More Inclusivity In Science

4. US science agencies report ‘shockingly low’ rates of harassment complaints

5. NIH should ask both institutions and investigators to report sexual harassment findings, advisory group says

6. Unintended consequences of gender-equality plans

7. Psychology Today: It’s Not You, It’s Them

8. Where Are All the Working Mothers in STEM?

9. Making space for female scientists' voices online, in the media and in person

10. Why women in tech are being Photoshopped in instead of hired

11. What it's like to be a trans scientist with imposter syndrome - Lady Science

12. An interview with the CLEAR Lab’s Queer Science Reading Group

13. Job Opportunities

14. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

15. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

16. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Crosspost: Symposium in Honor of the Legacy of Vera Rubin

Credit: Carnegie Institution

Dr. Vera Rubin, who passed away in Dec. 2016, was one of the most important astrophysicists of the 20th and 21st centuries. She received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1954, and pioneered the study of galaxy rotation rates that provided definitive evidence for the existence of Dark Matter. Dr. Rubin was also a fierce and effective advocate for women in science. This symposium to honor and celebrate her legacy brings together astrophysicists whose research was made possible by Dr. Rubin’s discoveries to present the latest developments in the field and discuss the connections with Dr. Rubin’s discoveries.

Other activities include a keynote lecture for the general public, a poster session for contributed posters, a workshop to address current issues facing women in science, including secondary school science teachers, and a visit to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress.

The Symposium will take place on the campus of Georgetown University and is jointly sponsored with Stockholm University, via the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, with additional support from the National Science Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and The Clare Booth Luce Program of the Henry Luce Foundation.

Read more about the Symposium and register at

https://sites.google.com/georgetown.edu/verarubinsymposium/home

Note: Registration closes today (June 20th) but you can still attend individual sessions. Refreshments are available for those who register. There are places nearby the campus to grab lunch.

AASWomen Newsletter for June 14, 2019

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AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 14, 2019
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, JoEllen McBride, and Ale Aloisi

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This week's issues:

1. Interview with Dr. Ramirez-Ruiz, Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz

2. Chairwoman Johnson and Rep. González-Colón Introduce the Vera Rubin Survey Telescope Designation Act

3. Vera Rubin: The Astronomer Who Brought Dark Matter to Light

4. NASA Honors 'Hidden Figures' in Street Renaming Ceremony Outside NASA Headquarters

5. All-woman team commands rock-zapping laser on Mars

6. Chairwoman Johnson’s Opening Statement for Hearing on Combating Sexual Harassment in Science

7. Time to End the Manel Tradition

8. When English is not your mother tongue

9. Eight Ways to Support Women in Science

10. 5 Ways Society Sabotages Girls' Interest In Science And Math

11. Job Opportunities

12. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

14. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Interview with Dr. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz

Dr. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, was inducted as the inaugural Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy last month. Vera Rubin was on the steering committee of the Working Group on the Status of Women in Astronomy whose report led to the creation of the AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy. She was also a champion of inclusive science—mentoring students from various backgrounds. I spoke to Dr. Ramirez-Ruiz about what this chair means and about his intentional work to increase the diversity of voices contributing to the field of astronomy.

AASWomen Newsletter for June 7, 2019

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of June 6, 2019

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

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This week's issues:

1. AAS 234 Summer Meeting Sessions You Shouldn't Miss 

2. NAS Members Approve a Bylaw Amendment to Permit Rescinding Membership

3. Make reports of research misconduct public

4. 75 years after D-Day: Salinas woman, 98, served as military geologist during World War II

5. Astronomy Magazine: Women in the Apollo Program 

6. Tracking Down JoAnn Morgan, a Semi-Hidden Figure of U.S. Space History  

Astrophysicist Federica Bianco spends at
least an hour training in a boxing gym
everyday. (image by Alan Yu/WHYY)

7. Astrophysicist explains how boxing makes her a better scientist

8. Group devoted to combating sexual harassment in science is in turmoil as leaders exit 

9. Ph.D. programs drop standardized exam 

10. Use peer-to-peer research collaboration in graduate school

11. How I explained a gap in my CV when applying to graduate school

12. Racial and gender biases plague postdoc hiring

13. The Data Science Diversity Gap: Where Are the Women?

14. In Space, This Diverse Company Naturally Attracts Women: COO

15. These 12 Women Are Killing It in STEM Fields — and They Want You to Join Them

16. Job Opportunities

17. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

18. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

19. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AAS 234 Summer Meeting Sessions You Shouldn't Miss

The summer meeting of the American Astronomical Society will take place Sunday, June 9 through Thursday, June 13 in St. Louis, MO. The CSWA has identified sessions that feature the various AAS diversity committees and may be of interest to readers of the blog.

• Sunday, June 9, Student Orientation Reception & Grad School Fair, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm, Midway 6
• Tuesday, June 11, SGMA Meet & Greet for LGBTQIA Members and Students, 6:30 pm–7:30 pm, Gothic Corridor
• Wednesday, June 12, Career Panel: Diverse Careers in Astrophysics, 1:40 pm–2:40 pm, New York Room
• Wednesday, June 12, CSWA Meet & Greet, 6:30 pm–7:30 pm, Midway 7&8
  The CSWA is excited to meet you and present preliminary results from our survey, discuss possible Decadal Survey white papers, and offer refreshments to those who join us!
• Thursday, June 13, 400 Plenary Session: From Native Skywatchers to ASTR 101…New Designs for Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Engaged Learning Now, Annette S. Lee (St. Cloud State University) and Cahokia Mounds: America’s First City, Bill Iseminger (Cahokia Mounds Historic Site), 8:30 am–9:20 am, Grand Ballroom DEF

We hope to see you there!