This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here Your weekly round-up of must-read news on women in science April 5, 2022 .AWIS UPDATES You should be following these women in astrophysics AWIS From legends like Dr. Mae Jemison to up-and-coming influencers like Kirsten Banks, astrophysicists are using Twitter, Instagram, and even TikTok to share their passion for science with diverse audiences — and defying stereotypes while they're at it. Here are five women astrophysicists and science communicators who you should follow. READ MORE Woman in Motion virtual screening event this week AWIS Get access to watch the documentary Woman in Motion between Thursday, April 7 and Sunday, April 10 and find out how Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols prompted NASA to recruit its first ever women and non-white astronaut candidates. REGISTER Video message: Celebrating Transgender Day of Visbility AWIS At AWIS, we believe that a person's gender identity has nothing to do with their ability to excel as a scientist. But we know that bias threatens the careers of transgender scientists. On Transgender Day of Visibility (3/31), AWIS interim CEO Meredith Gibson urged individuals to learn more about the science behind gender identity, and about the many accomplishments of transgender scientists, in order to become better allies to transgender colleagues in STEM. WATCH NOW .HOT HEADLINES Alyssa Carson, the youngest astronaut in training, wants to make space for women in STEM Teen Vogue Alyssa Carson writes: In college, I was one of the only women in my STEM track. In many classes, I was the only woman, period. To say it was a little lonely is an understatement and I’d often find myself wondering where all the other women in STEM majors were. STEM is for women too, right? Of course it is. Women are smart, curious, capable beings who want meaningful work that can afford them a very healthy means of living. Why is society telling us otherwise? READ MORE 'Overwhelmed by hate:' COVID-19 scientists face an avalanche of abuse Science When Marion Koopmans, a virologist at Erasmus University Medical Center, visited a museum in Amsterdam with her family last year, she was spotted by the wrong crowd: people who hate Koopmans because of her work on COVID-19. “They started really yelling, banging,” she says. “Security locked the doors.” Since early in the pandemic, Koopmans has found herself targeted by people who believe the pandemic is a hoax, the virus was created intentionally to cause harm, or vaccines are dangerous. READ MORE  SPONSORED VIDEO DATA SCIENCE IN MIAMI The University of Miami’s Master of Science in Data Science provides interdisciplinary connections and experiential learning opportunities across all aspects of data science: from machine learning to marketing, from city planning to climatology. Consider advancing your career with a cutting-edge degree located in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech hubs. WATCH VIDEO Young women earn more than young men in several US cities NPR Women have been able to close the pay gap with men in several U.S. metropolitan areas, and have surpassed their male counterparts in many cities, according to a new report. The Pew Research Center analyzed Censes Bureau data and found that in 22 of 250 U.S. metropolitan areas, women under the age of 30 earn as much or more than their male counterparts. New York City and Washington, D.C., are among the cities in which young women earn more than young men, the study found. READ MORE 28% of women in academia say gender limits their advancement Gallup News About three in 10 female U.S. faculty and staff members, 28%, compared with 11% of their male counterparts, report feeling they were passed over for a promotion or opportunity at work because of their gender. This is approximately double the national average of 15% among working women in general that Gallup reported the last time it asked this question in 2013. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Boston University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 3 inspiring stories from women in STEM at Boston University. Malika Jeffries-EL, Professor of Chemistry and GRS Associate Dean shares her candid first-gen story. BU’s ARROWS– advance, recruit, retain, and organize women in STEM. Find your community here! Leave a mark on the world with an MS degree from BU’s Earth & Environment Department. BU’s Biostatistics program will prepare you for a career on the forefront of public health. Women more likely than men to be hired for jobs below their qualification level Healio Overqualified women and sufficiently qualified men tend to be hired for the same jobs and ranks, according to a study published in Organization Science. Findings from the study suggest that hiring managers reject overqualified men for job roles because they are suspicious about overqualified male candidates’ motivations, deeming these men as “flight risks,” fearing that they will move on to better opportunities. READ MORE .DIVERSITY in SCIENCE Scientific societies fail to capture members' true diversity Chemistry World Professional organizations need to get better at capturing the true diversity of scientists, researchers say after scrutinizing 73 U.S.-based science, technology, engineering and math societies' surveying practices. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE ACS Celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022 Together with our many women editors, authors, reviewers, and readers, ACS Publications works to promote the full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. We salute the hard work of women and girls in the chemistry community, who contribute to the American Chemical Society’s mission “to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.  Find out more The importance of building support networks for transgender scientists Nature Dr. Atom Lesiak (they/xe/she) is the Director of Education Outreach for Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, where they develop innovative programs to teach science and provide hands-on training in K-12 schools. Dr. Zara Weinberg (she/her) is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, where she studies cyclic AMP signaling in different cell types of the early embryo. READ MORE Wanted: LGBTQ+ allies Physics Authors Timothy Atherton and Ramon Barthelemy, along with seven colleagues, published a study looking at the experiences of people with marginalized sexual and gender identities in physics. Our study suggests that there exist several concerning issues for LGBTQ+ physicists, including exclusionary behaviors and workplace climates where LGBTQ+ people feel uncomfortable being out. An alarming finding is the crucial impact of workplace climate on the retention of LGBTQ+ physicists. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Los Alamos National Laboratory Learn more about opportunities at Los Alamos National Laboratory From ground to space, chief scientist Tess Light’s leadership far-reaching Los Alamos space scientist, Vania Jordanova, named American Geophysical Union Fellow Looking for an alternative bioscience career path? Consider a national laboratory New name change service makes it easier for researchers to claim their earlier work Study: Cultural competence key in mentoring deaf and hard of hearing undergrads ASMBM Today Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology will present results today stemming from a series of studies about relationships between undergraduate students who are deaf and hard of hearing and their hearing mentors and peers. Paul Craig, a professor at RIT’s School of Chemistry and Materials Science, will present the team’s findings, which were based on questionnaires, surveys and focus groups, at the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held in conjunction with the Experimental Biology conference in Philadelphia. READ MORE .WOMEN and MEDICINE 'Vagina Obscura' shows how little is known about female biology Science News More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates, the Greek physician often considered the father of modern medicine, identified what came to be known as the clitoris, a “little pillar” of erectile tissue near the vagina’s entrance. Aristotle then noticed that the seemingly small structure was related to sexual pleasure. Yet it wasn’t until 2005 that urologist Helen O’Connell uncovered that the “little pillar” was just the tip of the iceberg. The internal parts of the organ reach around the vagina and go into the pelvis, extending a network of nerves deeper than anatomists ever knew. READ MORE Time to shift research focus from 'bikini medicine' to what is really ailing women Science Daily Despite growing awareness of differences in how women experience medical conditions and the impact this can have on diagnosis and treatment, this research gap has widened over the last ten years, researchers found. Lead author Laura Hallam from The George Institute for Global Health said that the focus on so-called 'bikini medicine' stemmed from the mistaken belief that women's health only differs from men's in the parts of the body that a bikini would cover. READ MORE Women are calling out 'medical gaslighting' The New York Times Research suggests that diagnostic errors occur in up to one out of every seven encounters between a doctor and patient, and that most of these mistakes are driven by the physician’s lack of knowledge. 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We cannot wait to hear from you!   LEARN MORE   .WOMEN in TECH After 10 years, Girls Who Code 'made coding cool' — but toxic tech culture means 'there's still such a long way to go' CNBC Ten years ago, 20 girls from high schools across New York City gave up seven weeks of their summer to gather in a tech company’s Flatiron Building conference room and learn the basics of computer programming. At the time, it didn’t necessarily feel like that big of a deal — but that experiment became the inaugural summer program of Girls Who Code. Founded in 2012 by Reshma Saujani, the New York-based nonprofit works to close the gender gap in computer science jobs, partially by creating a steady pipeline of female talent with STEM backgrounds. READ MORE Here's how women in tech can break the bias and be their own advocates Fortune While there’s been meaningful progress, cultural and societal expectations continue to have a dampening effect on the number of women in leadership positions. Less representation at the executive and board levels creates unique challenges for women. This is magnified in tech, which has traditionally had far fewer women in top management roles. READ MORE .WOMEN in SCIENCE Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2: Episode 1 — The Grasshopper Scientific American The first modern-style code ever executed on a computer was written in the 1940s, by a woman named Klára Dán von Neumann–or Klári to her family and friends. And the historic program she wrote was used to develop thermonuclear weapons. This season, we peer into a fascinating moment in postwar America through the prism of Klári’s work. We explore the evolution of early computers, the vital role women played in early programming, and the inextricable connection between computing and war. READ MORE Sustainable futures consultant Angela Begg talks about her inspiring career in STEM Women Love Tech We spoke to Angela Begg, Sustainable Futures Consultant at Lendlease, about her role in addressing some of the greatest sustainability issues. Hear about what inspired her to choose her career path, who her role models are, and why she believes it’s so important for women to pursue a career in STEM. READ MORE   AWIS News Brief Connect with AWIS Read previous Washington Wire eNewsletters here Hailey Golden, Director of Publishing, MultiView, 469-420-2630 | Download media kit Katie Serrano, Content Editor| Contribute news AWIS 1629 K Street, Suite 300  |  Washington, DC 20006  202-827-9798  |  Contact Us  |  www.awis.org Click here to unsubscribe.  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE PAST ISSUES   7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063