Women In Technology - Friday Links - 06/09/2024
Hello everyone,
We hope you still keep some of the salty mood of the holidays=D Our selection of links for this weekend is here:
You are born from stardust and to stardust you will return
AstroKatie, Dr. Katie Mack, at CERN @70! The amazing theoretical astrophysicist will be sharing her experience and advice on how to communicate science to the general public.
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1450355/
Some of her remarkable work:
A science poem: https://sciences.ncsu.edu/news/disorientation-a-science-poem-by-katie-mack/
Cosmology 101: https://perimeterinstitute.ca/quantum-101-quantum-science-explained
The end of everything: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52767659-the-end-of-everything
"Je me souviens" - Celebrating Diversity & Inclusion at CERN @70
A unique celebration of Diversity & Inclusion to reflect on the past, the present, and the future of D&I at CERN:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1451465/
Women that inspire us
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gpgppg57o
New heights, old obstacles
Women Are Reaching New Heights in Climbing but Still Face Old Obstacles.
I love to paint my nails pink and wear makeup when I climb, but that has led to questions of whether I look the part of a real climber..
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/opinion/women-rock-climbing.html
Signs of progress
From AstroKatie above, to Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, partially obscured, by science’s male elite, in the picture below, centre left, third row; she was the only woman in the photo of eminent astronomers at the McDonald Observatory in 1939:
She was right and they were wrong’: the female astronomers hidden by science’s male elite:
Cheers,
Eva for WIT-communications
About the Women in Technology (WIT) Community: The aim of this community is to provide an environment in which women are not in the minority when interacting with technology. Our objectives are: to encourage women to play the role of expert; to provide a supportive learning environment; and to build a network between the Women in Technology here at CERN. WIT welcomes members from all genders and all technical fields. Visit cern.ch/wit