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WORKSHOP AT DPS – Women in Astronomy: Professional Development

DPS Women in Astronomy Workshop: Professional Developement
* Organizer: Rachel Mastrapa, email: Rachel.M.Mastrapa@nasa.gov
* Date: Wednesday, 2009 October 7, 12:30-14:00
* Location: Culebra breakout room
The purpose of this workshop is to solicit ideas and information from the community in preparation for a proposal to the DPS [...]

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Coming soon!

Three announcements:
1.  Early registration for the Women in Astronomy and Space Sciences conference (no, I will NOT acronym-ize it) ends on 9/21.  Go to the Women in Astronomy and Space Sciences 2009 site for more info.
2.  Tomorrow, information about a new survey will be posted; please come back, it’s to help out a high school [...]

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Help AWG celebrate “Women in the Geosciences Day”

Each year the American Geological Institute organizes Earth Science Week, the geoscience community’s premier public awareness campaign, to promote understanding of the earth sciences and encourage stewardship of natural resources.  Since its inception more than a decade ago, the annual celebration has grown significantly.  In 2008 alone, more than 20 million people worldwide learned about [...]

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Survey – women geoscientists and blogs

I’ve seen this posted on a few other geoscience blogs (most recently on All My Faults are Stress Related, written by one of the authors of the study), and figured I should pass it on….
Over the past several years, the geoscience blogosphere has blossomed so much that this fall, the Geological Society of America (GSA) [...]

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Academeology

Female science professor has a book out called Academeology, which was just recommended to me.  She’s a great blogger — has anyone read the book?

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