AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of February 15, 2008
eds. Joan Schmelz, Hannah Jang-Condell & Caroline Simpson
This week's issues:
1. IUPAP International Meeting on Women in Physics
2. Call for Nominations - The Franklin Institute Bower Award and Prize
3. How to Submit, Subscribe, or Unsubscribe to AASWOMEN
4. Access to Past Issues of AASWOMEN
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1. IUPAP International Meeting on Women in Physics
From: Meg Urry [meg.urry
yale.edu]
The 3rd International Meeting on Women in Physics will be held this
October in Seoul, South Korea. Astronomers have been represented at
each of the previous meetings, 2002 in Paris (me) and 2004 in Brazil
(Laura Kay). If you are interested in attending, go to icwip2008.org
for more details. Dr. Beverly Hartline is organizing the US delegation
(which will consist of 5 or 6 people); she can answer questions via
email to questionsuswip.org.
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2. Call for Nominations - The Franklin Institute Bower Award and Prize
From: Hannah Jang-Condell [hannahalum.mit.edu]
I am forwarding this announcement to the AASWOMEN readership because
one of the reasons so few women receive prizes such as these is because
so few women are nominated in the first place. So nominate away.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
THE 2009 BOWER AWARD AND PRIZE FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE
Theme: The Cosmos
Prize: $250,000 USD
Deadlines: Notice of Intent to Nominate: March 31, 2008
Complete Nomination: May 31, 2008
Dear Colleague:
On behalf of The Franklin Institute, I invite you to nominate
candidates for the 2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in
Science, to be presented to a distinguished scientist or engineer in
the field of cosmology. The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in
Science is presented annually by The Franklin Institute to an
individual of any nationality for outstanding work in the applied or
basic sciences, or engineering. A predetermined field of study is
chosen each year as a theme. A gold medal and a cash prize of
$250,000 are awarded to the individual selected to receive the award.
The theme for the 2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in
Science is The Cosmos. We are soliciting nominations of theorists,
observers and experimental technique developers who have made
significant contributions to our study of the cosmos by advancing our
knowledge of such areas as: cosmic microwave background radiation,
standard candles, sky maps, gravitational lensing, early universe,
galactic rotation curves, supermassive black holes, dark energy and
dark matter.
This is an international competition primarily intended for
individuals whose work has had a significant impact on the field of
cosmology, but contributors to other fields of astronomy and
astrophysics will NOT be excluded from consideration.
The Franklin Institute Awards Program is among the oldest and most
comprehensive international science and technology awards programs in
the world. The list of Franklin Institute laureates reads like a
"Who's Who" in the history of 19th, 20th and 21st century science,
including such titans as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Albert
Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Jonas Salk, Stephen Hawking, Ralph Cicerone,
and Jane Goodall, to name a few. I urge you to nominate a candidate
whose name should be added to this distinguished list.
For more information on nominating a candidate for The 2009 Bower
Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, please visit:
www.fi.edu/franklinawards/call.html.
Please forward this call for nominations to colleagues who might wish
to make a nomination or to professional associations to which you
belong. Please also feel free to post this material on any
appropriate websites you may manage.
Questions about the appropriateness of a particular nomination are
welcome and should be directed to Dr. Philip W. Hammer, Vice
President, The Franklin Institute, at bhammerfi.edu. If you know of a
candidate who has made an extraordinary contribution in the area of
cosmology, I strongly encourage you to participate in this 2009 Bower
nomination process.
Sincerely yours,
Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer, The Franklin
Institute
The Franklin Institute
222 N 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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3. How to Submit, Subscribe, or Unsubscribe to AASWOMEN
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4. Access to Past Issues of AASWOMEN
Past issues of AASWOMEN are available at
http://www.aas.org/cswa/AASWOMEN.html
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.