posted on the other site too but… now that it's ~real~ I am *incredibly* excited to share that I'll be starting as an NSF astronomy and astrophysics postdoc fellow at UCSB this fall!✨ time for more polarimetry, Keck observing, debris disks, and science writing!! 🥳
From Yoni Brande and William Lamb: The Rainbow Village at AAS provided a gathering place for people of color in astronomy at the recent AAS meeting in New Orleans. Today’s post looks back at how things went, and where the concept will go in the future! ✨
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An astronomer told me once that they fought for me to be admitted to their PhD program, but I was rejected. They said that every time I succeed, they celebrate. I just want folks to know that there are people fighting for you behind the scenes who celebrate with you at every win.
Hello hello hello! It's ✨ Meet the Authors ✨ time!! Here we have the one and only Ali Crisp 🚀
Follow Ali @crispyplanets.bsky.social 🌌
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A desk with two MacBooks, one new and one old and kind of crusty, positioned next to each other
when you need one laptop for normal science and a separate old laptop to run IDL 🫠
similarly — if you really are interested in commenting for articles, put that out in the world! tweet about it! reach out to the science journalist you wish would contact you! I would definitely keep in mind someone who cares about scicomm, bc they’ll prob give lively and understandable quotes 👌🏻
Scientists I am BEGGING YOU: If you are like "wow ugh this science journalist never calls ME"🧪
Put your email in a place where we can find it. The email on your paper is defunct and from your postdoc. You don't have a current website since you moved unis.
This is science, not witness protection.
Tangentially related, in case it’s helpful — @astrobites.bsky.social actually has an Arabic sister site! arastrobites.org
Please nominate Plenary Speakers for future AAS Meetings! The Vice Presidents always consult this form on a rolling basis, we keep all existing nominations from prior years, and we take it super seriously! It's easy and quick: aas.org/form/plenary...
Are you an astronomer or aspiring astronomer wanting to improve your software engineering skills? Applications for Code/Astro 2024 are open! More info at semaphorep.github.io/codeastro/. Application is linked at the bottom of that page. Apply by Feb 16!
The STARtorialist BOOTHtique staff in the AAS 243 booth. Left to right: Debbie, Valerie, Ashley, Emelly, Caleb, Briley, Noura. Emily is posing in the front with her arms outstretched and a big smile
That’s a wrap on #AAS243! We absolutely loved seeing everyone who stopped by the booth + are so grateful for our team of awesome booth staff. Cheers to a week of fun space fashion, and get home safe everyone! 💜🔭
p.s. If you missed something at the booth, code AAS*243 still works online for 10% off!
Day 4 summaries are now up: astrobites.org/2024/01/12/a... 🔭
And that’s a wrap on our #AAS243 coverage! Thanks to everyone who came by the booth and said hello, and to our awesome authors who summarized the great talks this week ❤️🧡
Bye-bye #aas243!!! Travel home safe everyone.
I think the #aas243 feed here was really excellent!!! Thank you!!!!! I hope it was easy (and free?) to set up, and we should do it again for other meetings!
I got on a plane leaving NOLA at 6am today, and just now woke up in my bed at 4pm pacific time 🤣 I think that’s a spot-on indicator of how exhausted I was from #AAS243 (worth it though!!)
Ah thank you so so much! I appreciate you listening in and am totally available if you have questions / wanna talk about anything as you look into the @astrobites.bsky.social lesson plans :)
Day 3 coverage is now up! Check in on anything you missed — it’s a perfect read for sitting in the airport 😉 astrobites.org/2024/01/11/a... #AAS243
I love seeing people wear this scarf so much!!! It is 100% one of my favorite things I have ever drawn 🥹
ALSO if you want to learn more about @astrobites.bsky.social or just get an overview of the many things we do beyond daily paper summaries, come by the exhibit hall theatre at 3:30, where I’ll be telling you allllll about it with ample time to ask questions #AAS243
I’m giving a talk soon at 3:10 in “l the Learning Experiences in Astro Courses session about @astrobites.bsky.social lesson plans and how accessible summaries can help students get into research! come by if you have time (and aren’t all the way in the distant lands of R01-R09 😅) #AAS243
Missed something on Day 2 of #AAS243? Tuesday’s live blogging coverage from Astrobites is available now! astrobites.org/2024/01/10/a...
Overhead shot of a large conventional hall showing numerous displays and booths, interspersed are conference goers talking in small groups, walking between booths, and talking to exhibitors.
An overhead shot of the exhibit hall at #AAS243, taken from one of the walkways in the New Orleans convention center.
Dra. Nicole Cabrera Salazar, founder of Movement Consulting and co-chair of the AAS CSMA, will be leading today's featured community discussion at 1pm in the Rainbow Village in the exhibitor hall on "Academic F#cksh!t"! So please join for an important conversation about academia! #AAS243 🔭
Flyer advertising a need for scientists volunteers. "Call for scientists! Want to collaborate with an art student on a comic about your research? Learn more and sign up by Feb 1st." Simple cartoon heads are wearing hats that are designed to look like items symbolic of different scientific disciplines: an aromatic ring, a crystal, an ammonite, and a paramecium. Link: bit.ly/sciencecomicscollab
Seeking scientist volunteers! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? I need collaborators for this spring's cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Please share widely. bit.ly/sciencecomicscollab
come see me talk about @astrobites.bsky.social! 💜
Our volunteer Valarie holding a stack of books with the following titles: Goodnight Lab, ABCs of Space, Astrophysics for Babies, Scientist Scientist who do you see, Oh what a joy is a solar eclipse!, there was a black hole that swallowed the universe, and twinkle twinkle little star
It’s not just the publishers that have books at #AAS243…we do too! 📚📖
Our books are very kiddo-friendly, for ages ranging from toddlers to bigger kids (plus a coloring book that is a joy for kids and adults alike!)
A person at a podium with a screen next to them displaying a screen with a photo of a cactus at night with the text “This cactus changed minds”
“Cactuses sleep just like us” — @amyoliver.bsky.social gave such a powerful talk about how to find what people care about (in the cactus example, master naturalists), and relate light pollution to that (bc unfortunately, not everyone automatically thinks it’s important!) 🏜️🌵
At the #AAS243 conference this week, or want to follow along?
@noisyastronomer.bsky.social made a feed with all posts including the hashtag! 🔭
every year I’m like “man do I really wanna go to AAS this year it’s always such a busy week” and then I get here and I’m like a golden retriever, extremely enthusiastic and easily distracted by saying hi to people and all the shiny things and all the cool science #AAS243
Day 1 #AAS243 summaries are up! If you missed anything yesterday or are following along from afar, we’ve got you covered 👍🏻⭐️
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