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Updates from AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Join us: tinyurl.com/JoinAAAS
- Congratulations to Ricardo Galvão, winner of the 2021 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award! Check out our video to see how Galvão fought to protect "the immense natural wonder that is the Amazon rainforest.” #AAASmtg@usponlinefcld.ly/w3798zs
- Harassment has no place in science. That's why we're working on a revocation policy for elected @AAAS Fellows, currently under consideration by the AAAS Council. #MeTooScience
- On an eight-day flight aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, AAAS member Mae Carol Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space. Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! @WomenScienceDay@UN@NASA#WomeninSTEM#BlackHistoryMonth
- Congratulations to Carlos Nobre, winner of the 2021 AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy! Check out our video to see how Nobre's work has guided the protection, conservation and sustainable development of the Amazon. #AAASmtg@theamazonwewant@usponlinefcld.ly/teg88ax
- When asked to draw a scientist, children are drawing women more than ever before - bit.ly/2G8Z5u5#WomeninSTEM
- The governing body of the American Association for the Advancement of Science voted Saturday to enact a policy under which an elected AAAS Fellow’s lifetime honor can be revoked for proven scientific misconduct or serious breaches of professional ethics.
- Join Drs. Claire Valderama-Wallace and Anna Valdez on August 13 for a panel discussion, Challenging Oppression in North American Nursing Education and Practice. Register for the event: brnw.ch/21wLLmm Check out the complete learning series: brnw.ch/21wLLml00:00
- Join Dr. Crystal Garvey on August 13 for a @AAAS_SEAChange panel discussion, Challenging Oppression in North American Nursing Education and Practice. Register for the event: brnw.ch/21wLGAe Check out the complete learning series: brnw.ch/21wLGAd00:00
- In preparation for #ShutDownSTEM tomorrow, 10 June, @ScienceMagazine Science has made the following articles available without subscription or registration to help facilitate discussion.
- Theresa Harris, director of @AAAS_SRJ, discusses the need for additional scientific support in the courts after the Chevron doctrine was overturned in June. Read the full article from @FYIscipolicy:
- Does your college or university want to improve their sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection and use? AAAS is offering $50,000 awards to five institutions to pilot recommendations. Deadline is August 30. Apply now: brnw.ch/21wLGnW👁 Blue background with the white outline of a computer monitor with a pride flag on the screen. Yellow text reads: "Call For Applications." White text reads: "Funding for institutions to improve SOGI data collection and use. Catalyzing a Data Infrastructure to Support LGBTQ Inclusion. An initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science."
- .@POTUS's proposed budget would cripple US #science & technology. AAAS encourages Congress: support science funding. bit.ly/2mxSxbt
