#WomenInSTEM

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Happy International Women's Day!

We're celebrating the women of our National Marine Sanctuary System and the amazing contributions they make to ocean conservation!

Thank you for all that you do!

Want to learn about some of our favorite sanctuary heroes? Visit the links below!

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Women in Science Day (psssst... get a behind the scenes look)

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! At the National Archives, women bring considerable technical skills to their work every day, including the women of our Heritage Science Research and Testing Lab.

Lindsay Oakley and Cancy Chu test a new colorimeter instrument with a sheet of color standards. Understanding how color shifts over time is an excellent way for scientists to see how materials change as they age and ensure we provide the best possible preservation conditions for records like documents and photographs.

Jennifer performs X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy to identify the pigments used in this watercolor of Fort Pierre. This supported its safe conservation treatment before being displayed as part of the “All American” exhibit.

How does @USNatArchives decide how long a document can be on display?

Scientists and conservators use another type of artificial aging test, this time with light. This micro-fadometer uses high-intensity light for a short time, measuring changes undetectable to the human eye. This information helps us create light budgets for items as they are displayed or used for research.

Lindsay Oakley, NARA’s Director of Heritage Science Research and Testing explains what heritage science is and introduces the scientists and research projects that make the lab such an important part of NARA’s preservation efforts.

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Join Me: Help African Women Build Brighter Futures with Tech Skills

As a senior computer science student at the University of Cape Town, I see the brilliance of African women every day. But too often, lack of digital skills limits their incredible potential to build better lives for themselves and their families. That's why I'm on a mission to bring computer labs and essential training programs that will open doors to new careers and economic empowerment.

I know this is possible because I've seen the impact of similar programs in other communities [Optional: Briefly mention an inspiring example of another project you know of].

Your generous donation will make a real difference:

Build computer labs: Providing the essential technology access

Fund tech training programs: Empowering women with the skills they need

Create a ripple effect: Stronger women mean stronger families and communities

I'll share personal updates and stories, so you can see the amazing women you're helping and the difference your support is making.

Let's empower African women with technology. Donate today and change lives!

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💥🤳LIKE to charge and REBLOG to embrace digital free living🤳💥

📵Shatterbird Detox Challenge

📵Anti Mark Zuckerberg Extremist

📵This Is A GOOD Thing Actually

📵This will NOT impact Crime Fighting Efforts

[janihernan]

I don't really have a LOVE life right now, but it doesn't matter because I have a LAB life.

[mbari-blog]

To mark International Women in Engineering Day, we’re celebrating the achievements of MBARI engineer Alana Sherman. #WomenInEngineeringDay

With an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in bioengineering, the Chicago native is always up for a challenge. Interested in developing tools to solve complex challenges, she came to MBARI to tackle the problem of ocean access. Today, she leads MBARI’s electrical engineering group, where she develops innovative technologies and underwater vehicles that are transforming how we access and study the ocean. She manages the team of electrical engineers as they work together with scientists to build and deploy cutting-edge ocean technology. (Image: Monterey Bay Aquarium)

Alana works with various teams to enable their study of the ocean—from atoms to ecosystems. In addition to designing, building, and testing new instruments for marine science, she goes out to sea to test, deploy, and service MBARI’s research equipment. She was a pivotal member of the team that developed the Benthic Rover II. About the size of a small car, this autonomous rover travels across the muddy seafloor taking photos and measuring how much oxygen bottom-dwelling animals and microbes are using over time. Information gathered by this rover has helped scientists understand how carbon cycles from the surface to the seafloor—data fundamental to understanding the impacts of climate change on the ocean. Alana, the mother of two young boys, often jokes that the rover was her first child.

According to the 2020 Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum, 49 percent of all professional and technical workers are women, but just 15 percent of the engineering workforce is made up of women. Highlighting women’s achievements in a traditionally male-dominated field reminds us how important it is to include a variety of perspectives and experiences in STEM fields. The more diverse a group of people designing new technology, the more inclusive and innovative those tools will become. 

[arthistoryanimalia]

A personal hero of mine, Rachel Carson was born #OTD (27 May 1907 – 14 April 1964). While Silent Spring (1962) is her most famous & influential work, before it she wrote The Sea Trilogy - Under the Sea-Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955). Here are vintage book covers for each:

[itgetsbetterproject]

🚨NEW series alert!

"Biology shows us that so many things do exist in a spectrum."

We're so excited to introduce you to 5 LGBTQ+ people dominating the fields of science, tech, engineering and math - because we really are everywhere and we really can do everything. 🧪💅

"Industry" Episode 1 drops Tuesday, November 29 on our Youtube.

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📐 Keep calm and study Maths badges >> fun for teachers & students

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For once I am a bit ahead of schedule, but that’s just cuz the art had to be done for production in advance of Champs. So here it is, one last (yeah, sure it is) image of Team 5199’s 2023 robot Trident, just in time for FRC Championships in Houston. Thanks again to all of our great alliance partners this season. . Anyone surprised by the supercharge update and rule changes? I gotta say I’m excited to see how this all plays out. Shout out to all the FRC teams headed to Houston. I’m giving away robot stickers to those who take my FRC ”This or That’ quiz - no wrong answers, just free swag. I’ll be in my dolphin beanie wandering the pits. Come find me. I’m looking forward to meeting you all and seeing what you can do on the field. . . . #frc #frcmemes #firstroboticscompetition #firstrobotics @firstroboticscalifornia @first_official_ #omgrobots @robotdolphins #stemeducation #womeninstem #robotics #graciousprofessionalism @firstupdatesnow @firstlarobotics @frc3476 @cyberporpoises #bagday #frcenergize #frcchargedup #chargedup #firstenergize #firstchargedup #energized #frc2023 #bluealliance #redalliance #firstinspires #edroth #bigdaddyroth #hotrod #californiacustoms @nerdherd687 @cobra_robotics @teamparadise.1165 @phoenix_robotics @frc702 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq7y2uNrUhS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[noaasanctuaries]

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today we’re celebrating all the women who make the National Marine Sanctuary System possible and who dedicate themselves to protecting and understanding marine species and ecosystems. Learn about the inspirational women of sanctuaries in these images.

Dr. Michelle Johnston

Here, Dr. Michelle Johnston, research ecologist at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, dives through sanctuary waters amongst hundreds of fish and other sea critters! Michelle manages the sanctuary’s long-term coral monitoring project and helps fight the spread of invasive lionfish in the sanctuary.

Jessica Hale

This is Jessica Hale, a Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar who studies sea otters in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Thanks to her research, the sanctuary is learning more about sea otters’ role in this Pacific Northwest area.

Carina Fish

Here, Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar Carina Fish pauses during a research expedition in Cordell Bank and Greater Farallones national marine sanctuaries. The Foster Scholarship supports women and members of minoritized groups in graduate school for ocean-related sciences.

Sarah Kienle

Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar Sarah Kienle uses hair dye to mark the fur of an elephant seal to aid later identification in her research. Photo courtesy of Sarah Kienle, under NMFS permit #19108. Interested in pursuing marine science yourself? Check out the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program, which supports independent graduate-level research – particularly by female and minority students – in ocean-related sciences.

[swapnakrishna]

At the bottom of the Earth's mantle are features that are thousands of kilometers long, and new research suggests they might be pieces of another planet from the collision that created the moon.

[kuiperkat]

I don't post here very often, largely I post on Instagram and Facebook, but I had a blast in Texas for the annular solar eclipse.

Can't wait go get back at it in 2024!

[nomi--sunrider]

Then, Now, and Always

Chapter 16: By Hand

Summary: Tally writes letters. She sends most of them.

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crummy photos from my crummy day