SWE Executive Director Attends STEM Advocacy Events
Karen Horting shares critical insights on STEM education and workforce needs and the importance of advocating for women and girls in STEM. Source
How Romana Carden Found Her Place in Engineering
Component development engineer Romana Carden proves that passion can pave the way to success in SWE’s new “Her Stories: Adventures in STEM” series. Source
38 Hours with the M81 Group
Photo of the Day From a garden on planet Earth, 38 hours of exposure with a camera and small telescope produced this cosmic photo of the M81 galaxy group. In fact, the group's dominant galaxy M81 is near the center of the frame sporting grand spiral arms and a bright yellow core. Also known [...]
HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb
Photo of the Day What's at the tip of this interstellar jet? First let's consider the jet: it is being expelled by a star system just forming and is cataloged as Herbig-Haro 49 (HH 49). The star system expelling this jet is not visible -- it is off to the lower right. The complex [...]
Important Member Notice for Bylaws Amendment: Ensuring Membership Approval of Removal of Standing Committees
In accordance with the Society of Women Engineers Bylaws, Article XIII – AMENDMENT, this proposed bylaws amendment is being presented to the membership. The SWE Board of Directors will vote on these changes following the 45-day notice period. The amendment proposal contains the rationale and pro/con considerations. B2539: Amend SWE Bylaws – Ensuring Membership Approval of... [...]
NGC 4414: A Flocculent Spiral Galaxy
Photo of the Day How much mass do flocculent spirals hide? The featured image of flocculent spiral galaxy NGC 4414 was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope to help answer this question. Flocculent spirals -- galaxies without well-defined spiral arms -- are a quite common form of galaxy, and NGC 4414 is one of [...]
The Future Is Femtech
Femtech is short for “female technology,” and encompasses the technology, companies, and services that focus on the unique health care needs of females. Source
Code Like a Woman: Engineering in the Age of AI
Noor Aftab outlines the importance of women in AI, the key women who have moved the industry forward, and the consequences when development teams lack diverse voices. Source
WiM and SWE Announce New Partnership to Support Women in Industry
Women in Manufacturing and the Society of Women Engineers collaborate to support women in STEM, providing enhanced membership benefits. Source
Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
Photo of the Day Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter's main ring was discovered in 1979 by NASA's passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but its origin was then a mystery. Data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003, however, confirmed the hypothesis that this ring was created by meteoroid impacts on [...]