Making the Most of Your SWE Membership: Member Offers and Discounts
Explore the many SWE member benefits that support your life inside and outside of engineering, from technology discounts to travel savings. Source
Advancing SWE’s Mission Through Federal Infrastructure Policy: A Look Into SWE’s Federal Bill Tracker
Two Public Policy Affinity Group members share insights on how Federal infrastructure decisions can have long-term impacts on engineering practice and career pathways, and why engagement at the federal level matters for the future of infrastructure and STEM. Source
Human Systems & AI: The Missing Layer in Responsible AI Design
Data professional Sweety Seelam discusses how responsible AI emerges at the intersection of cognition, system design, and collaboration. Source
Twilight with Moon and Planets
Photo of the Day Only two days after the February New Moon's annular eclipse of the Sun, a slender lunar crescent poses above the western horizon after sunset in this wintry twilight skyscape. Its nightside faintly illuminated by earthshine, the young Moon is joined by three bright planets in the mostly clear, early evening [...]
B93: A Dark Interstellar Ghost
Photo of the Day "A ghost in the Milky Way…” says Christian Bertincourt, the astrophotographer behind this striking image of Barnard 93 (B93). The 93rd entry in Barnard’s Catalogue of Dark Nebulae, B93 lies within the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (Messier 24), where its darkness stands in stark contrast to bright stars and gas [...]
SWE Global Ambassador Spotlight: Riddhi Attarde
Read all about Riddhi’s journey with SWE and her passion for women’s inclusion in STEM. Source
Get to Know One of Your WE Local Dublin Thought Leaders
WiM President and Founder Allison Roberts Grealis shares glimpses of her journey ahead of her WE Local presentation. Source
Unexplained Shocks Around a White Dwarf Star
Photo of the Day How is RXJ0528+2838 creating such shock waves? A recently discovered white dwarf star, the farther left of the two largest white spots, RXJ0528+2838, was found 730 light-years away from Earth. Most stars, when done fusing nuclei in their cores for energy, become red giant stars, the cores of which live [...]
From Participation to Leadership Power: Why Leadership Development Programs Matter for Women in Academia
Drawing on national statistics, academic literature, and findings from SWE’s ALWE retrospective longitudinal study, we shed light on how leadership development can bridge persistent gaps in higher education leadership. Source
To Fly Free in Space
Photo of the Day What would it be like to fly free in space? About 100 meters from the cargo bay of a space shuttle, Bruce McCandless II was living the dream -- floating farther out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured, was floating [...]