Promote SWE’s Goals on a Local Level in Your State
Public Policy Affinity Group (AG) member and SWE Fellow Jan Williams provides tips for those interested in shaping public policy in their area and beyond. Source
SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 265: Engineers in Public Policy: From Advocacy to Running for Office
Explore the many ways that engineers can get involved in public policy, from learning about the issues to running for office, in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source
Announcing the Merger of the Outreach and SWENext Committees
The newly named Pre-college Engagement & Support Committee will allow volunteers to focus on exploring strategic engagement of pre-college stakeholders, enhancing global growth, and kick-starting grassroots initiatives for future commercialization. Source
Year in Review: SWENext High School Leadership Academy (SHLA)
With the FY24 SHLA program now at a close, SWE looks back on the sessions from this year. Source
Two Unconventional Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
Yevheniia Trefilova shares personal experiences and actionable tips to help women in STEM improve their presentation skills. Source
Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula
Photo of the Day Squids on Earth aren't this big. This mysterious squid-like cosmic cloud spans nearly three full moons on planet Earth's sky. Discovered in 2011 by French astro-imager Nicolas Outters, the Squid Nebula's bipolar shape is distinguished here by the telltale blue emission from doubly ionized oxygen atoms. Though apparently surrounded by [...]
Animation: Black Hole Destroys Star
Photo of the Day What happens if a star gets too close to a black hole? The black hole can rip it apart -- but how? It's not the high gravitational attraction itself that's the problem -- it's the difference in gravitational pull across the star that creates the destruction. In the featured animated [...]
Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun
Photo of the Day This colorized and sharpened image of the Sun is composed of frames recording emission from hydrogen atoms in the solar chromosphere on May 15. Approaching the maximum of solar cycle 25, a multitude of active regions and twisting, snake-like solar filaments are seen to sprawl across the surface of the [...]
Developing the Leader Within Me Through ALWE
Dr. Jessica Ventura reflects on her experiences in SWE’s FY24 Academic Leadership for Women in Engineering (ALWE) Program. Source
Finding Your “Why” Can Take You Places
Dr. Jayshree Seth and Dr. Amanda Diekman share how they bridged the industry-academia divide to develop resources that support women and minoritized individuals in STEM. Source