Women of Outstanding Achievement in Science, Engineering and Technology
Joanna Scott
Thursday, 08 October 2009 19:45 UTC
Posting news about an event here on behalf of Ruth Wilson, who is having some difficulty posting. All very welcome! Any questions, do contact myself or Ruth
Photos of women of outstanding achievement in science, engineering and technology on show in Second Life
Join us for free launch event with virtual champagne
Monday 12 October, 6.15pm UK time (10.15am SL time)
For the first time, the six 2009 professional photo portraits are on display in Second Life, at the island run by Nature Magazine (annual photographic award run by UKRC).
Dr Carolin Crawford of the Institute of Astronomy and Wendy Sadler, founder of Science Made Simple, are both recipients of the award and will speak about their work at the event.
Join us for speakers, free champagne, networking and to view the images.
Ideal for newcomers to Second Life as well as experienced visitors.
More information here
Carolin Crawford is the October guest blogger on the UKRC’s women in astronomy blog, so you can also read about her on the blog and send questions and comments
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Thank you to everyone who came last night – we were delighted to see you all, and thrilled to see the photos looking so good. Thank you Joanna, Lou and Nature Publishing for your hospitality and help.
Lots of useful links were mentioned last night, and I thought I’d try to list them here. I don’t have time to make them all live right now, but hopefully it will help anyone looking for something in particular.
In no particular order:
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Second LIfe Island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Astronomy%202009/68/26/24
International meeting in March: Communicating Astronomy to the Public: http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2010/index.html
Information about science islands in Second Life: http://scilands.org for scilands info
SciComm course at UC Santa Cruz: http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciWriting.html
NASA meeting about women in astronomy and space science later this month: http://wia2009.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Mentoring: http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/services-for-women/mentoring/
StemNET: http://www.stemnet.org.uk/home.cfm
UEL mentoring for ethnic minority undergrads: http://www.uel.ac.uk/nmc/schemes/ethnic.htm
BIS in science & society policy: http://interactive.dius.gov.uk/scienceandsociety/site/
Science Center also maintains a great calendar of all the sicentific events [11:15] mar Foxtrot: In wha? [11:15]
Calendar for science centres: http://science-center-group.wikispaces.com/Calendar
Pookymedia with useful intros to Second Life: http://www.pookymediafilms.com/2009/09/foundation-studies-in-second-life-slenz.htmlTo nominate a Woman of Outstanding Achievement (by 14 December) http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/raise-your-profile/women-of-outstanding-achievement/2010-nominations/
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Thanks for all the info Ruth.
The event was really good and the perfect excuse to give second life a try. I hope there will be more events like this in the future.
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Thanks Samantha. Glad you could make it! If we do something else, we will advertise it here. Are you a member of GetSET Women (free and easy to join?) – we market our events through that as well.
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