RAS Diversity

Huge thanks to the team for all their work creating this account. We will continue to promote diversity via the @RoyalAstroSoc account, where we can reach an even larger audience with this important work. You can read our diversity policy on our website: ras.ac.uk/about-the-ras/…

We thank the team for all their work on those accounts over the years and look forward to using the main account to promote all their excellent work. Rest assured we are still 100% committed to both outreach and diversity.

We have made the decision to stop posting to the separate @ras_outreach and @ras_diversity accounts and include that content in our main account instead. Education, outreach, diversity and inclusion are core to what we do, and we can reach a larger audience with the content here.

Huge thanks to the team for all their work creating this account. We will continue to promote diversity via the @RoyalAstroSoc account, where we can reach an even larger audience with this important work. You can read our diversity policy on our website: ras.ac.uk/about-the-ras/…

This account was started to promote our commitment to diversity and highlight RAS work in this area. We are merging this with our main @royalastrosoc account as diversity is part of our core mission. We remain champions of diversity in astronomy and geophysics. Do stay in touch.

Sylvette Thomassin is a Doctor of Seismology at Résonance Ingénieurs-Conseils. She is an expert in the field of vibration control and engineering seismology, having previously studied for a Doctorate at J. Fourier University @UGrenobleAlpes #IWD2020 #womeninSTEMM 🌋

Rachel Somerville says "It's thrilling to see how far we have come since 1999, both in terms of scientific progress and more diverse participation in science!" #IWD #WomenInScience #Diversity 👩‍👧👩‍🚀

Lisa Kewley has done a lot of work encouraging young girls to pursue science, and aims for @ARC_ASTRO3D to achieve a 50:50 gender balance at all levels by 2021 #IWD2020 #Diversity womeninresearch.org.au/lisa-kewley

Happy Birthday to Maggie Aderin-Pocock, British space scientist who helped develop a spectrograph for @GeminiObs, works on @ESA_EO’s Aeolus satellite, and co-presents @BBCStargazing 🎂🛰✨ #OTD #BlackAndSTEM #DisabledAndSTEM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #RocketWomen

Happy Birthday to Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut and physicist who became the first woman and first civilian in space in 1963, she orbited the earth 48 times, logging more time in space than all the astronauts before her combined 🎂🚀🌏 #OTD #WomenInScience #RocketWomen

Happy Birthday to Carolyn Porco (@carolynporco), American planetary scientist who was leader of the Imaging Team for the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and is a member of the imaging team for New Horizons 🎂🛰🌑 #OTD #OnThisDay #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #RocketWomen

Happy Birthday to Robert Curbeam, astronaut and captain in the United States Navy, who holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight 🎂🚀🌎 #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndSTEM

Happy Birthday to Jerrie Cobb, American aviator and humanitarian, who was one of Mercury 13, and ranked in the top 2% of astronaut candidates of all genders 🎂✈️🚀 #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #RocketWomen

Happy Birthday to Willetta Greene Johnson, American physicist who gained her PhD @UChicago in 1988, began working @LoyolaChicago in 1992, and performs with @chi_sinfonietta 🎂⚗🔬 #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndSTEM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience

Happy Birthday to Juan Gilbert (@DrJuanGilbert), American computer scientist, researcher, and inventor 🎂💻📚 #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndSTEM

Happy Birthday to Leland Melvin (@Astro_Flow), American engineer and astronaut who became NASA Associate Administrator for Education in 2010 🎂🚀✨ #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndSTEM

Happy Birthday to Janet Emerson Bashen, American inventor, entrepreneur, and business consultant, and the first black American woman to obtain a software patent 🎂💻📚 #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndSTEM

Happy Birthday to Peggy Whitson (@AstroPeggy), American biochemist and astronaut who became the first woman Space Shuttle Commander in 2002 🎂🚀🔬 #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #RocketWomen

Happy Birthday to Valerie Thomas, engineer who began working for @NASA in 1964 and was involved in projects related to satellite technology, Halley's Comet, ozone research, and the Voyager spacecraft 🎂🛰☄️ #OTD #BlackAndSTEM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #RocketWomen

Happy Birthday to Arlie Oswald Petters, Belizean-American mathematical physicist and Professor of Mathematics and a Professor of Physics and Economics @DukeU 🎂🔢💻 #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndSTEM

Happy Birthday to Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban military officer, legislator, and cosmonaut who became the first black person in space in 1980 🎂🚀✨ #OTD #OnThisDay #DiversityandInclusion #BlackAndSTEM