New to Diverse: a SWE Podcast? Start Here!
Meet the voices shaping the future of engineering — one story at a time. Source
WE26 Call for Participation for Breakout Sessions Now Open!
Five steps to increase your chances of being selected as a breakout session speaker at WE26. Source
How the SWE ECP AG Helped With My Communication Anxiety
As part of their spotlight month, a member of the Early Career Professionals Affinity Group reflects on the group's impact on her communication skills. Source
Celebrate National Mentoring Month With SWE
Learn more about the power of meaningful mentoring relationships and the life-changing experience it offers mentors and mentees. Source
Inside the Smart India Hackathon: Innovation, Impact, and the Power of Youth in Problem-Solving
Vamika Perumal, Ph.D., reflects on the impact of the Smart India Hackathon and her personal experience as a jury member. Source
NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Photo of the Day Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do. And almost every spot in this jewel-box of an image from the Hubble Space Telescope is a star. Now, some stars are more red than our Sun, and some more blue -- but all of them are much farther away. Although [...]
Unicorn, Fox Fur and Christmas Tree
Photo of the Day A star forming region cataloged as NGC 2264, this beautiful but complex arrangement of interstellar gas and dust is about 2,700 light-years distant in the faint but fanciful constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. Seen toward the celestial equator and near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, the seasonal skyscape mixes [...]
Mystery: Little Red Dots in the Early Universe
Photo of the Day What are these little red dots (LRDs)? Nobody knows. Discovered only last year, hundreds of LRDs have now been found by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early universe. Although extremely faint, LRDs are now frequently identified in deep observations made for other purposes. A wide-ranging debate is raging [...]
Red Sprites and Circular Elves Lightning over Italy
Photo of the Day What's happening in the sky? Lightning. The most commonly seen type of lightning involves flashes of bright white light between clouds. Over the past 50 years, though, other types of upper-atmospheric lightning have been confirmed, including tentacled red sprites and ringed ELVES. Although both last only a small fraction of [...]
When Midlife Becomes a Silent Career Crisis
SWE member Sweety Seelam discusses how women in engineering can rebuild their confidence, communication, and career resilience. Source