Learn More About GradSWE, a SWE Affinity Group!
Each month throughout the year, we spotlight a SWE Affinity Group. We are excited to highlight SWE's GradSWE Community Affinity Group! Source
Tulip Nebula and Black Hole Cygnus X-1
Photo of the Day When can you see a black hole, a tulip, and a swan all at once? At night -- if the timing is right, and if your telescope is pointed in the right direction. The complex and beautiful Tulip Nebula blossoms about 8,000 light-years away toward the constellation of Cygnus the [...]
SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 275: A Fireside Chat With Forbes “50 Over 50” Awardees Dr. Carlotta Berry and Karen Horting
Dr. Carlotta Berry and Karen Horting, both recognized on the 2024 Forbes "50 Over 50" list, share how they are shattering age and gender norms in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source
NEW! Hands-On Workshops at 2025 WE Locals in the U.S.
Have you heard the news? An all-new type of session is coming to a conference near you! Have an idea for a workshop? We want to hear from you. Source
Perseid Meteors Over Inner Mongolia
Photo of the Day Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is similar to the time it takes for a head to turn. Possibly, though, the glory of seeing bright meteors shoot across the sky -- [...]
Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn’s Enceladus
Photo of the Day Do underground oceans vent through canyons on Saturn's moon Enceladus? Long features dubbed tiger stripes are known to be spewing ice from the moon's icy interior into space, creating a cloud of fine ice particles over the moon's South Pole and creating Saturn's mysterious E-ring. Evidence for this has come [...]
Women in Government Affinity Group Upcoming FY25 Topics
Explore the Women in Government Affinity Group's upcoming monthly topics for FY25. Source
SWE Recognizes Long Standing Memberships for Those Celebrating Milestones in FY25
As SWE members, engineers and technologists from all walks of life join in a legacy that is nearly 75 years in the making. Each July, SWE recognizes members who have achieved the 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50-year membership milestones. Source
SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 274: How Cal Poly SWE Empowered 1,500+ Fourth Graders to Explore STEM
Explore an outreach success story from one of SWE’s 400+ Collegiate Sections in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
Photo of the Day In silhouette against a crowded star field along the tail of the arachnological constellation Scorpius, this dusty cosmic cloud evokes for some the image of an ominous dark tower. In fact, monstrous clumps of dust and molecular gas collapsing to form stars may well lurk within the dark nebula, a [...]