SWE Pride Resources for June and Beyond
Join SWE in celebrating Pride Month with these resources that uplift LGBTQ+ voices. Source
A Lunar Corona over Paris
Photo of the Day Why does a cloudy moon sometimes appear colorful? The effect, called a lunar corona, is created by the quantum mechanical diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an intervening but mostly-transparent cloud. Since light of different colors has different wavelengths, each color diffracts differently. Lunar coronae are one [...]
SWE Wisconsin Holds Spring Forward Professional Development Event
Learn about the speakers, activities, and networking that inspired over 80 women in STEM. Source
Stairway to the Milky Way
Photo of the Day What happens if you ascend this stairway to the Milky Way? Before answering that, let's understand the beautiful sky you will see. Most eye-catching is the grand arch of the Milky Way Galaxy, the band that is the central disk of our galaxy which is straight but distorted by the [...]
SWE and FIRST: A Strategic Alliance Promoting Robotics ― and Much More ― to Young Women
Learn about the longstanding partnership between SWE and FIRST, plus discover how several SWENext teams thrived at the 2024 FIRST Championship in Houston. Source
SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 262: Engineering Pivots and AI With Prachi Tomar of Exelaration
Prachi Tomar shares advice on pivoting into software engineering, plus reflections on the future of AI, on this podcast episode! Source
Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns
Photo of the Day It's back. The famous active region on the Sun that created auroras visible around the Earth earlier this month has survived its rotation around the far side of the Sun -- and returned. Yesterday, as it was beginning to reappear on the Earth-facing side, the region formerly labeled AR 3664 [...]
Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space
Photo of the Day Orbiting 400 kilometers above Quebec, Canada, planet Earth, the International Space Station Expedition 59 crew captured this snapshot of the broad St. Lawrence River and curiously circular Lake Manicouagan on April 11. Right of center, the ring-shaped lake is a modern reservoir within the eroded remnant of an ancient 100 [...]
M78 from the Euclid Space Telescope
Photo of the Day Star formation can be messy. To help find out just how messy, ESA's new Sun-orbiting Euclid telescope recently captured the most detailed image ever of the bright star forming region M78. Near the image center, M78 lies at a distance of only about 1,300 light-years away and has a main [...]
SWE Recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month
Prioritize your mental health and well-being with this collection of podcast episodes, blog posts, and magazine articles from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Source