Beth Willman

LSST Discovery Alliance, CEO

[Beth Willman @BethWillman]

Applications for Cohort 8 of the LSST-DA Data Science Fellowship Program are now live:  https://t.co/p5qnRDlJIu. The deadline to apply is 22 Jan 2025.

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@govender I’m having an amazing time already!!

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@martinmbauer An external panel is being convened to advise on federal funding for TMT and GMT. No decision has been made. https://t.co/EYnb4Z1BEz

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LSST Discovery Alliance is hiring a Director of Finance and Administration. Come work with me! https://t.co/qm7MD1s8tA

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Atlas Obscura will contact festival pass winners after the 48-hr period - starting now - has ended. #AOEcliptic #atlasobscura

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Ticket giveaway! Join me, @AtlasObscura and @ValleyoftheVapors at their awesome eclipse festival Apr 5-8 in the path of totality at Hot Springs National Park, Ark. Visit https://t.co/ZItPu1SV31, share this post, and follow @AtlasObscura for a chance to win 2 passes. #AOEcliptic

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Head’s up - if someone from Advancements with @TedDanson reaches out with interest in your org’s work on innovations in technology: it’s pay-to-play. After 20 min of talking about LSST I was told it would only be $83,000 to have the work featured in an episode.

[Kevin Govender @govender]

Please help us spread the word. With preparations well underway, the reality is that the only thing that will make this (or any) conference fail is not getting enough people to participate. So come on, register and submit your abstracts by 1st March! https://t.co/fvAQm9etFi

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Do you have a (social) scientific or technical background and are you excited to support scientific innovation and inclusion in a unique way? Do you enjoy meeting new people and building new relationships? Come work with me at LSST Discovery Alliance!

https://t.co/mrOcYmvdRt

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@govender Her talk was absolutely fantastic!

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@astrogrant @NASARoman @pinballme @SphereVegas We've been loosely discussing this idea for @VRubinObs ... The screen is only large enough for 1/10 of the 3.2 Gpix full camera FOV, which gives room for some zoom-in fun.

[Beth Willman @BethWillman]

The 2024 IAU GA will be in Africa for the first time. The IAU LOC and African Astronomical Society are partnering with us to raise funds for African astronomers to attend the GA in their own continent. Please consider giving and spread the word!
https://t.co/biZhap5yCo

[Rachael @rareflwr41]

Its been a long road, but our comprehensive study on the Demographics of @sdssurveys in 2014, 2015, and 2016 has been accepted to PASP and is on ArXiv.

https://t.co/8mWl3Y45EH

[Beth Willman @BethWillman]

Proud of the new LSST Discovery Alliance website. Visit to learn about our work to maximize the impact of Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time through bold programs that foster innovation, inclusion, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

https://t.co/9U1Cx2KLTU

[Mario Juric @mjuric]

An epic thread by @megschwamb about how a LINCC -FW Incubator made a critical piece of @VRubinObs ☄️science code ~200x faster.

LINCC-FW is @SchmidtFutures supported project at @uwdirac, @Physics_CMU, and the LSST Discovery Alliance (CC: @BethWillman)

Join an incubator? See 🧵.

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This timelapse of sunrise lighting up the ELT construction in Chile is incredible.

[ESO @ESO]

2/ And for those who would like to enjoy not just a frame, but the whole opening scene of this alternative version of the movie...

...the timelapse below should help! 🎬

📷 B. Häußler/ESO

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@emilydoesastro ✋

[Research Corporation for Science Advancement @RCSA1]

Nominate yourself or an early career colleague to be a Fellow of a new initiative, #Scialog: Early Science with the LSST, sponsored by RCSA & @HSFdn. For full consideration for the May 2024 meeting, nominations should be submitted by October 1. https://t.co/QiHphQ13D0

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@KalteneggerLisa Not an astronomer, but related: “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C Clarke

[Floor Broekgaarden 💫 @FloorAstro]

there's a powerful paper on mentoring underrepresented minorities in STEM on ArXiv today: https://t.co/aW7GMXHtty, by a team including the incredible @CapricePhillips and @jfaherty

Incl. 4 key recommendations:
1. Institutionalize mentorship education across the STEM ecosystem