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Beth Potier
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:30 -0400

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty of women’s and gender studies, is a top award winner of the inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication, given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with Schmidt Futures. Prescod-Weinstein received the top prize in the category “Research Scientist: Mid-Career to Later Career” for three articles that advance science for the general public: “Enter the Axion” (American Scientist)? “Becoming Martian” (The Baffler) “A Black Femme Dreams in Equations” (Essence) “Exceptional writing on complex topics, done in a voice aimed at marginalized audiences. Reading her writing is a joy.” “Prescod-Weinstein makes dark matter and astrophysics...