Meg Urry (Israel Munson Professor of Physics & Chair of Department) has won the annual Women in Space Science Award, given by the Women’s Board of the Adler Planetarium to “an outstanding woman in space science who exemplifies the characteristics that lead to success academically and in the work force.”
The Adler Women’s Board aims to inspire young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math — a goal shared by Urry. She sits on the steering committee of the Yale Women Faculty Forum; chaired the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy for the American Astronomical Society; headed the U.S. delegation to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics meeting on Women in Physics in Paris, France; has organized three national meetings on women in astronomy; and has hosted three annual conferences for undergraduate women in physics at Yale.