2013 Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Meeting
28 - 30 May 2013
All Posts by Crystal M. Tinch
Yoshio Fujita (1908 - 2013)
An obituary is being prepared by the AAS Historical Astronomy Division. Contact the Chair of the Obituary Committee to supply or request additional information.
Galaxies within the Cosmic Web
17 - 21 June 2013
Richard E. Young (1943 - 2013)
An obituary is being prepared by the AAS Historical Astronomy Division. Contact the Chair of the Obituary Committee to supply or request additional information.
Honored Elsewhere
AAS members among New Class of AAAS Fellows
In October 2012, the AAAS Council elected 701 members as Fellows of AAAS. These individuals will be recognized for their contributions to science and technology at the Fellows Forum to be held on 16 February 2013 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The new Fellows will receive a certificate and a blue and gold rosette as a symbol of their distinguished accomplishments.
ACS-PHYS Division
We are pleased to announce that at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia, the ACS-PHYS division established a new Astrochemistry Subdivision. Astrochemistry is the study of the abundances and chemical reactions of atoms, molecules, and ions and how they interact with radiation in both gas and condensed phases in Solar Systems and in the Interstellar Medium. The new Subdivision provides an interdisciplinary "home" for individuals interested in this growing research area.
2013 AAS Prize Winners
At its 221st semiannual meeting two weeks ago in Long Beach, California, the AAS named the recipients of its 2013 prizes for achievements in research, instrument development, education, and writing.
Member Deaths
The Society is saddened to learn of the deaths of the following members, former members, and affiliate members:
Bertram D. Donn
John Galt
Robert Hobbs
Arthur Page
Stephan D. Price
John Alexander Galt (1925 - 2012)
John Galt, one of the pioneers of Very Long Baseline Interferometry, died on Boxing Day morning, December 26, 2012. John was the first employee of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) in 1959, its Director from 1963 until 1980, and, with his many novel experiments on the 26-m Telescope across a number of fields of astrophysics, helped establish the importance of radio astronomy as a scientific endeavor in Canada and raised the international profile of DRAO.
The University of California International Summer School on AstroComputing 2013: Star and Planet Formation
22 July - 9 August 2013
Second Kepler Science Conference
4 - 8 November 2013
14th Annual International Summer School on Adaptive Optics
4 - 9 August 2013
Bertram D. Donn (1919 - 2012)
An obituary is being prepared by the AAS Historical Astronomy Division. Contact the Chair of the Obituary Committee to supply or request additional information.
AGU Chapman Conference: Crossing the Boundaries in Planetary Atmospheres - From Earth to Exoplanets
24 - 28 June 2013
First COSPAR Symposium
11 - 15 November 2013
Robert W. Hobbs (1938 - 2013)
An obituary is being prepared by the AAS Historical Astronomy Division. Contact the Chair of the Obituary Committee to supply or request additional information.
Science with the Giant Magellan Telescope Integral-Field Spectrograph
12 - 13 March 2013
The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VIII
7 - 12 July 2013