Announcements

At the 231st AAS meeting in National Harbor in January, the Astrophysics Source Code Library co-sponsored a Special Session on astronomy software publishing. Here's a recap.

Applications are now open for ComSciCon 2018, the 6th annual Communicating Science workshop for graduate students, to be held in Boston, MA, 14-16 June 2018.

The Inclusive Graduate Education Network invites scientists interested in issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion to attend a 17 March workshop at the University of Southern California.

AAS member Bruce D. Popp is the recipient of the S. Edmund Berger Prize for Excellence in Scientific and Technical Translation for his work on a seminal monograph by Henri Poincaré.

The National Academy of Sciences has recognized the IAU President Elect and honorary AAS member for improving our understanding of how molecules, stars, and planets form.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 25 January, at 3:00 pm ET to hear how future interplanetary missions might use a pulsar-based GPS system to navigate through space.

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

The Green Bank Observatory seeks proposals for use of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope during the period 1 August 2018 to 31 January 2019. Deadline: 1 February 2018.

The AAS seeks applications from upper-level undergraduate and graduate student AAS members for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop. Deadline: 2 February.

Congratulations to the winners of the latest Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award poster competition from the 231st AAS meeting!

AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

Miss something at AAS 231? Astrobites has published summaries of many of the plenary talks and press briefings from throughout the winter meeting.

The American Physical Society is a “big tent” organization with many topical divisions that span the breadth of physics research, education, and policy, of which the Division of Astrophysics is but one.

Individuals at US institutions are welcome to apply for support to attend the August 2018 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 28 February.

With her selection as a 2018 TED Fellow, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil joins Carrie Nugent, Aomawa Shields, Jedidah Isler, Renée Hlozek, Hakeem Oluseyi, and Lucianne Walkowicz as a TED "rising star."