Announcements
Two Decades at the Center of the Universe
31 May 2014
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific recently published an article by AAS Press Officer Rick Fienberg recounting his 20-plus years at Sky & Telescope magazine.
New Functionality in the AAS Online Directory
30 May 2014
The AAS online membership directory is now more secure, and it displays more information to members than it does to nonmembers — as long as you sign in.
New Mobile App Puts AAS Meetings in Your Pocket!
23 May 2014
We’re launching our first mobile app just in time for the 224th AAS meeting in Boston. It puts the entire conference program in your pocket and ensures that it’s always up to date. Get the app for your smartphone or...
AAS Action Alert
22 May 2014
Please email or call your Congressperson in the House of Representatives before May 28th to ask that he or she support increased funding for basic science research at NASA and NSF in the FY 2015 appropriations bill.
Come to the "Citizen Science in the Classroom" Workshop
22 May 2014
If you teach in a high school or college and will be at the 224th AAS meeting in Boston, please consider attending our June 1st workshop on how to incorporate the Globe at Night citizen-science project into your...
Register for the 2nd Annual GMT Community Science Meeting
22 May 2014
The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization and the Smithsonian Institution will convene “Transient Phenomena in Astronomy and Astrophysics” 6-8 October in Washington, DC. Registration deadline: 1 September.
Check Out Our New Gallery of AAS Meeting Photos!
20 May 2014
More than 1,000 photos from the 223rd AAS meeting in Washington, DC, last January are now online, and that's just the beginning.
CVD from an Undergraduate Perspective II: The Reckoning
9 May 2014
Anna Ho (MIT) was the only undergraduate AAS member who participated in Congressional Visits Day 2014. In this continuation of her earlier blog post, she describes her experience.
Nominations Sought for European Space Weather Medals
8 May 2014
International excellence in space weather and/or space climate will be honored with the Birkeland, Nicolet, and Chizhevsky medals. Nomination deadline: 14 September 2014.
Appropriations Status Update, Update: Now with More Details
7 May 2014
Today brought much more detail on the proposal from the House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), as the subcommittee released the report that...
Appropriations Status Update: Strong Proposal Under Consideration in the House
6 May 2014
The House of Representatives' appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over NASA and NSF released its proposal for FY 2015, with increases for science research accounts at both agencies. Next, the bill moves on for...
10 Things You Need to Know About ORCID
1 May 2014
ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID, and it's something that virtually every AAS member should have. Here's why.
Help Conceptualize the Planet Formation Imager
1 May 2014
The PFI project seeks participants to join working groups to help define top-level science requirements for the new instrument. Deadline: 16 June 2014.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education for the 21st Century
1 May 2014
A conference on 5-6 June in College Park, Maryland, will focus on strategies for implementing physics innovation and entrepreneurship education into undergraduate classrooms.
Four AAS Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
1 May 2014
Among the 84 new members elected to the National Academy for 2014 are astronomers Daniel Eisenstein, Fiona Harrison, Stephen Shectman, and Joseph Silk.