Announcements

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for its 2022 awards recognizing achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. Deadline: 15 March.

The AAS community lost one of its most dedicated members this month, Arlo Landolt. Share your memory of and pay tribute by submitting a comment here.

Numerous AAS members are among the scientists elected to the 2021 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

NASA will hold a virtual Precursor Science Workshop 20-22 April, open to all community members interested in precursor science for NASA's future Great Observatories.

On 15 February, the AAS will officially launch the latest AAS WorldWide Telescope (WWT) software suite — WWT 2022! Mark your calendar.

The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus seeks new steering committee members. The commitment is a two-year term (February 2022-February 2024) and includes monthly committee meetings.

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

In this Education Committee blog post, Joseph Ribaudo discusses recent efforts to build communities at primarily undergraduate institutions for astronomers and outlines several initiatives currently underway.

If you are a postdoc or a graduate student and are interested in becoming a Data Science Education Community of Practice fellow at the American Physical Society, submit your application by 30 January. 

Here AAS Executive Officer Kevin Marvel shares the 2021 year-end report on the AAS journals and some amazing statistics that help us gauge how the journals are operating and their impact.

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

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Amy C. Oliver writes about William Herschel, his telescopes, and Uranus.

AAS President Paula Szkody details how the newly formulated task force is discussing possible virtual gatherings to help alleviate the lost connections and information sharing due to the cancelation of the 239th AAS...

NASA Headquarters initiated the first external review of the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program in 2021, with the aim to identify best practices, gaps, and areas of improvement. The final report is now available online.

The astronomy community is asked to take a brief survey designed for both users and non-users of high-contrast imaging instruments in order to collect the community wish list and guide the future development of the...