Announcements

Planning to attend the 239th AAS meeting? We encourage you to submit an abstract to a special session focusing on the AAS WorldWide Telescope (WWT) software project. The deadline is 12 October 2021.

This guest post by Andy Fraknoi talks about "Astronomy", a free, online textbook; that is now in use in Astro 101 classes at over 1,100 institutions and has over half a million student readers.

AAS members can now purchase the 2021 edition, Vol. 59, of Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics at a 30% discount.

Registration is now open for the National Society of Black Physicists 2021 Conference. This year's virtual conference will be held 4-7 November and the theme is "Grand Unification in the Diaspora".

The SciAccess conference aims to bring accessibility researchers and disability professionals together with accessibility advocates across STEM fields. Learn how you can attend free of charge.

Our new John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow Julie Davis introduces herself and describes the path that led her to science policy and the AAS.

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is accepting applications for fellowship programs that will place scientists and engineers with the State Department and Congress for a one-year term starting in fall 2022.

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.

NOIRLab invites nominations and expressions of interest for membership in a new Data Science Advisory Group to provide advice for the Lab’s data-intensive astronomy activities. Deadline: 5 October 2021.

The Society's FAMOUS (Funds for Astronomical Meetings: Outreach to Underrepresented Scientists) Travel Grants program helps members from historically underrepresented groups attend AAS meetings. Deadline: 29 October.

The Kavli Prize is awarded by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for outstanding scientific achievements in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. The nomination deadline is 1 December 2021.

Four AAS members will receive the New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation for their work in electromagnetic observations of sources of gravitational waves.

The North American ALMA Science Center is now accepting applications for the Cycle 9 / 2022 ALMA Ambassadors program. The deadline to apply is 27 October 2021.

The AAS welcomes planetary scientist Kerry Hensley to the staff as a member of our communications team.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, undergraduate students at the University of Chicago write about the awarding of Harriet McWilliams Parsons' doctorate.