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In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on the birth of Angelo Secchi and the pioneering of astrophysical spectroscopy.

To prevent sexual harassment, academic institutions should go beyond legal compliance to promote a change in culture, says a new study. Current approaches have not led to a decline in harassment.

Astrobites has published summaries of many of the plenary talks and press briefings from throughout the 232nd AAS meeting.

Celebrating Maria Mitchell's 200th birthday, the Maria Mitchell Association and its partners will bring together women involved in STEM for an engaging interdisciplinary meeting in October.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 14 June, at 3:00 pm ET to learn about the EDGES experiment and what it might be telling us about dark matter and the makeup of the universe.

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 Spitzer Space Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory teams invite others studying the variability of Sgr A* to schedule observations during the July/August 2019 monitoring campaigns.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The latest issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the 2018 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics to Ewine van Dishoeck of Leiden University and the International Astronomical Union.

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science and space policy that may be of interest to our members.

NASA's Associate Administrator for Science, Thomas Zurbuchen, has accepted the National Academy’s recommendation to start the astrophysics decadal survey now rather than wait two years.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concludes that graduate programs in the sciences need to put more emphasis on teaching and mentoring.

The National Science Foundation’s National Optical Astronomy Observatory and two extremely large telescope projects team up to enhance US scientific leadership in astronomy and astrophysics.

Provided free to all members, the annual AAS Wall Calendar highlights important astronomical events each month. The AAS seeks sponsors plus key dates and deadlines for the 2019 edition. Deadline: 1 September 2018.

This annual competition, which now includes an astronomy category, celebrates the role great images play in making science accessible to a wide audience. Deadline for entries: 31 August.