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Slidecasts of 12 invited talks and prize lectures presented at the 2019 summer AAS meeting in St. Louis, MO, are now online for members. Sign in to view them at your leisure.

Our new John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow, Kelsie Krafton, is on the job in DC and looks forward to informing AAS members about changes in policy that affect the astronomical community.

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

This column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division focuses on Flagstaff’s participation in preparing for the Apollo Moon missions.

Richard Green, Director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences, is stepping down in September. He'll be succeeded by his deputy, Ralph Gaume.

The first Astro2020 steering committee meeting will take place 15-17 July 2019 at the Keck Center in Washington, DC. You are invited to watch the open sessions of the meeting remotely.

Proposals are invited from US-based AAS members for small grants to provide education-related mentoring and professional-development experiences for fellow members. Deadline: Sunday, 4 August.

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

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 SOFIA Observatory has recently released calls for proposals for the Cycle 8 period, with a deadline of 6 September 2019.

This column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division focuses on the the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes and his renowned calculation of the circumference of the Earth.

Hundreds of snapshots from the June 2019 AAS meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, have been posted in our online gallery.

AAS members can now purchase the 2019 edition of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences and receive a 30% discount.

Congratulations to the six winners of the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards poster competition from the latest AAS meeting in St. Louis!

If you’re a student member of the AAS, please take a few minutes to verify or update your information in our records to confirm your appropriate membership class. Deadline: 9 August.