News

The AIP, of which the AAS is a member society, has announced the hiring of a new CEO: experimental physicist Michael H. Moloney. He will assume his new role on 5 March 2018.

Guerilla Science is launching a paid artists and scientists residency program in the US. Applications are due by 20 February 2018.

AAS Publishing has created a new LaTeX classfile for our journals that was released at the 231st AAS meeting.

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

For their commitment and service to the Society, we annually acknowledge and thank our members reaching their 25th, 30th, 35th, etc. anniversaries. Please let us know if your name is missing from this year's list.

At the 231st AAS meeting in National Harbor in January, the Astrophysics Source Code Library co-sponsored a Special Session on astronomy software publishing. Here's a recap.

Applications are now open for ComSciCon 2018, the 6th annual Communicating Science workshop for graduate students, to be held in Boston, MA, 14-16 June 2018.

The Inclusive Graduate Education Network invites scientists interested in issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion to attend a 17 March workshop at the University of Southern California.

AAS member Bruce D. Popp is the recipient of the S. Edmund Berger Prize for Excellence in Scientific and Technical Translation for his work on a seminal monograph by Henri Poincaré.

The National Academy of Sciences has recognized the IAU President Elect and honorary AAS member for improving our understanding of how molecules, stars, and planets form.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 25 January, at 3:00 pm ET to hear how future interplanetary missions might use a pulsar-based GPS system to navigate through space.

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 Green Bank Observatory seeks proposals for use of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope during the period 1 August 2018 to 31 January 2019. Deadline: 1 February 2018.

The AAS seeks applications from upper-level undergraduate and graduate student AAS members for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop. Deadline: 2 February.

Congratulations to the winners of the latest Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award poster competition from the 231st AAS meeting!