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Join the Association for Women in Science for the webinar series "Start With Me: How to Create Inclusive Pockets of Greatness." The next webinar will take place on Wednesday, 16 November, at 12:00 pm ET.

Hack Together Day is a day to work intensively on collaborative projects of interest to the astronomical community and will take place 7 January 2017 during the AAS winter meeting. Programming experience is not required...

The new data release of the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) includes radial velocities of 520,781 spectra of 457,588 individual stars and is now available online.

The National Science Foundation is seeking a division director for the Division of Astronomical Sciences and welcomes you to send suggestions to the recently-announced recruitment committee or apply directly.

Sponsored by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the AAS, the Women in Astronomy IV Conference will focus on issues and challenges that affect a broad spectrum of women in astronomy.

If you will need child or dependent care services at the 229th AAS meeting in Grapevine, Texas, options are available. Child/Dependent Care Grant applications for the meeting are due by 5 December.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 10 November, at 3:00 pm ET, to learn about the investigation of an intriguing gamma ray binary star observed by NASA's Fermi satellite and the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Mission.

Proposals for Special Sessions, Town Halls, and Meetings-in-a-Meeting for the 230th AAS meeting next June in Austin, Texas, are due Thursday, 10 November.

The 229th AAS meeting will take place 3-7 January 2017 in Grapevine, Texas. The regular registration deadline is Monday, 14 November, so register soon to save!

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.

We need your help! Sign up to review student posters as a judge for the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards at the 229th AAS meeting in Grapevine, Texas, this January.

Each month as part of this series from HAD, an important discovery or memorable event in the history of astronomy will be highlighted. This month, we look at the launch of Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957.

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 has enter the "Beyond" phase of the mission. The Director’s Discretionary Time proposal handling process has been updated and proposals can be submitted at any time.

Apply to be a part of the US Delegation for the 6th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics (ICWIP), to be held 16-20 July 2017 in Birmingham, UK. Applications are due Saturday, 29 October.