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Winter Meeting Abstract Submission Opens Next Week

26 July 2016
The 229th AAS meeting will take place 3–7 January 2017 in Grapevine, Texas, and abstract submission for the meeting will open next Monday, 1 August. The regular abstract deadline is 4 October at 9:00 pm ET.

Nominations Solicited for the 2017 Lecar Prize

22 July 2016
The Lecar Prize recognizes exceptional contributions to the study of extrasolar planets in particular and theoretical astrophysics in general. Nominations are now welcome. Deadline: 1 September 2016.

Call for Proposals: Arecibo Observatory, 2017

22 July 2016
The 305-meter William E. Gordon Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico is the world's largest single-dish radio telescope. Proposals for observations beginning in January 2017 are due by 1 September 2016.

LSST Project & Community Workshop 2016

13 July 2016
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project & Community Workshop 2016 will take place in Tucson, Arizona, the week of 15 August. Registration Deadline: 22 July

From the Executive Office

8 July 2016
"Enough is enough," says Kevin Marvel, who is distraught over the damage done by harassment at AAS meetings and wants us all to work together to make it stop.