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An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education includes interviews with five women astronomers, all AAS members, as it explores what it’s like to navigate a field in which women are such a clear minority.

Five AAS members are among the 347 distinguished scientists newly elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internships provide promising students with the opportunity to work in the area of civil space research policy in Washington, DC. Applications for Summer 2016 are due on 5 February.

The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellowship program awards five postdoctoral women scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each. Applications open on 30 November 2015 and are due by 5 February 2016.

William J. Borucki of NASA's Kepler mission has been selected by the Franklin Institute to receive the 2016 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, the latest in a growing list of accolades for the exoplanet...

On behalf of our members and along with the International Astronomical Union (based in Paris), AAS President Meg Urry expresses solidarity with the people of France in the wake of Paris terrorist attacks.

SGMA, established by the AAS Council to promote equality for sexual-orientation and gender minorities within our profession, succeeds the Working Group on LGBTIQ Equality (WGLE).

Eight winners and six honorable mentions will receive support to present their dissertation talks at the 227th AAS meeting in Kissimmee, Florida, in January.

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 National Academies' committee for the midterm assessment of the implementation of the New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics decadal survey seeks your input.

Reminders to renew your AAS membership were mailed last month. If you recently mailed a payment or renewed online, thank you! If not, now is the time. Don't let your membership benefits lapse!

Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2016 will convene in Medellín, Colombia, next 16-20 May. Abstracts for oral presentations, posters, and workshops are now welcome. Deadline: 25 January 2016.

The countdown has begun for the 227th AAS meeting, Monday-Friday, 4-8 January 2016, in Kissimmee, Florida, just outside Orlando and only an hour’s drive from Cape Canaveral and the historic Space Coast.

Explore the science and technology behind gravitational waves and the instruments used to observe them with experts Shane Larson, Joey Shapiro-Key, and Ira Thorpe in an interactive online get-together.

The Gruber Foundation invites nominations for the 2016 Gruber Cosmology Prize, which is designed both to recognize groundbreaking work and to inspire additional research. Deadline: 15 December 2015.