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Highlights from AAS Nova: 17-30 April 2022
2 May 2022
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
2022 Membership Directory: Update Your Profile, Preferences, and Pronouns!
19 Apr 2022
It's our annual call to AAS members to update their information and preferences for the printed Membership Directory. The deadline for changes is Monday, 2 May.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 3-16 April 2022
18 Apr 2022
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Tactile Galaxy Cards: A New Accessible Hands-on Tool for Teaching
15 Apr 2022
Tactile Galaxy Cards allow students to explore the relationship of physical characteristics of galaxies to spectral features in a form that is accessible to blind students.
Ci Xue Named Winner of 2021 Robert L. Brown Outstanding Dissertation Award
14 Apr 2022
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award goes to Ci Xue for her dissertation "Discovery and Morphology of Complex Molecules toward Interstellar Molecular Clouds."
Undergrads: Become a Solar Eclipse Ambassador
13 Apr 2022
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific will partner college students with amateur astronomers to prepare 500 communities for the American solar eclipses of 2023 and 2024. Register your interest by 30 April 2022.
NASA Astrophysics Division Town Hall: 3 May 2022
11 Apr 2022
NASA Astrophysics Division Director Dr. Paul Hertz will present an update on JWST, a report on the NASA Astrophysics budget request for FY2023, and a snapshot of the status of NASA’s plans for implementing the...
Foundations of Astronomical Data Science
8 Apr 2022
This new curriculum launched for astronomers to improve data-intensive skills and was developed through an American Institute of Physics (AIP) Venture Fund award to the AAS (via the Employment Committee), members of the...
US Extremely Large Telescope Program Data Services Survey
7 Apr 2022
The US Extremely Large Telescope Program invites you to answer a survey to assess your expectations and priorities for data services to support your future use of the Giant Magellan Telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope...
Presidential Action Update on JWST Naming
6 Apr 2022
AAS President Paula Szkody and the Board of Trustees delivered letters of concern to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson regarding the naming process and name of JWST.
#AbSciCon22 — Origins and Exploration: From Stars to Cells
6 Apr 2022
Join NASA and the American Geophysical Union for a robust gathering of scientists in Atlanta and in an online capacity 15 - 20 May 2022.
AIP Awarded $12.5 Million Grant to Increase African American Representation in Physics and Astronomy
5 Apr 2022
The American Astronomical Society will work with the American Institute of Physics and other key societies on a newly funded initiative to decrease underrepresentation of undergraduate African Americans in physics and...
The State of Hiring Practices that Promote Diversity in the Astronomical Community
5 Apr 2022
The equity subcommittee of the Society's Committee on Employment explored the state of hiring in the astronomical community. Results are in, as are resources for best practices to consider and implement.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 20 March - 2 April 2022
4 Apr 2022
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, ApJ Supplements, PSJ, and RNAAS to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
This Month in Astronomical History: April 2022
4 Apr 2022
In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Stephen Spears, formerly with the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools, writes about the career of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.