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The AAS Solar Physics Division is awarding its 2022 George Ellery Hale Prize to Sami Solanki (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research) and its 2022 Karen Harvey Prize to Adam Kowalski (University Colorado Boulder)...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is hosting a webinar on Thursday, 17 February, to summarize changes made to the proposal review process and the results of the distributed peer review process.

In this Education Committee blog post, Imad Pasha discusses the importance of tackling coding head-on in the astronomy classroom and shares some lessons learned in a recent attempt to create and teach such a course.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Aneka Kazlyna writes about ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, the astronomer renowned for his contributions to the studies of the fixed stars and astronomical instruments.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The February issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) has selected the winners of its 2022 Mid-Career Prize, Early Career Prize, and Innovation Prize, as well as three finalists for the Dissertation Prize.

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is accepting nominations for its 2022 awards recognizing achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach. Deadline: 15 March.

The AAS community lost one of its most dedicated members this month, Arlo Landolt. Share your memory of and pay tribute by submitting a comment here.

Numerous AAS members are among the scientists elected to the 2021 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

NASA will hold a virtual Precursor Science Workshop 20-22 April, open to all community members interested in precursor science for NASA's future Great Observatories.

On 15 February, the AAS will officially launch the latest AAS WorldWide Telescope (WWT) software suite — WWT 2022! Mark your calendar.

The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus seeks new steering committee members. The commitment is a two-year term (February 2022-February 2024) and includes monthly committee meetings.

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.

In this Education Committee blog post, Joseph Ribaudo discusses recent efforts to build communities at primarily undergraduate institutions for astronomers and outlines several initiatives currently underway.