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Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The May issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

Here is a look at astronomy-related policy events on the schedule for May 2021.

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.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced the election of 252 new members, 55% of whom are women. Three of those are AAS members.

The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs has prepared a graphical timeline of telescopes at the South Pole. It's available for free and makes a great tool for education and public engagement.

The AAS, in partnership with IOP Publishing, now allows journal authors to change their names on previously published research. This reflects our commitment to an open, supportive, and inclusive research environment.

The National Academy of Sciences has announced the election of 120 new members, including nine members of the AAS, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

This AAS Education Committee blog provides a brief overview of how funding from the AAS EDP Mini-Grants Program was used to organize and execute a career panel at the Center for Astrophysics.

To make the analysis of astronomical images more accessible to the blind and visually impaired, the Innovators Developing Accessible Tools for Astronomy team have designed the Afterglow Access software.

This grant program is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty, other professional scientists, and disciplinary society staff who are conducting research on STEM graduate education. Deadline: 30 June 2021.

The quarterly Arecibo Observatory newsletter features science highlights and updates about the telescope, staff, and current education programs. Read the spring newsletter online.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, AAS Amateur Affiliate Alan Agrawal writes about the supernova of 1006 CE.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Michael E. Marotta writes about the discovery of the strong magnetic field between Earth and the Moon.

Graduate-school departments can use our new form to share their progress toward implementing the recommendations of the AAS Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion in Astronomy Graduate Education.