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Join DAIS, a platform to lift up disabled voices in planetary and space science fields through networking, community support, and advocacy, and spread the word!

The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) has two new funding opportunities to support early career scientists. Register for the two informational webinars and learn more.

Students are invited to register for the 2021 US National Astronomy Olympiad (USNAO) round. The online testing dates are scheduled for May 15-22.

In this AAS Education Committee blog entry, Kate Meredith from GLAS Education details the Stone Edge All-Sky Survey and ways to build a sustainable collaboration among students whose studies were interrupted.

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

NASA has selected 24 new fellows for its prestigious NASA Hubble Fellowship Program, and among them are 10 AAS members. They will begin their programs in the fall at a US university or research center of their choosing.

The AAS Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA) has several openings for members interested in promoting equality for sexual-orientation and gender minorities within our profession.

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

Join us Wednesday, 7 April, for a free career webinar, as our host Alaina G. Levine moderates a panel discussion with scientists who have made advocacy and public policy part of their career journey.

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC announce the NEOWISE 2021 Data Release, which includes all data acquired during the seventh year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission.

Applications are open for ComSciCon, the communicating science workshop for graduate students, to be held virtually 4-7 August 2021. Submit your application by Thursday, 15 April.

The National Academies want your opinions on the major challenges for K-12 and postsecondary science education and what policy makers can do to strengthen science education programs.

The virtual 238th AAS meeting, 7-9 June, features a terrific selection of prize lectures and invited talks by distinguished astronomers, a diverse assortment of topical sessions, and a half dozen workshops. Register soon...

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award goes to Jane Huang for her dissertation Rings and Spirals in Protoplanetary Disks: The ALMA View of Planet Formation.