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Highlights from AAS Nova: 11-24 August 2019
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Latest Update from AIP on Astronomy Degree Recipients
A new report from the American Institute of Physics details the initial employment outcomes of astronomy bachelors, masters, and PhDs from the classes of 2014, 2015, and 2016 combined.
Virginia Trimble to Receive AIP's Andrew Gemant Award
Virginia Trimble, the celebrated astronomer and AAS patron, is being recognized for her lifelong contributions to the cultural, artistic, and humanistic dimensions of physics.
More Birthdays Needed for the AAS Wall Calendar
We haven't received many responses to our call for AAS members to recommend female astronomers and astronomers of color whose birthdays should be noted on the AAS Wall Calendar. Ideas, anyone?
AAS & DPS Launch Gold Open Access Planetary Science Journal
14 Aug 2019
Research articles reporting significant developments, discoveries, and theories about planets, moons, small bodies, and the interactions among them will soon have a new showcase: The Planetary Science Journal (PSJ),...
AAS, DPS Launch Gold Open Access Planetary Science Journal
The Planetary Science Journal joins the Astronomical Journal and the Astrophysical Journal family as the newest of the AAS’s peer-reviewed research publications.
Rick Fienberg Receives the Walter Scott Houston Award
At the Stellafane convention earlier this month Rick Fienberg, AAS Press Officer and former editor in chief of Sky & Telescope, received a lifetime achievement award from the Astronomical League.
AAS Database Upgrade and Website Interruption
The AAS will be upgrading its membership database system on 15 and 16 August. During the upgrade abstract submissions, splinter session proposal submissions, donations, and member profiles will be inaccessible.
AAS Names Suvi Gezari as Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecturer
14 Aug 2019
At the 235th AAS meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 5 January 2020, the Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture will be given by Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland), who will describe the discovery and analysis of tidal...
Suvi Gezari Will Give Kavli Plenary Lecture in Honolulu
Suvi Gezari (University of Maryland) will kick off the 235th AAS meeting in January 2020 with a special lecture on tidal disruption events from stars shredded by black holes in the centers of galaxies.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 28 July - 10 August 2019
13 Aug 2019
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Four-Year Graduate Student Membership Available
12 Aug 2019
For one departmental payment of $138, the applying student would have free AAS membership for four years: two years with departmental support and two years with support from the Society.
Maunakea Observatories to Return to Limited Operations
After a four-week suspension of work at the summit of Maunakea, the existing telescopes will attempt a return to science operations.
Las Cumbres Observatory Seeks New Global Sky Partners
Global Sky Partners will observe astronomical phenomena with LCO telescopes and use the data as part of their educational activities. Proposal deadline: 15 September 2019.
August 2019 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today as a membership benefit. The latest issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.