AAS Members Among 2015 Class of AAAS Fellows

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The accomplishments of the new Fellows will be celebrated at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting, convening 11-15 February in Washington, DC, under the theme "Global Science Engagement." At the Annual Meeting, the new Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Saturday, 13 February 2016, at the AAAS Fellows Forum.

Among the newly elected AAAS Fellows are five AAS members:

• Sarbani Basu (Yale University)
• Edmund Bertschinger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Matthew Colless (Australian National University)
• Steven M. Kahn (Stanford University)
• Lucy-Ann A. McFadden (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

Congratulations, all! (If you’re on the list of new AAAS Fellows for 2015 and we overlooked you, please send me an email so I can add your name here.)

The tradition of electing AAAS Fellows began in 1874 to recognize members for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. To be considered for the rank of AAAS Fellow, nominees must have been continuous AAAS members by the end of the calendar year in which they are elected. Fellows must be nominated by one of the steering groups of the Association's 24 sections; by any three Fellows who are current AAAS members (as long as two of the three sponsors are not affiliated with the nominee's institution); or by the AAAS chief executive officer.

Steering groups review the nominations of individuals within their respective sections and send a final list of nominees to the AAAS Council for a vote. As the policymaking body for AAAS, the Council is chaired by the AAAS president and consists of members of the board of directors, the retiring section chairs, delegates from each electorate and regional division, and two delegates from the National Association of Academies of Science.

— Adapted from a AAAS press release.