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AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.

At the 233rd AAS meeting in Seattle, Washington, Greg Laughlin (Yale University) will deliver the Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture about 'Oumuamua, the first confirmed visitor from interstellar space.

We honor the memory of our departed colleagues. The Historical Astronomy Division commissions and compiles obituaries for deceased AAS members and depends on you, our members, for help writing them.

If you'll be in Austria for the IAU General Assembly, you're invited to a workshop on solutions to light pollution and radio interference to be held on 24 and 26 August at Vienna's Kuffner Observatory.

"Regular order" continues (for now) as the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved its version of legislation setting federal spending levels for fiscal year (FY) 2019.

Newly installed President Megan Donahue reflects on what made the 232nd AAS meeting in June so special.

Hundreds of snapshots from the June 2018 AAS meeting in Denver, Colorado, have been posted in our online gallery.

Nominations for most AAS prizes and awards for 2019 are due in the Secretary's office by 30 June 2018. As has been true for several years now, these prizes and awards are open to self-nominations.

In October the National Academies will provide an opportunity for early-career astronomers and astrophysicists to learn about, and provide input to, the Astro2020 decadal survey. Apply by 16 July.

The NASA Astrophysics Data System is excited to announce the official removal of the beta label from its new search interface, which is built upon modern search engine technology while also providing new features.

Elena Aprile (Columbia University) is being honored with the 2019 Berkeley prize for her leadership of the XENON project and its groundbreaking search for the particles thought to make up dark matter.

During our Spring/Summer 2018 Campaign, please give to the travel grants and prizes that support AAS members to go forth and share the excitement of astronomy with the world.

Proposals to use the high-flying Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy during the period 29 April 2019 to 27 April 2020 are due on 7 September 2018.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on the birth of Angelo Secchi and the pioneering of astrophysical spectroscopy.

To prevent sexual harassment, academic institutions should go beyond legal compliance to promote a change in culture, says a new study. Current approaches have not led to a decline in harassment.