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"LISA Pathfinder Results" Hangout on 17 June
15 June 2016
Join this interactive online hangout on Friday, 17 June, at 3:00 pm ET to hear about the LISA Pathfinder mission, which seeks to demonstrate the technologies needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory.
Upcoming AWIS Webinar: "Boundaries and Expectations: What Title IX Is, Isn't, and Could Be"
15 June 2016
Join the Association for Women in Science on Wednesday, 15 June, at 12:00 pm ET for a webinar on the history of Title IX, plus the current requirements, challenges, and controversies surrounding the law.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 29 May - 11 June 2016
15 Jun 2016
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
AAS Nova Wins Drum Online Media Award
14 June 2016
AAS Nova, a site that highlights results published in AAS journals, has been named Best Heath/Education News Site by the Drum Online Media Awards.
AAS and Astrobites Formalize Partnership
13 June 2016
At its 228th meeting now under way in San Diego, the AAS announced that it will begin officially sponsoring Astrobites, the daily astrophysics journal blog written by graduate students.
Results of 2016 NASA Astrophysics Senior Review of Operating Missions
9 June 2016
NASA's 2016 Astrophysics Senior Review was held during February and March 2016 and the results have been published online.
Nominations for L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
8 June 2016
Nominations for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards will be accepted online through 20 June 2016. Five women will be named Award Laureates for their contributions to the advancement of science.
Brouwer Award for Dynamical Astronomy Goes to Rosemary Wyse
6 June 2016
The AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy is bestowing its highest honor on a Johns Hopkins professor who has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the Milky Way's history.
Guest Blog: An Astronomer Learns to Make His CASE
3 June 2016
In this guest blog, the AAS-sponsored participant to the AAAS CASE Workshop, Kevin Cooke, describes two of the things that he learned.
Two AAS Members Announced as Finalists for 2016 Blavatnik Awards
2 June 2016
AAS members David Charbonneau and Jenny Greene are each in the running to be one of three 2016 Blavatnik National Laureates.
June 2016 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
1 June 2016
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.
The AAS Executive Office Is Moving
1 June 2016
Though we're sad to leave our current location in the American Geophysical Union building, we're very excited about our new office and the benefits it will bring to the AAS membership.
DPS 48 / EPSC 11 Abstract Deadline Approaching, Registration Opening Soon
1 June 2016
The joint DPS 48 / EPSC 11 meeting will take place 12–21 October 2016 in Pasadena, California. The regular abstract deadline for the meeting is Wednesday, 22 June, at 9:00 pm ET.
Highlights from AAS Nova: 15-28 May 2016
31 May 2016
AAS Nova provides highlights of recent articles from AJ, ApJ, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements to inform you about discoveries you might otherwise overlook.
Watch the 2016 Kavli Prize Announcement Live Online June 2nd
27 May 2016
Tune in to a live public webcast from Oslo and New York on Thursday morning, June 2nd, to find out who is receiving the 2016 Kavli Prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.