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

AAS Education Committee member Mary Crone Odekon describes a model for integrating undergraduate research and faculty development within a legacy research project.

For one departmental payment of $140, the applying student would have free AAS membership for four years: two years with departmental support and two years with support from the Society.

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.

The AAS Doxsey Travel Prize Committee is seeking one new member to serve for a three-year term. Candidates from traditionally underrepresented groups or in their early career stages are especially encouraged to apply. 

Here is a look at astronomy-related policy events on the schedule for September 2021.

Join the EnCorps STEM Teachers Program as a STEMx Tutor and commit to providing virtual tutoring to underserved middle-school students currently struggling in mathematics.

Looking for information regarding the impact of large satellite constellations on astronomy and what AAS is doing about it? You can find some useful resources on this page compiled by the AAS Public Policy team.

AAS member Bruce Elmegreen (IBM Research) is the latest recipient of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's highest honor "in recognition of his pioneering work on dynamical processes of star formation."

The Slooh Space Exploration Grant is designed to help teachers and students utilize the latest interactive astronomy technology to explore the universe and its stars. Application deadline: 18 October.

The leadership of the AAS is deeply concerned and saddened by the current situation in Afghanistan and pledges to do what we can to assist and advocate for Afghan scientists and their families.

The AAS Ambassadors program trains early-career astronomers to convey their research to those outside of science. The next training is an intensive, two-day hands-on workshop that precedes the 239th AAS meeting.

The Early Career Scientist Spotlight series showcases the research interests, science motivations, and achievements of early careers scientists working at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Thanks to generous support from the Heising-Simons Foundation, members of the Rubin Science Collaborations will be able to apply for kickstarter grants. A call for grant proposals will be released on 31 August.

This is the second article in a series where we address how we as a community can and should advocate for our priorities with the policy makers who control the funds that make our science possible.