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The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus, an open and community-supported thesaurus of astronomy concepts, has been recognized this year with the Special Library Association’s Physics-Astronomy-Math Division Award.

Sarah Gibson (National Center for Atmospheric Research/High Altitude Observatory) is the AAS's newest representative to the US National Committee for the International Astronomical Union.

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.

In this Education Committee blog, guest authors report on the use of online immersive technologies for science outreach and invite you to an AAS-EPD Mini-Grant funded workshop that will develop skills in this area.

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

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, Clifford J. Cunningham writes about two events in the skies of July-August 1596: the comet and the red star.

Some AAS members are receiving phishing emails spoofing messages from Society leaders or other members but actually coming from scammers. Here's how to spot them.

A joint working group is soliciting input from the community for bold and creative ideas for using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and Nancy G. Roman Space Telescope synergistically. Deadline: 31 August.

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

The House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees met to finalize their fiscal year 2022 markups. Here are some details on the funding for NASA and other federal agencies that support the astronomical sciences.

Join a free webinar on Wednesday, 4 August, as our host Alaina G. Levine discusses how to escape from the people who are undermining your career goals.

Guest author Jessica Fielder outlines how astronomy educators can expand and develop what it means to lead an equitable classroom using literature on social justice pedagogy.

The Education Committee invites proposals from US-based AAS members to provide education-related mentoring and professional-development experiences for fellow members. Proposal deadline: 9 August.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls on the federal government to encourage focusing resources on high-quality science education for all US students.

The council will convene stakeholders across the research enterprise to develop ways to promote high-quality research practices and to anticipate and address challenges to research ethics and integrity.