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The International Astronomical Union is asking women astronomers everywhere to contribute a video clip of themselves for its 100th anniversary to celebrate women in astronomy. Deadline: 24 March.

The AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force is organizing a workshop to plan for the October 2023 annular and April 2024 total solar eclipses, 8-9 June in St. Louis, in conjunction with the AAS summer meeting.

In this column from the AAS Historical Astronomy Division, we focus on when astronomy met the periodic table.

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory has issued a call for proposals for Semester 2019B, which runs from 1 August 2019 to 31 January 2020. The deadline is 1 April 2019 at 11:59 pm MST.

The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy wants your help to prepare state-of-the-profession white papers for the Astro2020 decadal survey and develop a strategic plan for the 2020s.

The Infrared Telescope Facility is a 3-meter telescope optimized for infrared observations and located at the summit of Maunakea, Hawaii. Observing proposals for the 2019B semester are due by Monday, 1 April.

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.

Applications are now open for ComSciCon2019, a science communication conference for graduate students by graduate students, 11-13 July 2019 in San Diego, California.

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science and space policy that may be of interest to our members.

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

The 234th AAS meeting takes place 9-13 June 2019 in the Gateway to the West. It is shaping up to be a terrific conference! Register now to take advantage of discounted rates, and submit your abstract by 19 March.

The American Institute of Physics (AIP), of which the AAS is a member society, has announced that its Board of Directors has elected former AAS President David J. Helfand as its new chair.

AAS’s John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow Ashlee Wilkins highlights the particular spending provisions and implications for astronomy, planetary science, and solar physics at NASA and the NSF for FY 2019.

Join an online hangout on Thursday, 28 February, at 3:00 pm ET to learn about the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission and its discoveries.

The forthcoming film "Apollo 11," due for limited theatrical release on 1 March, will have a special screening at the National Air and Space Museum on 26 February, and AAS members are invited!