General Program Announcements

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of William Herschel's death, the AAS Historical Astronomy Division is hosting a webinar on 5 March to look at Herschel's non-astronomical life.

The 2022 symposium of the Society for Astronomical Sciences will be held 2-4 June in Ontario, CA. The in-person symposium will have an option to participate virtually. AAS members can register at the SAS member rate.

FDL pairs researchers with data scientists for an eight-week sprint to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to challenges important to NASA’s science and exploration goals. Apply by 3 April.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is hosting a webinar on Thursday, 17 February, to summarize changes made to the proposal review process and the results of the distributed peer review process.

NASA will hold a virtual Precursor Science Workshop 20-22 April, open to all community members interested in precursor science for NASA's future Great Observatories.

If you are a postdoc or a graduate student and are interested in becoming a Data Science Education Community of Practice fellow at the American Physical Society, submit your application by 30 January. 

Join the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) for Under One Sky 2021 — a 24-hour virtual event that will leave you feeling inspired and empowered to combat light pollution in your community.

The National Science Foundation will host a webinar on 27 October on the topic of impacts to current Earth-based and future lunar-surface-based radio astronomy as lunar communications networks are tested and deployed.

The Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh is seeking volunteers both local and virtual to help share the wonders of space and astronomy with the public in a 19 November event.

The Coalition seek to engage and inform scientists and engineers who wish to advocate for steps to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons.