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Shop at Amazon.com & Support the AAS
26 March 2014
The AAS has joined AmazonSmile, giving members and friends a new way to support the Society. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to the AAS, at no cost to you!
Rep. Johnson Wins Brown Award for Science Leadership
26 March 2014
US Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas has received the 2014 George E. Brown Award for her vision and leadership in promoting public policies benefitting science and engineering.
AAS 2015 Prize Nominations Are Due 30 June
21 Mar 2014
The AAS needs your help in getting due recognition for our most outstanding colleagues. Nominations and letters of support for the AAS prizes for 2015 must arrive in the Secretary's office by 30 June 2014.
Five, Count 'em, Five, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellows!
24 Mar 2014
All of our current and former John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellows gathered for lunch with fellowship benefactor (and former AAS Vice-President) Neta Bahcall.
Six New Career Profiles Have Been Posted
20 March 2014
Cosponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy and the Committee on Employment, these interviews highlight the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers both inside and outside of...
Call for Proposals for Long Wavelength Array, Cycle 5
18 Mar 2014
The LWA1 Radio Observatory invites applications for observing time between 15 December 2014 and 15 September 2015. Deadline: 15 August 2014.
Call for Proposals for Murchison Widefield Array, Semester 2014B
18 Mar 2014
The MWA low-frequency radio telescope in Western Australia invites shared-risk observing proposals for the period 1 July through 31 December 2014. Deadline: 18 April.
The President's Budget Request Just Dropped. How Did It Get Here?
17 March 2014
Each year, the federal budget process kicks off with the introduction of the President's Budget Request. Or rather, that's where it seems to begin for those of us looking from the outside in.
223rd AAS Meeting Videos Are Now Online for Members
13 March 2014
Videos of invited talks and prize lectures presented at the 223rd AAS meeting in Washington, DC, in January 2014 are now online for viewing by AAS members. You must sign in using your AAS username and password to watch...
NOAO Invites Observing Proposals for Semester 2014B
13 Mar 2014
The National Optical Astronomy Observatory invites proposals for the use of its telescopes and those of its partners during the period August 2014 to January 2015. Deadline: 31 March 2014.
NASA Exploration Science Forum - 2nd Announcement
6 Mar 2014
This year's forum, 21-23 July 2014, will feature discussions of exploration targets of interest, including the Moon, near-Earth asteroids, and the moons of Mars. Deadline for abstract submission: 26 April.
The Top Lines for Astronomical Sciences in the FY 2015 President's Budget Request
5 March 2014
On March 4th the Obama Administration rolled out the top-line information on their budget request for FY 2015, which begins 1 October 2014. Details below the top line and a handful of policy bullet points will follow...
New Video Urges Congress to Close the Innovation Deficit
27 February 2014
Fourteen business, higher-education, and scientific organizations have created a video urging Congress to support federal investments in research to keep the U.S. globally competitive.
Invitation to a Workshop on LSST Observing Cadences
27 Feb 2014
How often should the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope return to the same field of view? Help answer this question and others in Tucson in August. Expressions of interest are due 15 March.
New Issue of CSWA Newsletter Available
24 Feb 2014
You can download the January 2014 issue of Status, the newsletter of the AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, from the CSWA website.