News
Astronomers Honored for Outstanding Work in Research, Instrumentation, Education & Writing
At its 221st semiannual meeting two weeks ago in Long Beach, California, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) named the recipients of its 2013 prizes for achievements in research, instrument development, education...
2013 AAS Prize Winners
Member Deaths
The Society is saddened to learn of the deaths of the following members, former members, and affiliate members:
Bertram D. Donn
John Galt
Robert Hobbs
Arthur Page
Stephan D. Price
Council Actions AAS 221
The following actions were taken by the AAS Council at their January 2013 meeting in Long Beach, California.
- Accepted 2013 Prize awards from the various AAS Prize Committees
- Approved the Minutes of the 220th Meeting ...
Communicating Science 2013: Workshop Applications Now Open
Applications are now open (http://workshop.astrobites.com/) for the Communicating Science 2013 workshop, to be held in Cambridge, MA, 13-15 June 2013. Graduate students at US institutions in all fields of science and...
Improving the Status of Women in Physics (and Astronomy) Departments
Women are now more than 1/3 of physics majors at several top universities and 28% of astronomy assistant professors were women in 20061. Long gone are the days when women were barred from faculty positions in science...
Report on the National AAS Department Chairs Meeting
The biennial AAS Department Chairs Meeting was held in Chicago on Saturday, 3 November 2012, with about 35 chairs attending from around the nation. The meeting was sponsored by the AAS and organized by Jerry Sellwood...
JWST Science Instrument Payload Update
The JWST science instrument payload is designed as a highly integrated module in which many systems are shared among the science instruments in order to reduce mass, power, and volume resources. This Integrated Science...
Candidate Statements
We are grateful for the following AAS members who have agreed to stand for election. Please support their dedication by voting. Members eligible to vote will be notified when the electronic ballot is posted on members...
Washington News
Telling our story has become more and more important as we begin to peer over the fiscal cliff. We must tell our story on the importance of investing in the astronomical sciences or we risk critical losses in funding. ...
United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative (UNBSSI) 1991-2012
The UNBSSI is a long-term effort for the development of astronomy and space science through regional and international cooperation in this field on a worldwide basis, particularly in developing nations. UNBSSI workshops...
Announcements
NSO Observing Proposal Deadline - 15 November: Service Mode Information
The current deadline for submitting observing proposals to the National Solar Observatory is 15 November 2012 for the first quarter of 2013...
Bringing Sustainability into Your Institution
Sustainability is a complex issue with a large array of consequences ranging from local to global and from scientific and economic to natural and spiritual. As astronomers, we usually apply the same standards of...
Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
Although recent decades have seen significant progress by women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), this rate of progress is not shared by women scientists belonging to underrepresented...
Committee on Employment
Working Outside the Box
I graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Science degree in astronomy in 2005, then three years later graduated from The Catholic University of America with a...