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Guest author Daniel Peluso discusses how a new digital smart telescope technology by Unistellar combined with inquiry-based Modeling Instruction astronomy pedagogy may help to improve science education.

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.

The Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) program is hosting an information session on 14 December to discuss the program and answer questions from potential partnership proposers.

Members of the astronomy community are invited to attend this four-day workshop. The goal is to identify and prioritize strategies for implementing recommendations from the Astro2020 decadal survey around data management...

At its recent meeting, the National Society of Black Physicists chose the winners of the AAS-sponsored Beth Brown Memorial Awards for oral and poster presentations.

Most AAS members receive the magazine Physics Today, published by the American Institute of Physics, as a membership benefit. The December issue is now en route to subscribers' mailboxes and can be accessed online.

Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize are invited annually from the fields of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and the philosophy of science. Deadline: 15 December 2022.

The Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy's Micro-Grants Program awarded 15 grants of $650 each to BIPOC students in 2022 to support their astronomy/physics graduate school application costs.

The Society's annual report for calendar year 2021 is now available online. It includes a financial report and summarizes membership, meetings, publishing, and other activities.

Your membership renewal reminder, invoice, and a handy return envelope will arrive in your mailbox soon. Don't let your member benefits lapse!

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.

The Steering Committee for the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus is seeking new members. Expressions of interest are welcome from astronomers, developers, data scientists, researchers, librarians, and others.

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.

The AAS Board of Trustees shares a brief update about the response of NASA to the JWST name and process. AAS Style Guide specifies that the acronym JWST need not be spelled out upon first use.