Schedule for #BlackSpaceWeek 2025! Links to register coming soon🤭 Which event/panels pique your interest? 👀

Federal funding has been cut for the NSBP annual conference. Travel awards support all students to attend, present, network, and learn at (IMO) the best national physics conference. This is a HUGE loss to the scientific community. ⚛️ 🔭

AAS Alarmed by Rumored Deep Cuts to NASA and National Science Foundation Recent reports have indicated that the White House may soon be proposing drastic cuts to future budgets for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD). aas.org/posts/news/2...

Patrice Smith Named 2025 DPS-NSBP Speaker Through a partnership between the AAS's Division for Planetary Sciences and the National Society of Black Physicists, Patrice Smith has been named the 2025 DPS-NBSP Speaker. aas.org/posts/news/2...

Congratulations to all of the #AAS245 Chambliss poster competition winners! aas.org/posts/news/2...

CSMA members @capricephillips.bsky.social, @that-astro-chic.bsky.social, and co-Chair Greg Mosby were thrilled to talk with Congressman Glenn Ivey and @aasoffice.bsky.social President Dara Norman this week about the future of NASA and science education! 🔭

A reminder to all at #AAS245: our session on the astro poverty survey results is tomorrow, Tues, Jan 14, 10-11:30am in Chesapeake G/H. Panelists are Carlos Vargas (Arizona), @joncohn.bsky.social, Taylor Hutchison (NASA Goddard), KeShawn Ivory (Vanderbilt), and Ekta Patel (Utah). LOTS to discuss! 🔭🧪⚛️

Congressman Glenn Ivey visited the Exhibit Hall - he emphasized the importance of work in the sciences, esp. in the light of the recent wildfires, and his support for Goddard, which is in his district #AAS245 ✨🔭

The CSMA had a great time talking to students at the #aas245 Grad/REU fair tonight! Pic features CSMA members (L to R) @ohdearz.bsky.social, KeShawn Ivory, @capricephillips.bsky.social, @rmartinez.bsky.social, and Greg Mosby!

All at #aas245: be sure to see Congressman Glenn Ivey from Maryland's 4th Congressional district (which includes NASA Goddard and College Park) speak Monday at 9:20am at the @aasoffice.bsky.social booth in the exhibit hall! 🔭

The CSMA is proud to sponsor a #aas245 special session on the results of the Astronomy Poverty Survey. The panel will report astonishing findings (like the poster below) from the survey's >1000 respondents and describe next steps. The session is Tuesday, Jan 14, at 10am! 🔭🧪 See you there!

Are you a person of color wanting to find community at the @aasoffice.bsky.social meeting next week? Are you a first time attendee or a senior scientist? If you answered yes, please sign up to attend our 10th anniversary LUMA Splinter Session at #AAS245! 🔭✨️ Sign up here: forms.gle/MTKfVNPsFEBA...

Thank you to @sahilhegde.bsky.social and @astrobites.bsky.social for highlighting the great work of the four inclusion committees of @aasoffice.bsky.social - CSMA, CSWA, SGMA, and WGAD! Looking forward to #AAS245!

Don't forget to register yourself and your students for this winter's @astropy.org workshop at AAS 245! We can't wait to see you there. 🧪🔭

Are you attending the #AAS245 meeting in Maryland this upcoming January? Please consider joining @lumamentoring.bsky.social as it celebrates its 10th anniversary through a Splinter session on Wednesday, January 15th! 🔭✨️ Make sure to sign up to attend here: forms.gle/y91sptDNC89E...

Black In Astro and @aascsma.bsky.social are hosting a free networking dinner on January 15, 2025, from 6-9pm at the 245th @aasoffice.bsky.social meeting in National Harbor, MD! Please express interest in attending by Dec 30 by using the QR code! 🔭🪐☄️. Link 🔗: forms.gle/ged5tKkYYTVS...

The @aasoffice.bsky.social is seeking a Graduate Education Project Fellow to help lead efforts on DEI in astronomy grad education. 🔭 Bring your passion for education reform and DEI to the field of astronomy! #AstronomyJobs #DiversityInSTEM Details here: www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c...

The CSMA and @blackinastro.bsky.social are hosting a free networking dinner on January 15, 2025, from 6-9pm at the 245th @aasoffice.bsky.social meeting in National Harbor, MD! Please express interest in attending by Dec 30 by using the QR code! 🔭🧪⚛️

super stoked to be organizing this unconference on galaxy evolution *and* astronomy culture. we were lucky to get funding from @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social + the NAASC to heavily subsidize lodging, meals, and even travel so that more ECRs can join. apps open on jan 15th! #extragalactic #astronomy

Applications for the 2025 Simons-NSBP Scholars Program are now open! 🔭🧪⚛️ The Simons-NSBP Scholars Program is a summer research opportunity for undergraduate members of the National Society of Black Physicists. Learn more about the program and apply here: www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-nsbp-...

Congrats to this year's AAS Beth Brown Memorial Prize winners at the annual NSBP/NSHP meeting: Alexis Spence (NC A&T State U), Shih-Yun Tang (Rice U), and Patricia Fofie (UC Irvine)! Dr. Beth Brown was a former member of the CSMA, and we are thrilled to honor her legacy with this award!

Hello, bluesky!! The AAS Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (members shown below) is happy to join you here, including @ohdearz.bsky.social, @capricephillips.bsky.social, @that-astro-chic.bsky.social, @ramistarblob.bsky.social, @rmartinez.bsky.social! 🔭🧪⚛️