Astronomy Allies Team Up to Confront Sexual Harassment
Group supports scientists who feel unsafe at conferences

First Elected APS Treasurer: James Hollenhorst
The new position on the Board of Directors was created by last year's governance reform

Squinting to See a Single Photon
Quantum optics experiment explores the limits of human vision

Tracking Earth’s Carbon Cycle from Space
Gauging greenhouse gases from orbit will help scientists pinpoint carbon dioxide sources and sinks

2015 APS National Mentoring Committee and Bridge Program Conference
Joint meeting works to improve the status of underrepresented minority students in physics

Edible Optics, Tracking Bugs, and More
Optics applications abound at Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science meeting

Steering Small-Scale Satellites
Researchers devise propulsion systems for small, inexpensive spacecraft

APS Council of Representatives Approves Three New Statements
The official statements were approved on November 14

The Back Page
Once More, Into the Breach

Inside the Beltway
Science and the Political Pendulum

Physicists Pen Letter to Supreme Court on Diversity in Physics
Note addresses comments from Supreme Court Justices in affirmative action case

Cherry Murray Will Take Helm at DOE Office of Science
Senate confirms nomination of experimental condensed matter physicist and former APS president

Thirty Meter Telescope Permit Revoked
Construction on Hawaii's Mauna Kea is blocked by State Supreme Court

Omid Kokabee Hospitalized
Imprisoned Iranian physicist's health worsens

APS Appoints New Publisher
Asia-Pacific region publishing manager for UK Institute of Physics to join top management staff of the American Physical Society

Inside APS
Crystal Bailey, Careers Program Manager

This Month in Physics History
December 1910: Neon lights debut at Paris Motor Show

Diversity Update
A column on programs related to diversity

Profiles in Versatility
Physics Ph.D.s Study the Spread of Disease