Hello all,

The *August Galactic News https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08* is out. It's been a busy two months for the community. The *News* includes items on:

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Events https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Events: -

*A report on the 2015 Galaxy Community Conference https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#GCC2015_Report* -

*Details on the 2016 Galaxy Community Conference https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#GCC2016:_June_25-29.2C_2016.2C_Bloomington.2C_Indiana.2C_United_States* -

August GalaxyAdmins Meetup https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#August_GalaxyAdmins_Meetup -

July Pitagora-Galaxy Meetup https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#July_2015_Pitagora-Galaxy_Meetup -

Other upcoming events https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Other_Events -

News of the, well, *new:* -

143 new papers, including 16 highlighted papers https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#New_Papers (this is what happens when you skip a month) -

NGS 101 Tutorial Videos are Now Online https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#NGS_101_Tutorial_Videos_are_Now_Online -

Genomic Data Science with Galaxy Launched on Coursera https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Genomic_Data_Science_with_Galaxy_Launched_on_Coursera -

Who's Hiring https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Who.27s_Hiring -

5 new public Galaxy servers https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#New_Public_Galaxy_Servers (did I mention that we skipped a month?) -

Community Committers! https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Community_Committers.21 -

3 new Community Log Board entries, and 2 new teaching resources https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Galaxy_Community_Hubs -

New Releases https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Releases of BioBlend https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#BioBlend_0.6.0_and_0.6.1 and Planemo https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Planemo_0.13.0_through_0.13.2 -

76 Tool Shed updates and additions from 20+ contributors https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/ToolShed/Contributions/2015_07 -

And, of course other news https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2015_08#Other_News as well.

Dave Clements and the Galaxy Team https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam