2707 20160701171709.0 ASTROimport-864 Boyer, M. L. 2015 DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS): An Infrared Census of Extreme AGB Stars in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies Nearby resolved dwarf galaxies provide excellent opportunities for studying the dust-producing late stages of stellar evolution. DUSTiNGS (DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer) is a 3.6- and 4.5-µm imaging survey of 50 dwarf galaxies within 1.5 Mpc. We obtained observations in two epochs, separated by approximately 6 months, to assist in identifying long-period thermally-pulsing (TP-)AGB stars. We find more than 500 dusty variable TP-AGB stars (sometimes called extreme AGB stars). The majority of these stars are new discoveries, including 12 with [Fe/H]-2 dex. These stars are likely in the superwind phase and thus dominate the current AGB dust input to the interstellar medium of their respective galaxies. McQuinn, K. B. W. Barmby, P. Bonanos, A. Z. Gehrz, R. D. Gordon, K. D. Groenewegen, M. A. T. Lagadec, E. Lennon, D. Marengo, M. Meixner, M. Skillman, E. Sloan, G. C. Sonneborn, G. van Loon, J. T. Zijlstra, A. A. Why Galaxies Care about AGB Stars III: A Closer Look in Space and Time 497 2015 453 http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2015ASPC..497..453B published in NONREF