Science Highlights from the SDSS DR7 Spectroscopic M Dwarf Catalog

We present a series of science highlights that have resulted from the SDSS DR7 spectroscopic M dwarf catalog. These highlights include (but are not limited to) a detailed magnetic activity analysis of M dwarfs as a function of their location in the Galaxy (both Galactic height and Galactocentric radius), a kinematic analysis of the local Milky Way, a study of how the time variability of M dwarfs correlates with spectral properties, an age-activity relation (using Galactic stratigraphy), a spectral catalog of wide binary pairs, a catalog of low-mass subdwarfs, a statistical parallax analysis of the M dwarfs and subdwarfs, and a technique for determining the interstellar dust content using M dwarfs. All of the SDSS and value added data are accessible for public download and reprints will be made available on site. AAW acknowledges the support of NSF grant AST-1109273