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Lamont Weekly Report – July 29,
2005
OFFICE
OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964
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– Letter from the Director –
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<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
The last week of July already... the low point
was unquestionably a 3 hour long twenty two way telephone
conference call. The high point was a wonderful lunch on Monday
for those celebrating ten years at Columbia, and the most
poignant, without doubt, was a meeting with the Dean of the
School of Science and the Chair of the Dept of Geology of
the University of Baghdad. They were on a trip to the US to
ask for help in rebuilding their University - a trip financed
and organized not by the US State Dept or by some other Aid
agency of the US Federal Government, but by the Third Infantry
Division of the US Army (currently in Baghdad). The determination
of these two individuals to rebuild their University in the
face of phenomenal adversity was touching to say the least,
as was the optimism of the Third Infantry Captain who accompanied
them.
We need to remember how lucky we are.
Though luck had nothing to do with the good
news from NSF that they plan to support a number of new major
data base activities here over the next five years - thanks
to the leadership of Kerstin Lehnert and Suzanne Carbotte
and many collaborators (including CIESIN) we anticipate receiving
grants totaling over $3M. This is a very important area in
which the Observatory will continue to play a leadership role.
The end of July means that August 15th is close
by. This mid summer NSF target date always brings a flood
of proposals. Please be considerate to your DA's and to our
Office of Projects and Grants - let them know how many proposals
you will be submitting and do everything possible to get your
budgets and text completed in a timely way. Be assured that
everyone will do all possible to get your proposals out on
time - but there are limits to our capabilities - so please
try to plan ahead.
Have a great weekend,
– Mike
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