Lamont Weekly Report – February 3, 2006

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

- Recent Grant Awards

- Recent B&G Projects

- Letter from the Director

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<>RECENT GRANT AWARDS

Partial list of grant awards January 1 - 31, 2006


Vaillancourt, R., Development of Satellite Primary Productivity Algorithms for Coastal Waters, USGS.

Zappa, C., Analysis of Airborne Infrared Imagery From Cblast - low, ONR.



<>RECENT B&G PROJECTS

Geoscience Computer Room A/C - All equipment set, electric and cooling piping run. Excavated and extended block wall to attenuate
noise from new outside unit. Power for unit will be run, system tested and put into service.

Room 201 Core Lab - Moved B. Liepert to Seismology, but still need to relocate J. Gavin during the renovation - room will then be
emptied and construction will start.

Room 203 Core Lab - removed old casework with installation of replacement casework scheduled for the week of 2/6.

Room 302 Oceanography - Wall panels for offices scheduled for delivery 2/7. Once installed the carpeting will be laid and
furniture moved back in.

Room 303E and 303 F - Oceanography - These two small interior storage rooms have been combined for use as a conference room.
Renovation is complete with the exception of the carpeting which will be installed the same day as 302 Ocean.

Seismology 114 - this space is being renovated for the IT group. Room completely renovated including the construction of benches and
shelving. 114C will be renovated as soon as the room is emptied and then all new spaces will be carpeted.

Borehole Project - Renovation of Guest House 7 and 8 is underway.


<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

The news last week of Sir Nicholas Shackleton's passing was a sad blow - he has been a great friend to Lamont over the years. The last
time I saw him was at our Vetlesen Medal ceremony last year. All of climate science will miss him. If you google his name you will find
many great testaments to his life's accomplishments. We will get something up on our own web page next week.

The President's statements about increased funding for science in the State of the Union address (hope you saw the Groundhog Day joke that
has been going around on email) suggest that there may be some good news in the 2007 budget for NSF when it is released next week
(perhaps a 9 per cent increase?) - but there is a long way to go from the Administration Request to the final budget approved by Congress.

Chuck Vest's impressive speech in the Rotunda of the Low Library last Tuesday afternoon was followed by a grand and enjoyable dinner
at Lee Bollinger's house. The focus of the activity were issues of gender equity in university faculties - Alice Hogan the ADVANCE
program manger at NSF attended and thanks to Robin Bell we were able to entertain her here at Lamont on Wednesday.

And now I must rush to hear my old colleague Henry Dick talk at this afternoon's colloquium. I doubt he will have changed.

Have a great weekend,





- Mike


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