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Lamont Weekly
Report – May 25, 2007
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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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FROM THE DIRECTOR
It
was very fitting that on the day that Richard Seager's highly
publicized (and notable) paper on sustained drought in the
Southwest
US was published in Science, it was announced at ExCom that
none other than Richard Seager is the recipient of the Director's
Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishment. Congratulations,
Richard. We will plan an event after the summer to formally
recognize this achievement.
Lamont got some good press yesterday in the lead editorial
in the Journal News because of Steve Chillrud and Jamie Ross
and their research on pollution from NJ Transit trains - I
particularly liked the phrase: ' residents of the proletarian
neighborhood could only get action when prestigious Lamont
scientists intervened.' I never knew we had the power!
Riders of the Morningside shuttle have been frustrated lately
because of the slower trips caused by the diversion away from
Riverside Drive. Who knew that Riverside Drive was posted
for "No Commercial Traffic" ? But it was never enforced.
Enforcement began the other day. Pat O'Reilly held an emergency
meeting yesterday with the management of the Golden Touch
bus company and the Columbia University Transportation office.
Golden Touch is in contact with city authorities to determine
if this issue can be resolved through informal channels, or
will require a formal permit process. We expect feedback early
next week from the bus service to inform our next actions.
Tuesday night I was at a Rockefeller Brothers Foundation event
to listen to Peter de Menocal's excellent talk on climate
change, and Wednesday evening there was a well-attended reception
at President Bollinger's house to recognize Jean Howard's
great contributions as the Vice Provost for Diversity. Very
sad to see Jean rotate out of this position - she has been
a great force for good within the University.
After ExCom this morning and an hour long 12 way conference
call with NSF this afternoon, I am ready for the long weekend,
Have a good one,
Mike
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