Lamont Weekly Report – April 21, 2006

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

<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

- Announcement

- Letter from the Director

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<> ANNOUNCEMENT

On behalf of the Campus Life Committee, all Lamonters are invited to
a wine and cheese reception to celebrate the inaugural art display in
the Cafeteria.

Artist: Trevor Williams, Associate Research Scientist, Borehole
Time: 4:00PM
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Location: Cafeteria

The Cafeteria art displays will highlight the artwork of a Lamont or
local artist and will change on a monthly basis.
Please come out and show your support!

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<>LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

I watched the Global Dimming Nova Program on Channel 21 on Thursday
night - it was really well done. A good balance of flashy graphics
to engage the general audience with careful and reasoned descriptions
of sometimes complex science. Most important of all, of course, is
the fact that our own Beate Liepert was prominently featured and was
acknowledged rightfully as one of the two folks in the world who
first recognized the fundamental importance of this phenomenon. It
is not a coincidence that 'global dimming' is the featured story on
our web page right now - check it out - there are some good simple
animations designed to explain the rudiments of this process to the
lay audience. Thanks to Beate for bringing such prominent
recognition to the Observatory.

Slowly, but surely I feel we are improving the quality of the
materials on the front of our web page - which is thanks to the hard
work of many folks. We need to do more of course - it is the money-
thing that limits us. . .there is no lack of good topics and ideas.

I was kept on the hook for jury duty all this week - so I had to
cancel my Denver trip. And each day I did not know (until after
5:30PM) whether I was going to be called the following day - so it
made scheduling anything very difficult. But in the end, I was never
assigned to a case, and my good citizenship is rewarded with a
promise that I will not be called again for several years!

Enjoy the weekend!


- Mike




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