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Clowes Professor of Science and Quincy House Master Robert P. Kirshner has been tapped to become the 40th president of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), joining the prestigious ranks of five other Harvard astronomers who have served at the society’s helm.
“It’s an honor, but it’s also an obligation,” said Kirshner, joking that as president, he can no longer escape attending all the AAS meetings.
Known for his sense of humor and the ease with which he is able to interact with others, Kirshner possesses the skill to be able to manage such a large organization as the AAS, said Jonathan E. Grindlay, chair of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
To anyone hauling around spare AAs and an emergency power cord, it's obvious that energy-storage technology needs a rethink. Fortunately, one is under way. Within the next 18 months, consumer electronics manufacturers, including Casio and Sony, plan to start marketing personal portable devices powered not by batteries but...
Survival instincts are beginning to surface in small ways in the Senate. While their bosses parrot bipartisanism, top Senate aides are quietly reaching across the aisle. Administrative assistants for three GOP senators - Snowe, Jeffords and Chafee - sent out invitations to Democratic chiefs of staff to join them for an "AAs...