Word: alcock
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Charles A. Alcock, a theoretical physicist from the University of Pennsylvania, has been tapped to serve as the new director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics...
...Alcock will also have to address the relationship between Harvard and the Smithsonian. Clashes of ego and interest, particularly where hiring is concerned, have tarnished the generally cooperative interactions...
...addition to joining the astronomy department as a full faculty member, Alcock will serve as the director of the CfA’s other two components, the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory...
...There are a lot of important decisions within the CfA and nationwide to be made within the next year or two, and I suspect that a lot of what I’m going to be doing is guiding CfA participation,” Alcock said...