Word: huchra
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...letter to the DoD, John Huchra, Harvard’s vice provost for research policy, wrote, in an Oct. 11 letter, that the badging requirement would violate Harvard’s “long history of treating all our members with the same respect, regardless of nationality or citizenship...
...used to study dust in the galaxy, it’s impossible to use optical light to disentangle regions of intense star formation where there is so much bloody absorption that optical light can’t get out,” wrote Doyle Professor of Cosmology John P. Huchra. “‘Cloudshine’ is really a neat way of beating that absorption.” Additional research led by an assistant professor at the University of California-San Diego, Paolo Padoan, revealed that the color of a nebula’s cloudshine is correlated...
...Huchra said he plans to spend 75 percent of his time in the Provost’s office and the other 25 percent teaching and continuing to pursue his research on observational cosmology and the distribution of matter in the universe...
...Huchra said he also hopes to serve as a bridge between University administrators and faculty members who have criticized the administration for centralizing authority and lacking transparency in its communications...
...think part of the reason that I’ve been offered the job is because I have roots in the faculty,” Huchra said. “I’m hoping to actually remove some of that tension so that we can get work done...