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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Formed in 1973, the CFA combines the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The center employs around 900 scientists in half a dozen locations around the country...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Report: Astronomy Profs Treated Poorly | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

However, the placid exterior of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA)--which also occupies a larger structure across the street--hides an epicenter of the debate over the University's treatment of its junior faculty members, according to a recent report and several faculty members...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Report: Astronomy Profs Treated Poorly | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

Although she currently serves as the director of the telescope data center at CFA--a position overseen by the Smithsonian, rather than Harvard University--but does not hold the title of the directorship...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Report: Astronomy Profs Treated Poorly | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

Geller currently receives a salary from the Smithsonian tied to the civil service pay scale. Harvard pays her an additional quarter of a professorial salary, bringing her income to roughly that of a tenured professor. However, Harvard's salary is contingent on her continued employment by the Smithsonian...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Report: Astronomy Profs Treated Poorly | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...WASHINGTON] Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Institution, Vietnam War Memorial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going South | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

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