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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...
...Astronomy does need to make some appointments,” Narayanamurti said. “How that will be done will be a major effort with the Faculty and the Smithsonian...
...appointments may be as hard to come by as new lab space. Harvard and the Smithsonian jointly sponsor five chairs in the astronomy department, according to an agreement by which the institute essentially provides funding and the University provides resources...