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Suitcase SETI—or, as Horowitz referred to it in a speech before the NASA Sunnyvale Symposium, “Steamertrunk SETI”—is a portable spectrum analyzer designed specifically to search for SETI transmissions. It featured autocorrelation receivers that enabled it to monitor 131,000 channels for extraterrestrial signals—far more than had previously been possible with any one device...
...speech before the NASA Sunnyvale Symposium, Horowitz noted that Project Sentinal had its drawbacks: it required the use of “a directed and precompensated beacon” and operated based on what have been termed “magic frequencies”—frequencies that humans calculate would likely be used by aliens trying to contact us. Such narrow search mechanisms limit the ability to search the sky, forcing Horowitz to ask: “How hard are these guys up there really going to work...
Harvard’s Committee on University Resources (COUR), a body composed of individuals who have given donations of $1 million or more to the University, convened this weekend at the Charles Hotel for its annual symposium. But even among the big donors, one man stood out from the crowd. David Rockefeller ’36 gave a $100 million gift to support Harvard’s international programs and arts education, making the bequest—announced Friday—one of the largest donations the University has ever received. We commend Mr. Rockefeller for his generosity, which...
Though programs for the weekend dedicated the symposium to “Celebrating Students,” University President Drew G. Faust highlighted something else during her welcoming remarks, according to attendees...
...donation, announced Friday morning to coincide with the COUR symposium, includes $70 million for international programs and $30 million for the arts...