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Posted by baalke on November 6, 2006, 11:08 am
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Blaine Friedlander
Phone: (607) 254-8093
Cell: (607) 351-2610
bpf2@cornell.edu
Cornell statement concerning recommendations of
National Science Foundation Senior Review
ITHACA, N.Y. - In response to the Senior Review report presented to the
National Science Foundation today, Joseph Burns, Cornell vice provost
for
physical sciences and engineering, issued the following statement:
"The Senior Review report released today recommends significant budget
reductions at all NSF-owned observatories, including Arecibo
Observatory,
which Cornell University manages. Cornell supports the NSF's overall
plan
to find funds to carry out new initiatives, but we are disappointed
with
some of the Senior Review's specific recommendations into the next
decade.
We remain dedicated to the core scientific programs of the Arecibo
Observatory and, accordingly, we are pleased that the review recognizes
the facility's significant contributions today and its potential for
important discoveries well into the next decade. Our staff will be
working
with our astronomy community to identify cost savings as recommended by
the Senior Review. And by refocusing our facility's priorities over the
next several months, in consultation with our visiting and users
committees, we are confident that Arecibo's remarkable research and
educational programs will be kept strong into 2011 and beyond. During
these next few years we will be collaborating with our stakeholders -
astronomers, planetary scientists, atmospheric physicists and educators
-
to assure that Arecibo Observatory remains a leader in astronomical
research and scientific outreach."
Located in northwestern Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Observatory hosts the
305-meter diameter antenna, the world's largest radio-radar telescope,
and
the Angel Ramos Foundation Visitor and Educational Facility. Each year
well
over 100,000 visitors go to see the facility, and more than 250
scientists
from 150 universities and colleges use the Arecibo Observatory to sense
the
distant reaches of the Universe, to scrutinize threatening asteroids as
they hurtle past Earth, and to probe the Earth's ionospheric
properties.
See http://www.naic.edu.
For more information, contact the Cornell Press Relations Office at
(607)
255-6074 or pressoffice@cornell.edu.
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