Arecibo Observatory

Arecibo Observatory

The Arecibo Observatory is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), a national research center operated by Cornell University. Funding for the Arecibo Observatory is at risk and the science center may be closed. [more]

The Arecibo Observatory is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), a national research center operated by Cornell University.

Funding for the Arecibo Observatory is at risk and the science center may be closed.

Donald B. Campbell has been appointed director of Cornell's National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), which manages the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico on behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He assumes the position June 1.
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An anonymous reader noted that " The Arecibo Observatory funding was slashed . Cut to $8 million from $10.5 million, which will decrease the amount of time that the telescope is operational.
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Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal S. Acevedo Vilá and Robert Brown, director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), signed a new partnership agreement April 14 to improve and enhance science, technology and engineering education for Puerto Rican schoolchildren at the Arecibo Observatory...
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