UC: Reprieve for Lick Observatory

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UC: Reprieve for Lick Observatory

Post by MargaritaMc » Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:49 pm

UC confirms continued support of Lick Observatory

November 04, 2014
University of California Office of the President has reversed a previous decision to pull funding from Lick Observatory by 2018, according to a written statement issued by UC Provost Aimee Dorr.
... Lick Observatory was established in 1888 on Mt. Hamilton near San Jose, California. The observatory benefits from state-of-the-art instrumentation and serves as an active facility for astronomers and students to conduct research and test next-generation technologies. ...
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