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Kitt Peak and Graduate Students: More Than...(1Dec93)
Just Peanut Butter
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 36, 1 December 1993)

Visiting graduate students often spend a few days in Tucson reducing
data before returning home. They grind away in isolation in the
basement, eating peanut butter sandwiches and being effectively
invisible.

We believe that Kitt Peak has more to offer graduate students than just
a spot in the dungeon chained to a computer: in addition to first-class
computer facilities, we also have a scientific staff who may be able to
provide some insight into the astrophysical problem you are addressing.
In addition, our scientific and support staffs have technical expertise
that may help you get the most out of your data.

We are therefore encouraging graduate students who are interested in
staying for an extended visit (we have in mind visits of order one
month) to contact any the of Kitt Peak scientific staff members who
might be appropriate to act as "sponsors" for the visit. Kitt Peak
would provide office space and may be able to otherwise facilitate the
visit, depending upon circumstances. Don't be shy! And all nearby
convenience stores do stock peanut butter.

Ron Probst, Phil Massey, Caty Pilachowski

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