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December 20, 2006

Research knows no holiday

Columbus Dispatch, December 19, 2006

Many scientists who work at academic centers must squeeze their field research into a couple of months during the summer and several weeks between the end of fall classes and the beginning of winter classes. That often means working through Christmas and New Year's, and leaving loved ones behind for work. Ralph Harvey, a geologist at Case Western Reserve University, has spent 16 Christmases in Antarctica, scouring the continent for meteorites. Read article.

Posted by: Heidi Cool, December 20, 2006 12:53 PM | News Topics: College of Arts and Sciences, Columbus Dispatch, Faculty, Science and Technology