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“Social networks do not help you make real friends” – David Lee, p. 14<br />

Life on<br />

Campus<br />

Looking Skyward<br />

James Graham aims for the stars<br />

as Dunlap Institute’s first director<br />

photo: hill peppard<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor James Graham’s <strong>of</strong>fice is noticeably barren:<br />

<strong>The</strong>re’s no artwork on the walls, and only a handful<br />

<strong>of</strong> texts on his bookshelves. That, <strong>of</strong> course, will<br />

change; he’s only been at U <strong>of</strong> T since September, when he<br />

arrived to serve as the first director <strong>of</strong> the recently established<br />

Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics.<br />

While his <strong>of</strong>fice may be sparse and eerily quiet, the institute<br />

itself is a beehive <strong>of</strong> activity. It is already allied with two<br />

facilities pursuing first-rate astronomical research on campus:<br />

the Department <strong>of</strong> Astronomy and Astrophysics, and >>><br />

winter 2011 11

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