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Mark at 11:50 pm, June 7th, 2008

Hi again!

It has been almost six months since I last posted at Cosmic Variance, which most certainly marks me as highly neglectful. I wasn’t intending to take such a break. In fact I had hoped that a byproduct of my new commitment to travel less would be more consistent blogging. However, as it turns out it has been a rather stressful few months, and only now do I feel that I can make an attempt to once again write somewhat regularly.

The primary source of my stress is something about which I can’t really complain; I have been making an important career decision. This has now come to an end and, after being on leave in the Astronomy Department at Cornell next semester, I will be leaving Syracuse in January to become a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania.

I have had a wonderful eight years at Syracuse, in a supportive department and university and with wonderful colleagues and students. These factors, and the deep friendships I have within the department, made this a very difficult decision to make. However, now that I have made my decision I am obviously extremely excited about my new position and am looking forward to my future at Penn. There will be plenty to write about this in the coming months (including at least one more surprise), but I wanted to use this post merely to explain my absence and hopefully to get back into the swing of writing.

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  1. Moody834 on Jun 8th, 2008 at 1:18 am

    Best of luck to you!

  2. luc on Jun 8th, 2008 at 1:49 am

    Congrats! Welcome to Penn.
    Maybe I’ll run into you in the labyrinthine hallways of DRL.

    Good luck!

  3. Sean on Jun 8th, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Go Sixers!

  4. luc on Jun 8th, 2008 at 5:23 am

    Let’s not rush him, Sean :)

  5. Andre on Jun 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing you at Penn.

  6. Jeremy Chapman on Jun 8th, 2008 at 11:18 am

    You were a bit of on icon at Syracuse, and I’m sure you will be missed. Congratulations and good luck at Penn!

  7. JoAnne on Jun 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    Congratulations! It’s cool to root for the Sixers, but don’t even think about the Phillies….

  8. graviton383 on Jun 8th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Best of luck in Philly Mark! When do you make the move??

  9. Mark on Jun 8th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Thanks for the kind comments everyone! graviton383 - I’ll make the move in January.

    JoAnne, as you know, I’m an Indians guy, but maybe I’ll adopt a National League team over time, you never know :) Far more importantly, I have scouted out plenty of epicurean treats for when you visit.

  10. subodh on Jun 9th, 2008 at 8:05 am

    mark: best wishes and congratulations!

  11. Eugene on Jun 9th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    congrats Mark!

  12. oxo on Jun 10th, 2008 at 6:56 am

    Congrats on the other surprise ;-)

    It’ll be a girl BTW…

  13. Mark on Jun 10th, 2008 at 6:59 am

    Thanks oxo. Most certainly it isn’t that kind of surprise - I can guarantee that.

  14. paragwinn on Jun 14th, 2008 at 3:50 am

    Congratulations and Best Wishes.

  15. adam on Jun 17th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Congratulations! It’s cool to root for the Sixers, but don’t even think about the Phillies….

    No way, it’s all about the Phillies. Go Phillies!

  16. Mark on Jun 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    How the hell did you become a Phillies fan Adam?

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  18. adam on Jul 15th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    How the hell did you become a Phillies fan Adam?

    Sorry for late reply.

    It was a long time ago, I was young, and I needed the money.

    Actually, they were the closest team to where I was living when I started watching baseball. And in a bar, back when the RedSox sucked before they started winning stuff, a fellow drinker told me that “Philadelphia Phillies” was Spanish for “Boston Redsox”, which amused me.

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