Seminar Title:	ALMA: Science, Status and International Collaborations in Astronomy
Speaker:	Dr. Ethan J. Schreier, President
Affiliation:	(President, Associated Universities, Inc.  Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University)
When:	Wednesday Morning, Nov. 03rd, 10:00 a.m
Where:	Room 416, Office Block, 2 West Beijing Road (PMO, CAS)
	Welcome to Attend
	( PMO Academic Committee & Academic Circulating committee)

　Abstract　 

　About AUI: (AUI) is a research management corporation that builds and operates facilities for the research community. AUI is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, headquartered in Washington, DC. The President and Chief Executive Officer is Ethan J. Schreier. AUI’s major current operating unit is the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO),AUI was established in 1946 as an educational institution dedicated to research, development, and education in the physical, biological and engineering sciences. Nine northeastern universities joined in sponsoring AUI in 1946: Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, University of Rochester, and Yale University.As advanced research requires ever more complex and large-scale facilities, the task of designing, developing, maintaining, and operating such facilities requires technical, scientific and management capabilities often beyond the scope of individual research groups. An organization such as AUI can provide the management oversight to ensure the success of these challenging enterprises while maintaining the scientific focus desired by the community. Our facilities recruit and maintain a professional staff of the highest competence, and we attempt to provide a work environment that is conducive to personal and professional growth. Over its 60-year history of providing the community with tools at the forefront of research, several of which have resulted in Nobel Prizes, AUI has performed with great success. In all its endeavors, AUI has always stressed excellence, from its style of governance, to the execution of its projects.Our Board of Trustees, drawn from universities, research institutions and industry, provides a close link with the research community, to ensure its involvement and to provide oversight as we pursue programs of the highest scientific caliber. We recognize that in addition to the pursuit of pure knowledge, we have a responsibility to provide returns to the nation in the form of innovation, improved technical expertise and processes, and importantly, in the education of students and of the general public.