Hubbard Broadcasting
Gives $5 Million to U Astronomy Department
for Telescope
The University of Minnesota Department
of Astronomy has received a gift of $5
million from Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
to purchase a share in a powerful new
telescope now under construction in Arizona.
The gift will provide the funding for
university faculty and students to have
guaranteed access to the new Large Binocular
Telescope (LBT), the world's most powerful
telescope.
"Having access to this telescope will
immediately place the University of Minnesota
among a handful of major players in the
field of astronomy," said H. Ted
Davis, dean of the Institute of Technology,
where the Department of Astronomy is located.
"Until now, we've lacked the facilities
that give us the ability to make truly
path-breaking discoveries. This gift will
make this possible. It will put Minnesota
in the forefront of research in astronomy."
