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Recruiting and retaining excellent faculty members is a top priority for UD, and a central goal of the ongoing capital campaign, President David P. Roselle said. Recommendations to fill the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy will be reviewed by a faculty committee and by Bartol President Norman F. Ness, as well as Thomas M. DiLorenzo, dean of the College of Arts and Science, and others, Schiavelli said. Over Antarctica, a window in the Earth's magnetic field permits the entry of cosmic particles from space. In addition, data collection is not interrupted by clouds or the setting sun, Bartol researchers explained in a videotaped tribute to Pomerantz, which was shown at the press conference. Research based in Antarctica offers both fundamental and practical insights, Pomerantz said.