"One of the nice things about tenure is I get a secretary," she quipped, as she looked around her office at the Center for Astrophysics, overlooking Garden Street. "I need some organization."
Papers and scientific journals are scattered on nearly every surface in the professor's office. And on one wall hangs the 1997 Newton Lacy Prize from the American Astronomical Society, one of the most prestigious awards the association offers.
Hector G. Arce, one of Goodman's four graduate research assistants, said he was glad to see her receive tenure.
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"Harvard made a good choice in doing this," the fifth-year doctoral candidate said. "This is a woman who has done a lot of good research and a lot of good for the University."