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Behind the Music
BY KEN AARON
Jon Rubinstein ’78 EE is the person Steve Jobs entrusted with the responsibility of bringing a digital music player —Apple’s iPod— from concept to market. Does that make him The Podfather?

Data Connections 
BY JAY WROLSTAD
It’s too soon to say that Biozon will unravel the mystery of life, but this new tool is already allowing biologists to gain better understanding of genes and proteins.

The Rings Revealed 
BY KENNY BERKOWITZ
“I love to travel, and this is just the greatest way to go,” says Joe Burns; he’s talking about his virtual trip to Saturn aboard Cassini.

CEAA Conference (pdf) 

News  
At home and abroad:
Cornell heads new AI institute, forms new partnership with India, renews a contract to manage Arecibo, and begins the search for a new president. Student teams in racing and robot soccer deliver a one-two punch to the competition. A new exhibit shows off ammonoid fossils.

People 
Running the gamut: Faculty join life sciences and provide leadership in biotechnology and underground infrastructure; win awards for advising, photonics, protein processing, computer graphics. Students showcase their research and study the sky. An alumnus leaves his mark.

Hometown Hero
Cooking Lessons: Working on a solar oven project in Senegal over the summer, Cyprienne Crowley proved what she already knew: it’s not just about the engineering.