Roll the Credits  BY BETH SAULNIER Ithaca isn't as far from Hollywood as you may think. A Cornell faculty member is honored for his contributions: the "science" behind science fiction Designing Molecules  BY GLENN SCHERER Dan Luo's work in nucleic acid engineering--a term he coined just three years ago--could help revolutionize biological engineering at the nanotechnology level. The Collective Cranium  BY MARK RADER Got a science question? Tap into the brain trust at www.MadSci.org and ask the experts. Youíll get a fast, factual, friendly reply, quite likely from a fellow Cornellian. | | News From all over the campus map: a nano think tank, a nano experience for kids, a nano White House, a sensor networks project for disaster recovery, a fuel cell institute, a master's degree program in biomedical engineering, a spot in the patents top ten, and even a pair of student-built satellites. People  Meet the people who are: visiting campus (Bill Gates), leading organizations (Constable, Tiwari) making news (Apsel, Campbell, Hammer, Kornegay, Hopcroft, Pingali), solving problems (ACM team, Lipson), and strutting their stuff (BOOM, Ithaca Beer) this spring. Hometown Hero  Planetary Attraction: She is only a Cornell sophomore but she's often one of the first people on the planet Earth to see and manipulate the images coming down from Mars. Meet Stephanie Gil and find out how she "hit the jackpot" in undergraduate research. |