Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor (Research/Penn State, Vol. 21, no. 1 (January, 2000))

Address letters to the Editor, Research/Penn State, 320 Kern Building, University Park, PA 16802, or, by e-mail, to nmb1@psu.edu.

Dear R/PS: I shall not restrain myself from telling you that the September issue is truly a thing of beauty. I’m having a busy day here and no time to reflect and read, but visually, just the look and feel of it —it gets a wow! Such impressive work. From the cover—absolutely gorgeous—to those beautiful horses, to the photo of that hunter (just to clue you in that maybe I’m a little over the edge) has my eyes misting, because it not only looks like my dad, it looks like his rifle.

Mike Schneider Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center

Dear R/PS: We just got the latest R/PS and as usual it is a joy to read and look at. My coworker here is a transplanted Bavarian and has for many years been fascinated by the glass flowers. I was wondering if I could get a reprint of that article? It does not come out too well trying to copy it.

Tony DeCrappeo Council on Governmental Relations, Washington, DC

Editor’s note: We always print extra copies for this reason. Please contact us and we’ll send you one. Some back issues are available also.

Dear R/PS: Thank you very much for including me on your mailing list. As a high school principal, I find great value and interest in the articles. Our curriculum covers all of the subject areas that are represented in your publication so there is much that can be shared with my faculty.

Robert L. Johnson Richland High School Gibsonia, PA

Editor’s note: We’d like to share the magazine with more educators. If your colleagues would like their own copies, please let us know and we’ll add them to our mailing list.

Dear R/PS: Thanks for the great article on the glass flowers at Harvard, for two reasons. The first is the explanation for why glass is not a liquid. Dr. Universe gets this question fairly often, and our response was pretty straightforward, about the non-crystalline structure, etc. But yours (Pantano’s) is vivid. I gave the article to my graduate students to read, for the explanation. The other thanks is just for reminding me about the flowers. I was at Harvard the other week for a conference. Prompted by your article, I skipped a couple of sessions and spent time at the Peabody Museum, primarily with the glass flowers. They’re amazing.

Tim Steury ("Dr. Universe") Washington State University

Dear R/PS: Just wanted to thank you for keeping me on your mailing list. The latest issue was fascinating—the glass flowers and animals in the Harvard collection are really something. I first became aware of them when I visited Corning New York and saw some in their museum. You certainly can take pride in this publication—each one is as good or better than the one before.

Linda Maxon, Dean, College of Liberal Arts University of Iowa