OUTLOOK: Goodbye, Gweilo
Sources: Ann Marie Major (amm17@psu.edu) is
an assistant professor in the
College of Communications and research associate in the
Australia New Zealand Studies Center at Penn State.
RESEARCH RESOURCES: Tunnel Tour
Sources: Michael L. Billet (mlb@psu.edu) is director
of The Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel, a division of the Applied
Research Laboratory
in Penn State's Intercollege Research Programs.
Director of the ARL is Ray Hettche (lrh3@psu.edu).
About the Author: Nancy Marie Brown (nmb1@psu.edu) is
editor of Research/Penn State.
ENCYCLOPEDIA:
Seeing the Invisible
Sources: Gary S. Settles (gss2@psu.edu) is professor
of mechanical engineering and director of the gas dynamics laboratory in
Penn State's College of Engineering.
Illustrations:Pictures of the Invisible, from Gary Settles'
lab.
About the Author: Nancy Marie Brown (editor@rps.psu.edu) is
editor of Research/Penn State.
For more information:Gary Settles' early work was reported in Research/Penn State
in March 1984.
Workin' on the Railroad
Sources:Eliza Pennypacker (exp8@psu.edu) is professor
and head of the department of landscape architecture in the
College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State. Daniel
J. Nadinicek (djn7@psu.edu) is assistant professor in
the department.
Illustrations: Photograph of narrow-gauge East Broad Top
Railroad by M. Scott Johnson.
About the author: David Pacchioli (dap1@psu.edi) is staff
writer for Research/Penn State.
Greener Greens and Fairer Fairways
Sources: Andrée-Anne Couillard received her doctorate in agronomy
from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences in 1996.
Her adviser was A. J. Turgeon (at2@psu.edu), professor of
agronomy.
Illustrations: Turf plug like those Couillard studied. Photo
by Jim Collins.
About the author: Michael Fink was an undergraduate student studying science writing at
the time he submitted this article.
Urban Girls Look Ahead
Sources: Alina M. Perez-Febles is a graduate student psychology at Penn State.
Her advisers are Linda Burton (bqq@psuvm.psu.edu), professor
of human development, and Kevin Allison, adjunct associate professor of psychology
in the Colllege of Liberal Arts.
Illustrations: The photo, "Teen Baby," is copyright Mary Ellen Marks.
About the author: Melissa J. Stutzman was an undergraduate student studying science writing
at the time she submitted this article.
Bug-Free Gene
Sources: Richard Craig (xza@psuvm.psu.edu) is the J.
Franklin Styer professor of horticultural botany in the College of Agricultural
Sciences at Penn State.
David Schultz received his degree from
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences in May 1996; he
is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Michigan State University.
June Medford, Ph.D., is now at at
Colorado State University.
Other collaborators were: biochemists Edgar Cahoon and John Shanklin of
the Brookhaven National Laboratory; and
Diana Cox-Foster associate professor of entomology,
postdoctoral fellow Ellen Yerger, and Ralph Mumma, distinguished professor of environmental
quality, all in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Illustrations: Close-up of geranium's sticky spikes by
Richard Craig.
About the author: Rose Pruyne was a public information specialist in the College of
Agricultural Sciences.
For more information: Their work was published in the August 6 Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
NEWS
Sources: Penn State's newswire
COVER STORY: Living With the Forest: A report from the eastern Amazon
Sources: Christopher F. Uhl (cfu1@psu.edu) is associate
professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State.
Illustrations: Selections from Chris Uhl's vast portfolio of images of the eastern Amazon.
About the author: David Pacchioli (dap1@psu.edi) is staff
writer for Research/Penn State.
For more information: Visit the IMAZON website.
Nooks and Crannies
Sources: Jawaid Haider (jxh40@psu.edu) is associate professor of architecture in the College of
Arts
and Architecture at Penn State.
Illustrations: Photographs courtesy of Jawaid Haider of the temple-like
entrance of the Houston Children's Museum, the
Treehouse at the Philadelphia Zoo, the
People Tube at the Brooklyn
Children's Museum, and clips from his video for public TV, "
Architecture and Children's Museums: Through the Looking Glass."
About the author: Dana E. Bauer (dxb33@psu.edu)
is an undergraduate student at Penn State.
For more information: Visit The Philly Zoo Online.
Conquest of the Mind
Sources: Ladi Semali (
lms11@psu.edu) is assistant
professor of education in Penn State's College of Education. He
also directs the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge.
For more information:
Center for World Indigenous Studies.
Illustrations: Photos of Chaggaland by Ladi Semali.
About the author: Jason A. McGarvey (jam270@psu.edu)
received his B.A. from Penn State in May 1997.
NOTEBOOK: Eat Brazil
See also: COVER STORY: Living With the Forest: A report from the eastern
Amazon
Illustration: The author in Brazil.
About the author: David Pacchioli (dap1@psu.edi) is staff
writer for Research/Penn State.
For more information: Visit the IMAZON website.
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