CONTENTS
Focus on Science • Winter 2008 4 dean’s letter
For people who value current, relevant and comprehensive science
news, Focus on Science provides a channel for greater awareness of and research
involvement in the adventure of science at The University of Texas 5 Visualizing Synapses
at Austin and in daily life. 5 Extracts
6 Working on a Wireless World
On the cover: A stream of silicone oil bounces twice above the surface of the 7 Postcard: Kristina Schlegel
same oil. Photo by Matt Thrasher. See story on page 9. 8 Fishing for Fluorescence
9 Liquid Bounce
features
10 Computer Visionary
14 Directing Evolution
education
18 Josh Russell
19 (Not So) Lost on Lizard Island
19 Data: Women and Men
20 Q&A with Uri Treisman
news
21 Introducing the Division of Statistics +
Scientifi c Computation
21 Briefs
22 Wetlands Grow at MSI
friends and alumni
23 Tree of Life
23 KLE Foundation gift
23 Giving
24 Tracing Our Ancestry
24 New College Endowments
faculty
25 Life on the Outside
26 Awards
27 In Memoriam
28 blast from the past
focus on science
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