Notables

Abigail Krich, a senior in biological and environmental engineering, is part of a 10-person team that traveled with Greenpeace to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 26. She joined a summit of approximately 60,000 government leaders, national delegates, business people, nongovernmental organizations and concerned activists. Krich has been involved in the student group Kyoto Now! The group is working with the university to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus. Krich's academic focus is on the development of renewable energy technology. At the summit, Krich said, she will campaign for clean, affordable energy to fight global warming. Upon her return, she will work in Cornell's Planning, Design and Construction facility on a six-month engineering cooperative learning internship.

Robert Ferris, a junior chemical engineering major, is among 17 nalists from across the United States in Intel Corp.'s 2002-03 Research Award Contest for Undergraduate Students. His research adviser is Christopher Ober, professor and director of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and his faculty adviser is William Olbricht, professor of chemical engineering. The program awards cash grants for undergraduate student research, with the goal of stimulating inventiveness by challenging undergraduates in the sciences and engineering disciplines to explore frontiers of future computing. The contest was open to all undergraduate students at U.S. colleges and universities. Ferris' proposal is titled "Image Reversal through Silylation for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Development." He and the other finalists will receive a grant of up to $2,000 each for their research, based on the budget outlined in proposals. On April 11, 2003, the students will present their research results to a panel of Intel researchers in Santa Clara, Calif. The top presenters will receive additional cash awards.

Anthony Bretscher, professor of cell biology in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, has been elected to a three-year term on the Council of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), beginning in 2003. The 10,000-member ASCB is a major voice for biomedical research in the United States, and the organization's annual meeting, scheduled this year for Dec. 14-18 in San Francisco, is the largest gathering of cell biologists in the world.