Perspectives, Fall 2001


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RESEARCH SURVEY
	Closing the Insurance Gap • Extreme Science • Horse Sense • Life Preserver • Benzene Busters • Assessing Alzheimer's • Kudos
COVER STORY
	Architects of the New Research into nanoparticles and organic thin films with intriguing properties has won two SIUC materials chemists prestigious CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation. Helping to spearhead nanotechnology research at SIUC is the Materials Technology Center. See Nanotech and MTC.
FEATURE STORIES
	Carbondale's Marimba Maestro Kevin Lucas is gaining national attention for his mastery of the marimba and for his art rock compositions, showcased by his band, the Dead Musicians' Society. High-Water Mark Floods along the middle Mississippi River are getting worse, says an SIUC geologist, and the prime culprits are navigational aids called wing dams. Thanks for the Memories By making certain memories stronger, the vagus nerve is what makes nostalgia possible, SIUC psychologists have found—and it may hold the key to improving recovery after head injury or stroke.
SIGHT LINES
	The Face on the Canvas Who am I as a painter? Who am I as a person? An MFA student in art explores those questions, fusing her interest in African-American subject matter with her love for the paintings of Rembrandt and Caravaggio.
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