Fall 2005
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On the cover
  TTU engineers light the way for Jessica
  When Jessica Weddington builds a tower with her new light blocks, you forget the odds were stacked against the 2-year-old, who was born with congenital cataracts. Those new light blocks are learning toys designed by our student engineers. FULL STORY (PDF)
   
  Also inside this issue
   
  * Justice for all (PDF)
  Student activist Erick Veliz speaks for those whose voices often aren't heard in Washington: the poor, the victims of human rights abuses. Why this 22-year-old fights for the little guy.
  * Hidden dangers (PDF)
 

Microbiologist Sharon Berk studies how potentially deadly bacteria may be so well hidden - thanks to the help of other microbes - that they may survive disinfection and cause food poisoning.

   
  * A great storyteller, a great story to tell (PDF)
  Master distiller Jimmy Bedford travels the globe as Jack Daniel's ambassador. The animal science grad is probably one of America's most recognizable faces.
     
    * Next-generation technologists (PDF)
   

Once the leader in the race for technological knowledge, America has fallen behind other industrialized nations. What we're doing about it.

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