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I'hursday, Febraan science Technology day, February 17,2(XX) THE BATTALION Page 5 ?nted musicians fir ners of the worlds hs. 3id the music isappLy ile, regardless of4; J ^reat body of music: nt types of crowds,' ie band] is abletos ole than [a band]nt >f music." id when she talked»r er, she felt she hs a true artist, ve what they are do'; is very excited aba: t disheartened aba: Tran said, and CDs willbeons The Eleven O’clock for Crispin. Contac Office at 845-12! mation. jalleries to exhibit tlarie Curie’s lab BY DAVE AMBER The Battalion In the East Room of the White House afternoon in late May 1921, Presi- it Warren Harding unlocked a doll- use-sized cabinet draped with ribbons dpulled out a small glass tube. With much pomp, he handed it to Pol- physicist Marie Curie. The small iss vial weighed only about a gram, but irie travelled by ship from France to llect it, And it contained a fortune. On her first visit to the United States, e only woman awarded two Nobel izes—in 1903 for physics and in 1911 r chemistry — received $100,000 AP) — An Indian p orth of radium, the rare radioactive el- fashion des;i lent she had discovered and named ore than 20 years before. Curie's supply of radium had been ex- iusted. She and her daughters \\ ere the lestsof the Marie Curie Radium Fund, group of American w omen w ho col led the S100.000 so that Curie might ntinue her research into the medically- ignificant aspects of radioactivity. Eight decades later, Texas A&M w ill st another Curie visit next month, hen the J. Wayne Stark Galleries ex- the original laboratory equipment sed by Marie and her husband Pierre urie in their radioactivity experiments. On March 4, Marie Curie’s grand- urges Kle products iPi- rged aw his line of proc. > to set in the India’s ce and ie sus- ated in export ave ad- iide the • collection.... Sol ly disappointed to : on includes snake ski ent to Klein on fei aughter, Helen Langevin-Joliot-Curie, ill present the exhibit to the University, It will be the second time that the in- Calvin Klein did no: nent Wednesday, struments, considered a French national treasure, have traveled outside of their home country. “Marie Curie built all of her instru mentation. It was primitive hut still had to measure minute electrical charges,” said Alan Waltar, professor and depart ment head of nuclear engineering. “The fact that these instruments worked is amazing.” The exhibit will also explore the con tributions of female scientists over the last 100 years since Curie’s original work with radioactivity. It is part of a month-long “Women in Discovery Program,” sponsored by the several offices, including the Provost Office and the Office of Re search and Graduate Studies, to focus on attracting women into science and engineering careers. Besides the exhibit, a symposium March 22-23 will bring women science and engineering pioneers to campus. They will include Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, and Dr. Nancy Dickey, the first woman president of the American Med ical Association. Marie Curie is a role model for women scientists around the world, Wal tar said. “She is a real hero. Her original discoveries transformed science in the 20th century.” He said celebrating Curie’s life is a way to stimulate young women’s interest in science. Spanning generations Female scientists look to pioneering leaders the Mi! M Physics: Pierre and Marie Curie, for their work on radioactivity Chemistry: Marie Curie, for her discovery of the radioactive elements Polonium and Radium Chemsitry: Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie, for the discovery of artificial radioactivity Cyclotron Institute’s Dr. Sherry Yennello won CURIE PHOTOS COURTESY AP ARCHIVES, YENNELLO PHOTO BY CODY WAGES, GRAPHIC BY ROBERT HYNECEK/TheBattalion Sigma Xi S 2000 Young Investigator award Cyclotron researcher wins 2000 Young Investigator Award BY SCOTT JENKINS The Battalion As a female scientist who had supportive mentors throughout her career. Dr. Sherry Yennello has seen the difference positive role models can make for women at every step in their education. “I had people who told me, "Yeah, you can do this,”’ said Yennello, a researcher at Texas A&M’s Cyclotron Institute. She said they were the ones who helped her see science as enjoyable, and “an acceptable thing for women to do.” Yennello, a member of the Department of Chem istry', has been awarded the 2000 Young Investigator Award by the scientific research society Sigma Xi for her work on the chemistry and physics of atomic nuclei. Yennel lo has always wanted to know how tilings work, and said her curiosity helped her succeed in science. Much of her research at the Cyclotron involves ac celerating beams of different kinds of charged atoms, called ions, to high energies and studying the colli sions of the ions with each other or different targets. Yennello and the other Cyclotron scientists want to leam more about fundamental aspects of the nu cleus, like the forces holding nuclei together and the mechanisms of nuclear reactions. In its normal state, called the energy ground state, a nucleus can be thought of as a “liquid” consisting of protons and neutrons. “In certain ways, you can make the analogy between a nucleus and a drop of water,” Yennello said. If involved in a high-energy collision, nuclei can form a kind of “vapor” of protons and neutrons in the same way that water can undergo the transition from liquid to gas with energy input. Yennello and her research group are investigat ing how this fieeting “vapor” of protons and neu trons is generated with collisions, and then how it behaves after the collisions as energy dissipates. They are working on a complete understanding of the dynamics of the collisions and the thermodynam ics of the resulting “hot” nuclear system. Yennello said she thinks understanding funda mental science is essential for applications and “spin offs” that are based on that understanding. But Yennello thrives on more than research. She is active in campus committees, such as the Science and Technology Policy Program and Women in Science and Engineering. She is also serving as chair of the TAMU Women’s Week 2000 committee. Dr. Robert A. Kennedy, vice president of research and A&M associate provost for graduate studies called Yennello “an outstanding scientist who sees the importance of playing a leading role in the formula tion of science policy.” lozes, misse| inounceme — Denzel WasIwngK one of his oth&movit md up sleepiiftlrog : he had beenwina ar for The Hurr'm' real-life boxer ft 1 , y imprisoned lor ti on a Golden Globe Qo Out To Bat Thursdays Uv Th& Battalion/ Marly, trned ck in a people, i-hand. <j> kMU) Freshly made Sandwiches, Soups & Desserts FREE CHIP & DRINK! w/purchase of any sandwich AGGIE BUCKS WELCOME HERE! Bring a Date for $ 8.00! Get 2 All-You-Can-Eat & Drink Buffets for just $ 8.00. You save s 2.00 with this coupon! 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