PSU Magazine Spring 2006

Starting at top: Jun Jiao, director of the Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication; nanotubes 60,000 timessmaller than a human hair; Michael Weingrad, professor in the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies. I ) op C The Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication is emerging as one of the Pacific Northwest's most advanced facilities for nanoscale science and engi– neering research. The center's high-reso– lution electron microscopes-made possible by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, FEI, and others-allow scientists from Portland State, other universities, and high-tech companies to study mater– ial properties at the atomic level and create novel materials and nano-devices. This translates into more efficient minia– turized electronic products that can benefit the fields of medicine, manufac– turing, and information technology. Private support through the campaign is advancing Portland State's-and our region's-leadership in nanotechnology, which is expected to be a $2 trillion industry by 2015. Planning for social equity Urban planning should provide more choices for those who have the fewest. This sentiment was written by the late Ernie Bonner, a longtime activist and former director of the Portland Bureau of Planning. His family has established an endowed scholarship in his name in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. It will provide funds for students pursuing master's or doctorate degrees in urban and regional plan– ning-particularly students who plan to advance conditions of social equity. As Portland's city planner in the 1970s, Bonner is credited for creating the historic downtown revitalization plan. A collection of his urban planning papers is available in the PSU Millar Library. In touch with Jewish culture Judaism is an ethnic religion that became a world civilization as a result of its diaspora. The Harold A. Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, founded with the help of campaign dollars, looks at this civilization's encounter with the modern world . It includes faculty and courses from education, foreign languages, history, politics, Middle East studies, sociology, and urban studies. Students, who may earn a certificate in the program, pursue Judaic learning for different purposes: religious identity, intellectual curiosity, teacher certification, and preparation for advanced study. The program also serves hundreds in the community who attend lectures, work– shops, and noncredit courses. □