Che

ck o

ut G

uy S

impl

ant a

t:

http

://de

pts.

was

hing

ton.

edu/

sim

plan

t

Uni

vers

ity o

f Was

hing

ton

Engi

neer

ed B

iom

ater

ials

Edu

catio

n an

d O

utre

ach

New

s let

ter

Volu

me

1

N

um be

r 1

Sci

ence

Fic

tion

: G

uy S

impl

ant

is

the

Bio

engi

neer

Cha

lleng

eW

hat d

o th

e B

ion i

c W

om an

, the

Six

M

illio

n D

ol la

r Man

, and

the

Tran

s for

m er

ha

ve in

com

mon

? T

hey

are

sci e

nce fi c

tion

hero

es w

ith sy

n the

t ic o

r en g

i nee

red

body

pa

rts.

Mee

t Guy

Sim

plan

t. A

mod

ern-

day

hero

with

bad

luck

. In

a da

r ing

esca

pe

from

en e

my

terr

itory

, the

se cr

et a

gent

’s

para

chut

e do

esn’

t wor

k pr

oper

ly a

nd

he e

nds u

p se

vere

ly in

jure

d. T

hank

s to

bioe

ngi n

eer in

g, G

uy c

an b

e re

paire

d us

ing

syn t

het ic

par

ts, b

ut o

nly

if th

e vi

r tu al

bio

-en

gine

er, t

he p

laye

r of t

he g

ame,

can

mak

e it

suc c

ess f

ul ly

thro

ugh

train

ing.

Fana

ye T

urne

r, D

irect

or o

f Ed u

-ca

tion

and

Out

reac

h, a

nd K

aren

Che

ng,

a pr

ofes

sor i

n th

e D

epar

tmen

t of V

isua

l C

omm

unic

atio

ns, l

ed th

e co

l lab o

ra tio

n to

pr

oduc

e th

e in

ter a

c tiv

e C

D a

nd w

ebsi

te.

Kar

en d

escr

ibes

the

col la

b o ra

tion

as “

a w

ay o

f sho

w in

g w

hat d

esig

n [c

an] d

o fo

r a

dif fe

r ent

fi el

d.”

Take

the

Nat

iona

l Sci

ence

Fo

un da

tion

(NSF

) man

date

that

Nat

iona

l R

esea

rch

Cen

ters

like

UW

EB m

ust c

om-

mu n

i cat

e st

ate

of th

e ar

t bio

engi

neer

ing

rese

arch

to K

-12

stud

ents

and

ther

e’s a

fu

n da m

en ta

l pro

blem

. H

ow to

brid

ge

the

min

d of

a sc

ient

ist w

ith th

e m

ind

of a

sm

all c

hild

? K

jell

Nel

son,

one

of t

he fi

rst

grad

uate

stud

ent O

utre

ach

Co o

r di n

a tor

s fo

r the

UW

EB S

tude

nt L

ead e

r shi

p C

ounc

il (S

LC),

real

ized

stud

ents

nee

ded

som

e thi

ng

mor

e en

gag i

ng th

an p

rops

to le

arn

abou

t bi

o m a t

e ri a

ls.

Som

e thi

ng “

to in

tro du

ce

the

idea

, stim

ulat

e in

tere

st in

scie

nce,

to

broa

d en

[stu

dent

s’] a

war

e nes

s of w

hat

sci e

n tis

ts d

o, a

nd th

e va

lue

of [t

heir]

re se

arch

.” K

jell’

s “ke

r nel

of a

n id

ea,”

Guy

Si

mpl

ant “

The

Han

d,”

now

reac

hes s

choo

ls

all o

ver t

he st

ate

of W

ash i

ng to

n, a

nd th

e se

c-on

d pr

o gra

m, “

Guy

Sim

plan

t: T

he H

eart,

” is

be

ing

pre p

ared

for a

nat

iona

l and

in te

r na t

ion a

l au

di en

ce.

Win

g Fo

ng a

nd K

aren

Gut

owsk

y-Zi

m-

mer

man

wer

e gr

adua

te st

uden

ts in

the

Dep

art-

men

t of V

isua

l Com

mu n

i ca t

ion

whe

n K

aren

C

heng

pro

pose

d th

e id

ea to

them

in 1

999.

In

fact

, Guy

Sim

plan

t’s d

esig

n be

cam

e W

ing’

s m

aste

r’s th

esis

, a “

sim

ulat

ed e

xper

ienc

e in

a

mul

ti-m

edia

real

m to

edu

cate

peo

ple.

” In

a

com

put e

r-sav

vy a

ge, C

heng

says

that

“th

e jo

y of

inte

ract

ivity

is p

retty

per

va si

ve.

If y

ou

show

any

one,

eve

n gr

own-

ups a

but

ton,

the

impu

lse

to p

ress

, to

do so

met

hing

is p

retty

st

rong

.” S

he e

x pla

ins t

hat i

t’s b

ecau

se y

ou’r

e m

akin

g th

e ch

oice

s and

you

’re

in c

ontro

l.

Gut

owsk

y re

calls

de s

ign i

ng th

e ga

me

so th

at

stud

ents

can

wor

k in

depe

nden

tly to

con

stru

ct

Guy

’s h

and

out o

f syn

thet

ic m

ater

ials

, with

m

in i m

al o

r no

su pe

r vi s

ion.

Su

san

Stan

sber

ry, a

7th g

rade

Life

Sci

-en

ce te

ache

r at M

eado

wda

le M

iddl

e Sc

hool

in

Lyn

nwoo

d us

es th

e C

D a

nd w

ebsi

te in

her

cl

asse

s. S

usan

lear

ned

abou

t Guy

Sim

plan

t at

the

Scie

nce

Teac

her’s

Inst

itute

(STI

) hel

d ev

ery

sum

mer

at U

WEB

. C

ombi

ned

with

a

unit

on ti

ssue

eng

inee

ring,

she

says

Guy

is a

fu

n w

ay to

rein

forc

e th

e co

ncep

ts a

nd w

rap

up

the

last

day

.Is

ther

e a

futu

re fo

r Guy

Sim

plan

t?

“He’

s got

a w

hole

ana

tom

y w

e ca

n w

ork

on,”

Fan

aye

laug

hs.

But

in a

ll se

ri ous

ness

sh

e ex

plai

ns G

uy’s

po t

en tia

l to

beco

me

a

com

preh

ensi

ve e

d u ca

tion

prog

ram

. Th

e “Y

outh

Tak

e H

eart”

pro

gram

is o

ne e

xam

ple.

C

oord

inat

ed w

ith th

e H

ope

Hea

rt In

stitu

te,

the

pro g

ram

is c

ente

red

arou

nd th

e cu

rren

t pr

ojec

t, “G

uy S

impl

ant,

The

Hea

rt.”

In th

is

new

gam

e, G

uy’s

stre

ssfu

l life

styl

e pu

ts h

im

at ri

sk fo

r a h

eart

atta

ck.

Wor

ried,

Guy

goe

s to

see

his d

octo

r, an

d sh

e te

lls h

im to

cha

nge

his e

atin

g ha

bits

and

star

t an

exer

cise

rout

ine.

Pl

ayer

s of t

he g

ame

are

aske

d to

cho

ose

a he

alth

y di

et a

nd re

gula

r ex e

r cis

e sc

hedu

le fo

r G

uy.

De p

end i

ng o

n w

isdo

m o

f the

pla

yer’s

ch

oic e

s, G

uy is

bac

k in

the

spy

wor

ld o

r he

is

in th

e ho

spita

l ear

mar

ked

for i

n va s

ive

surg

ery

to c

lear

a b

lock

ed a

rtery

. G

uy is

a “

hero

with

pro

b- le

ms.”

Fan

aye

says

that

’s p

art

of h

is a

ppea

l. S

tu de

nts c

an

teac

h hi

m, m

ake

choi

ces f

or

him

, and

fi x

him

up.

In

deed

, th

ere

is re

al sc

ienc

e to

this

fi c

tion.

The

body

bag

is o

ne o

f the

item

s U

nive

rsity

of W

ashi

ngto

n bi

oeng

i nee

r ing

grad

uate

stud

ents

brin

g to

mid

dle

scho

ol

clas

sroo

m v

isits

. In

side

are

artifi c

ial

body

par

ts, i

mpl

ants

use

d by

surg

eons

to

repl

ace

the

faili

ng re

al p

arts

of p

eopl

e’s

bodi

es:

a kn

ee, a

hip

, fi n

ger j

oint

s, ca

th-

eter

s, ar

terie

s, ve

ins,

and

brea

st im

plan

ts.

The

grad

uate

stud

ents

’ goa

l: to

enc

our-

age

stud

ents

to b

e in

tere

sted

in sc

ienc

e an

d to

go

to c

ol le

ge.

Eliz

abet

h Le

ber,

a th

ird-y

ear g

rad-

u ate

stud

ent,

says

stud

ents

hea

r wha

t is

goin

g on

in th

e m

edia

bec

ause

bio

m a t

-e r

i als

are

big

new

s. S

he a

sks i

f the

y kn

ow so

me o

ne w

ith a

den

tal fi

llin

g,

who

wea

rs c

onta

ct le

nses

, has

had

hea

rt su

rger

y, o

r rec

eive

d a

hip

impl

ant.

“The

ha

nds j

ust g

o up

. Th

ere

is n

o on

e th

at’s

no

t af fe

ct ed

by

bio m

a te r

i als

.” S

he a

rgue

s th

at th

e co

mpl

exity

of t

he re

sear

ch sh

e’s

doin

g—cr

eatin

g a

surf

ace

coat

ing

for

elec

trode

s tha

t will

alte

r the

fore

ign

body

re

spon

se—

does

n’t d

eter

her

from

de l

iv -

er in

g in

form

atio

n in

a w

ay st

uden

ts c

an

unde

rsta

nd.

In fa

ct, “

if w

e ca

n’t e

x-pl

ain

to th

e la

y pu

blic

wha

t we

do,”

she

decl

ares

, “th

en w

e sh

ould

reth

ink

why

w

e’re

doi

ng it

.” E

spec

ially

sinc

e pr

o- gr

ams l

ike

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Was

h ing

ton

Engi

neer

ed B

iom

ater

ials

Ed u

ca tio

n an

d O

utre

ach

is fu

nded

by

a pu

blic

age

ncy,

th

e N

atio

nal S

cien

ce F

oun d

a tio

n.

Dan

Gra

ham

, a p

ost-d

octo

ral f

el-

low

, got

invo

lved

in O

utre

ach

whe

n it

star

ted

in 1

998

and

has i

n th

e su

b se q

uent

ye

ars g

one

on o

ver 4

0 sc

hool

vis

its.

He

deve

lope

d th

e fi n

ger k

its, a

noth

er p

art

of th

e pr

e sen

ta tio

n, w

ith fe

llow

gra

du-

ate

stud

ent,

Kje

ll N

elso

n. D

an e

xpla

ins

to st

u den

ts h

ow a

bio

engi

neer

look

s at

qual

ities

in a

fi ng

er li

ke th

e st

reng

th o

f bo

ne o

r the

fl ex

i bil i

ty o

f ski

n. H

e as

ks

stud

ents

to th

ink

of e

very

day

obje

cts i

n th

e sa

me

way

. Th

en h

e gi

ves t

he st

u den

ts

a sc

enar

io, l

ike

an e

lder

ly p

erso

n w

hose

fi n

gers

are

de s

troye

d by

arth

ritis

. St

u- de

nts b

ecom

e bi

oeng

inee

rs c

harg

ed w

ith

Old

er K

ids

Teac

hing

You

nger

Kid

s:

Edu

cati

on a

nd O

utre

ach

in t

he C

lass

room

for

a B

righ

t Fu

ture

Fri d

ay, M

arch

7, 2

003

cel e

brat

ed th

e gr

ad u a

tion

of si

x gi

fted

youn

g sc

i en t

ists

: M

icha

el W

iley,

Jess

ica

Lyon

s, D

arae

Si

mps

on, K

iann

a H

all,

Ebon

y C

orne

tt, a

nd Je

nita

Fre

e man

. Th

ese

seve

nth

and

eigh

th-g

rade

stu d

ents

com

plet

ed S

ETU

P (S

chol

ar sh

ip in

En g

i nee

r ing

Trai

n ing

, the

UW

EB P

rogr

am),

an a

fter-s

choo

l pro

gram

offe

red

each

qua

rter t

o st

u den

ts a

t the

A

fric

an-A

mer

ican

Aca

d e m

y.

The

8-w

eek

cour

se c

over

ed h

y-dr

ogel

s, cr

ysta

ls a

nd c

rys t

al li z

a tio

n,

bio m

a te r

i als

, pro

tein

stru

ctur

e, a

nd

poly

mer

s. In

spee

ch es

, stu

dent

s see

med

pa

r tic u

lar ly

im pr

esse

d by

the

unit

on

hydr

ogel

s whe

re st

uden

ts m

ade

con-

tact

lens

es. M

icha

el W

iley,

an

14-y

ear

old,

adm

itted

, “It

has t

ruly

alte

red

my

per c

ep tio

n.”

Jess

ica

Lyon

s con

curr

ed

with

her

cla

ssm

ate.

“It

taug

ht m

e to

m

ake

thin

gs I

neve

r tho

ught

I co

uld

at

this

age

.” I

n an

othe

r uni

t, th

ey m

ade

poly

mer

put

ty b

y sh

akin

g up

a so

lutio

n of

Elm

er’s

glu

e an

d a

Bor

ax so

lu tio

n.

The

youn

gest

scho

lar o

f the

gro

up, D

arae

Sim

pson

, tol

d th

e au

dien

ce th

at h

e is

follo

win

g on

e of

his

dre

ams b

esid

es b

as-

ketb

all—

scie

nce.

He

adde

d th

at h

e le

arne

d in

SET

UP

“how

to

com

mun

icat

e w

ith so

me t

hing

to m

ake

som

ethi

ng e

lse.

” T

hat

som

ethi

ng e

lse

is u

sing

ev e

ry da

y pr

oduc

ts to

mak

e lif

e-sa

ving

de

vice

s lik

e im

plan

ts a

nd b

iom

ater

ials

. Pa

st g

radu

ate,

14-

year

old

Col

e Te

rry

look

ed p

roud

ly a

roun

d at

his

pee

rs.

“I d

idn’

t th

ink

scie

nce

coul

d be

this

fun.

”

The

prog

ram

is ta

ught

by

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Bio

engi

neer

ing

and

UW

EB fa

culty

: Te

kie

Meh

ary,

Dan

Gra

ham

, Kip

Hau

ch,

Bud

dy R

atne

r, an

d W

inst

on C

irido

n w

ith tr

e men

dous

sup-

port

offe

red

by U

WEB

’s D

irect

or o

f Out

reac

h an

d Ed

u ca t

ion,

Fa

naye

Tur

ner a

nd K

-12

Educ

atio

n an

d O

ut re

ach

Coo

rdin

ator

, Jan

et B

lanf

ord.

A

lso

in a

t ten d

ance

for t

his c

om m

em o-

ra tiv

e oc

ca si

on w

as th

e V

ice-

Pres

i den

t of

Mi n

or i ty

Affa

irs, D

r. N

ancy

“R

usty

” B

arce

ló w

ho sp

oke

with

stud

ents

abo

ut

the

im po

r tanc

e of

this

pro

gram

to p

ro-

mot

e di

vers

ity h

ere

at th

e U

ni ve

r si ty

of

Was

h ing

ton.

Bud

dy R

atne

r, th

e di

rect

or

of U

WEB

, agr

ees.

He

says

that

“m

ore

dive

rse

rese

arch

er p

ar tic

i pa t

ion

in sc

i-en

ce a

nd te

ch no

l o gy

incr

ease

s the

rang

e of

idea

s, br

oad e

ns th

e po

tent

ial t

o so

lve

real

pro

b lem

s and

als

o ad

dres

ses t

he fu

-tu

re e

co no

m ic

hea

lth a

nd so

cial

stab

ility

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.”

Rat

ner h

opes

to g

et a

mor

e di

vers

e cl

ass

of g

rad u

ates

and

un d

er gr

ad u a

tes i

n sc

ienc

e an

d en

gi ne

er in

g at

th

e U

ni ve

r si ty

of W

ash i

ng to

n. “

We

wan

t to

tan t

a liz

e th

e yo

ung

ones

by

ex po

s ing

them

to th

e ric

h in

tel le

c tu a

l en v

i ron m

ent o

f sc

i enc

e in

a m

ost p

os i ti

ve m

an ne

r.”

the

re co

n stru

c tio

n of

a fi

nger

. D

an

tells

stud

ents

, “W

e’re

giv

[ing

you]

the

mos

t hig

h-te

ch e

quip

men

t we

can.

”

Hig

h-te

ch e

quip

men

t bei

ng a

tong

ue

de pr

es so

r, a

stra

w, s

ome

plas

tic tu

bing

, ch

alk,

toot

h pic

ks, p

aper

clip

s, an

d so

me

rubb

er b

ands

to b

uild

a fi

n ger

.In

200

2, g

rad u

ate

stu d

ents

vis

ited

34 d

if fer

ent s

choo

ls a

nd w

orke

d w

ith

3200

stu d

ents

, with

par

tic u l

ar e

m-

pha s

is o

n re

ach i

ng u

nder

repr

esen

ted

mi n

or i ti

es. E

liz a b

eth

says

that

it’s

im

por ta

nt to

con

nect

scie

nce

to th

e st

u den

ts’ l

ives

at a

n ea

rly a

ge a

nd g

et

them

in te

r est

ed. T

he fu

ture

of b

ioen

-gi

neer

ing

ap pl

i ca t

ions

in m

ed i c

ine

is

ever

gro

win

g an

d so

is th

e de

man

d fo

r bio

engi

neer

s. Sh

e ex

plai

ns th

at th

e m

ore

dive

rse

the

popu

latio

n po

ol, t

he

bette

r are

the

peop

le w

ho a

pply

to a

pr

ogra

m li

ke th

e on

e at

UW

. Th

e id

eas

that

com

e ou

t of r

e sea

rch

cent

ers w

ill

only

get

bet

ter.

A S

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UP

stud

ent a

t wor

k.

Ann

ounc

ing

the

Eng

inee

red

Bio

mat

eria

ls (U

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Uni

vers

ity o

f Was

hing

ton

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mor

e in

form

atio

n, c

onta

ct in

fo@

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r.was

hing

ton.

edu

I’m

ple

ased

to c

ontri

bute

a g

reet

ing

to th

is la

unch

issu

e of

UW

EB

EON

. Edu

catio

n an

d ou

treac

h ar

e su

bjec

ts w

orth

y of

serio

us c

on te

m -

pla t

ion

and

focu

sed

actio

n.

Thre

e qu

otes

hav

e be

en o

n m

y m

ind

late

ly:

“If a

nat

ion

expe

cts t

o be

igno

rant

and

free

, in

a st

ate

of c

iv i li

za tio

n,

it ex

pect

s wha

t nev

er w

as a

nd n

ever

will

be.

”

—Th

omas

Jeffe

rson

“. .

. whe

neve

r the

peo

ple

are

wel

l-inf

orm

ed, t

hey

can

be tr

uste

d w

ith

thei

r ow

n go

vern

men

t; th

at, w

hene

ver t

hing

s get

so fa

r wro

ng a

s to

attra

ct th

eir n

otic

e, th

ey m

ay b

e re

lied

on to

set t

hem

righ

t.”

—Th

omas

Jeffe

rson

“Mor

e an

d m

ore,

the

futu

re o

f soc

iety

is a

race

bet

wee

n ed

ucat

ion

and

cata

stro

phe”

—H

.G. W

ells

One

of T

hom

as Je

ffers

on’s

con

ditio

ns fo

r the

succ

ess o

f a d

emoc

racy

was

that

the

popu

lace

mus

t be

educ

ated

in o

rder

that

th

ey sh

ould

hav

e th

e to

ols t

o m

ake

wis

e de

cisi

ons.

Are

we

educ

atin

g ou

r stu

dent

s (an

d th

e pu

blic

at l

arge

) up

to M

r. Je

ffer-

son’

s sta

ndar

d? H

ere

are

som

e re

sults

from

the

Nat

iona

l Geo

grap

hic-

Rop

er 2

002

Glo

bal G

eogr

aphi

c Li

tera

cy S

urve

y, w

hich

po

lled

the

age

grou

p 18

to 2

4 in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd se

vera

l oth

er c

ount

ries s

hortl

y af

ter 9

/11/

2001

:

• 11

per

cent

of t

he y

oung

Am

eric

ans c

ould

n’t l

ocat

e th

e U

nite

d St

ates

on

a w

orld

map

.•

87 p

erce

nt o

f the

Am

eric

ans s

urve

yed

coul

d no

t loc

ate

Iraq

or I

ran

on th

e m

ap•

86 p

erce

nt c

ould

not

fi nd

Isra

el•

83 p

erce

nt c

ould

n’t l

ocat

e Afg

hani

stan

.•

58 p

erce

nt o

f you

ng A

mer

ican

s cou

ld n

ot lo

cate

Japa

n•

65 p

erce

nt c

ould

not

loca

te F

ranc

e•

69 p

erce

nt c

ould

n’t l

ocat

e th

e U

nite

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ingd

om.

Is th

e pr

oble

m ju

st g

eogr

aphy

? H

ardl

y. A

199

8 N

SF re

port

stat

es th

at o

nly

13 p

erce

nt o

f Am

eric

ans c

an d

efi n

e “m

ol-

e cul

e.” A

n as

toun

ding

48

perc

ent o

f Am

eric

ans d

o no

t kno

w th

at th

e ea

rth g

oes a

roun

d th

e su

n on

ce e

ach

year

. Whi

le g

reat

er

than

46

perc

ent o

f the

pub

lic u

ses t

he In

tern

et, o

nly

16 p

erce

nt k

now

s wha

t it i

s. O

ver 7

0 pe

rcen

t of a

dult

Am

eric

ans d

o no

t kn

ow w

hat D

NA

is.

The

case

for a

n ed

ucat

ed p

opul

ace

is e

asy

to m

ake

— st

art w

ith T

hom

as Je

ffers

on’s

obs

erva

tions

on

the

elem

ents

nee

ded

for a

succ

essf

ul d

emoc

racy

and

then

mul

l ove

r the

edu

catio

nal r

equi

rem

ents

for

a co

mpe

titiv

e ec

onom

y. S

ince

our

eco

nom

y an

d so

ciet

y ar

e im

mer

sed

in te

chno

l-og

y, d

ecis

ions

requ

iring

an

un de

r sta

nd in

g of

tech

nolo

gy fr

eque

ntly

mus

t be

mad

e.

Thus

, circ

a 20

03, t

echn

olog

ical

lite

racy

is a

crit

ical

com

pone

nt o

f the

edu

catio

n fo

r a

citiz

en w

ithin

our

de m

oc ra

cy. T

hink

of t

oday

’s p

ress

ing

scie

nce/

tech

nolo

gy is

sues

: gl

obal

clim

ate

chan

ge, s

tem

cel

ls, w

orld

wat

er re

sour

ces,

AID

S, m

alar

ia, c

loni

ng,

gene

tic m

odifi

catio

n of

cro

ps, f

ossi

l fue

l res

erve

s, sp

ecie

s div

ersi

ty, a

nim

al re

sear

ch,

canc

er, b

iow

arfa

re, a

nd m

any

othe

r iss

ues.

It’s s

impl

y im

poss

ible

to v

ote

on th

ese

issu

es o

r to

vote

for e

lect

ed o

ffi ci

als t

o ac

t on

thes

e pr

oble

ms,

with

out a

t lea

st a

bas

ic

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

scie

nce

and

tech

nol o

gy u

nder

lyin

g th

em.

The

UW

EB in

vest

men

t in

educ

atio

n an

d ou

treac

h is

a p

atrio

tic a

ctio

n. O

ur c

oun-

try a

nd o

ur w

orld

will

be

bette

r pla

ces t

o liv

e w

ith a

pop

ulac

e th

at c

an a

p pre

ci at

e th

e si

gnifi

canc

e of

DN

A, t

he re

la tio

n shi

p be

twee

n au

to e

mis

sion

s and

glo

bal c

limat

e ch

ange

, the

die

tary

con

tribu

tors

to h

eart

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ase

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e ris

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nefi t

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of n

ucle

ar

pow

er. T

he U

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inve

stm

ent i

s ram

ping

up

with

mor

e pr

o gra

ms r

each

ing

larg

er

popu

latio

ns —

we

feel

the

pres

sure

to m

ake

a di

ffere

nce…

“Mor

e an

d m

ore,

the

futu

re o

f soc

iety

is a

race

bet

wee

n ed

ucat

ion

and

ca ta

s -tro

phe.

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ecto

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ase

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