Casing the gallery Two guitar cases took on a different look during the School of Art open house last week. The cases sat among other art works on display and for sale as part of the open house, which also included tours and presentations, both in the Art Building and Ceramic Metal Arts Building. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS20010125_8a

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Martin Kushmeric, left, and Mike Bailey with the apparatus that demonstrates how sound waves might one day be used to generate heat inside the body with pinpoint accuracy to cauterize bleeding or kill unwanted tissue such as tumors. Photo by Sandra Hines PHOTO: SH20010123_8a

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Ram Samudrala and Roger Bumgarner, who are both on the faculty in Microbiology, work with a DNA array processor that helps them study the cell’s response to pathogens. Photo by Kathy Sauber PHOTO: KS20010124_4

The Northwest Chamber Chorus performs. Jean Feagin is at right in the foreground. Otis Pease is wearing glasses in the rear. Photo courtesy of Northwest Chamber Chorus

The three printers An exhibition of books from two Italian private presses can be seen in the Manuscripts, Special Collections and University Archives Division in the basement of Allen Library through May 31. The books are from Ampersond Press, owned by Allesandro Zanella (left, above) and Officina Chimerea, owned by Gino Castiglioni (middle) and Allessandro Corubolo. The 21 examples in the exhibit were produced entirely by hand on cast-iron handpresses or a manually operated cylinder proof press. Enzo & Raffaello Bassotto Photo

Luann Becker holds a rock from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction 250 million years ago. Carbon molecules called fulerenes found in this rock are considered to be the sign of a comet or asteroid collision with Earth. A fullerene with noble gas trapped inside is depicted below. Photo by Kathy Sauber

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Baker with computer bank Photo by Gavin Sisk

Courtyard blooms Spring was breaking out this week, especially in some of the sheltered courtyards of the Health Sciences Center

George Martin Photo by Gavin Sisk

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