News & notes from Sitterson Hall [1998 : spring, no.21]

News & otes Sitterson Hall Issue Twenty-One, Spring 1998 Department of Computer Science The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill In this issue • Chairman's corner • Welcome • We sav thanks and farewell to... • Keeping in touch • Family matters • Department honors Don Stanat • Research highlights • New contracts and grants • Recent publications • In the media • Recent special visitors • Congratulations to... • Computer Services news • About News & Notes Chairman's corner It's a new year, and we have some new and exciting research taking place. Henry Fuchs, Federico Gil professor, and Gregory F. Welch, research assistant professor, are collaborating with researchers at other universities on a new project on tele-immersion that could change the office of the future. Stephen M. Pizer, Kenan professor, and Elizabeth Bullitt, M.D. , associate professor of neurosurgery in the Department of Surgery, have been collaborating on a new technique to give neurosurgeons better images of the brain. Kevin Jeffay, associate professor, Don Smith, research professor, and Russell M. Taylor, II, research assistant professor, are collaborating with colleagues in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and in the School of Education in taking the nanoManipulator to a local high school Advanced Placement Biology