This past academic year’s Outlook magazine, the magazine of Temple University’s College of Science and Technology (CST), amply illustrates the wide variety of topics that makes the field so interesting to write about. My cover story (p. 16) focused on scientific breakthroughs and innovations emanating from the college’s 11 research centers and institutes.

Temple researchers are tackling HIV/AIDS, sepsis and ovarian and oral cancers. Can laser-activated gold nanoparticles treat diseases? What’s the next generation of bioinformatics tools needed to fuel the revolution in computational biology and genomics? Cutting-edge investigations are also occurring in materials research and wireless technologies, and one Temple professor is saving endangered species and helping create national parks in Haiti.

In addition, I contributed three other research briefs and wrote three profiles of alumni. They included a Nairobi-based biologist for Conservation International; a math and computer science graduate now developing streaming software for Amazon in London; and a biology graduate and Johns Hopkins doctor who returned to his Greek neighborhood in Baltimore to launch a community medicine program.

To view the latest issue of CST’s Outlook magazine, please click here.