Opening New Doors The completion of the striking ISET (Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology) complex depicted on our cover signifies the university's entry into a new era. In this issue, we are including a special section of articles that illustrate the collaboration between schools and interdisciplinary learning that the complex has been designed to promote. The newly opened ISET complex-the largest single construction project in the university's history-is the most visible symbol of the university's goal of achieving regional prominence and national visibility in science, engineering, and technology education.

Head of Bell Labs Ireland Named New CETA Dean
	Louis Manzione, founding executive director of Bell Laboratories research center in Ireland, has been named dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) by President Walter Harrison and Provost Donna Randall. Manzione will assume his new position on Aug. 15.

UTC Makes $250,000 Gift to ISET

United Technologies Corp. Chairman and CEO George David presented University of Hartford President Walter Harrison with a check for $250,000 at the company's annual corporate volunteer luncheon on April 6. The gift will support the university's new $34 million Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology (ISET) complex, designed to encourage collaboration and interdisciplinary learning among the various departments housed there.

Shetty Appointed CETA's New Dean of Research

Devdas Shetty now adds being dean of research to his many duties in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture(CETA), where he already serves as associatedean, director of the Engineering Applications Center, and Vernon D. Roosa Professor of Manufacturing Engineering.

Students Work to Improve Lives of Those with Cerebral Palsy
	WOMEN IN ENGINEERING Several weeks before they flipped their tassels at graduation, four College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture seniors unveiled an innovative device they developed to improve the quality of life for many people with disabilities.

M. Arch. Program Brings Distinction
	New Chair of Architecture Describes Its Focus In 1980 Kendra Schank Smith, currently associate professor and the new chair of the Department of Architecture in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, had just received her master's degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She was hired by the award-winning architectural firm of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates in Hamden, Conn., where one of the first projects she worked on was the new construction and renovation of Central Park Zoo in New York City.

Hay Bales, Old Tires, and Colored Bottles
	HAS and CETA Students Join Forces for Exhibit On Sept. 29, 2005, the university's Joseloff Gallery will open a major exhibition focusing on the work of architect and teacher Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio. Mockbee put into practice one of the nation's boldest programs in contemporary architecture.This inspired designer and charismatic teacher founded the renowned Rural Studio at Auburn University in Alabama, and was its director until his untimely death at the age of 57 in 2001. There, he and his students designed and built modest, innovative, "warm, dry, and noble" buildings, as he put it, for people who simply needed decent shelter.

A Shark Tale
	Biologist's Research Tests Anti-cancer Theories Each summer for the past 10 years, Joanna Borucinska has stood on a dock in Montauk Point, Long Island, or Martha's Vineyard during shark fishing season, her eyes scanning the horizon for returning yachts. She and her students are waiting for the boats and their well-heeled owners to bring in their catches for the day. It's not that she's a fan of the sport. Far from it. It's the prey that interests her. NOTE: This story also appears in the FEATURES section.