Date: 06/13/2005

SJSU has recently reorganized the management team for the Systems Teaching Institute, which is part of the University Affiliated Research Center administered by UC Santa Cruz at NASA Ames Research Park. The STI manages internships and programs for community college and university students who are performing research in conjunction with NASA scientists and engineers. Chemistry Professor Bradley M Stone, who previously served five years as co-director of the NASA Faculty Fellowship program at Ames, was named project director. Cindy Schmidt, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Geology, was named the new director of student programs. Transitioning from the executive director position, Nancy Bussani continues to work with SJSU as the new executive director for the Tower Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting the university. For more on the UARC, see http://uarc.ucsc.edu/institute.html.