The scientific efforts of the CAS regional climate modeling program developed by Xin-Zhong Liang have made news headlines. Last fall, an article describing much of the program’s goals and accomplishments was published in News21, an online news webpage led by journalism programs at several universities and funded by two foundations. In December 2008, Dr. Liang appeared on the front page of the News-Gazette (located in Champaign, IL) accompanying an article describing his program. (contact xliang@illinois.edu)