NCSA publishes Access magazine to highlight research conducted using NCSA resources. By focusing on the human impact of this research and discussing it in a manner that an intelligent layperson can understand, Access has become an invaluable marketing and fundraising tool for NCSA, scientists around the world who use NCSA resources, and the University of Illinois. Readers include leadership at federal funding agencies, members of Congress, scientists and engineers at institutions across the country, members of the media, leaders in business and industry, and others around the world interested in high-performance computing.