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The Cornell Chronicle

April 13, 2000

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Academic

All four of CU's undergraduate nominees win Goldwater Scholarship
Senior receives Rotary Foundation award to study public health in Peru

Administration

Group recommends council for West Campus living-learning houses
Advisory committee to help develop plans for distance-learning effort
NEH awards Mann Library $865,845 for the preservation of materials
Johnson Museum awarded NEH grant to improve storage of Asian collection

Cornell People

Synthesizer inventor Robert Moog, Ph.D. '64, to be honored at Smithsonian

Events

Coverage
Archbishop Tutu speaks about history, forgiveness and a 'new kind of society'
Campus climate group wins Perkins Prize at Willard Straight event
Cornell science is on view for enthusiastic NYC high school students
Photo - Good book rewarded
Photo - A little something for special guests
Photo - Mozambique flood aid
Photo - Honoring the generations
Photo - State of the law
Photo - You're doing fine, doctor

Upcoming
Latino studies is focus of conference this weekend
David Pingree, expert on ancient origins of math, delivers two talks this week
Chem Systems president to give Thorpe Lecture in chemical engineering
19th Black Maria film festival comes to Cornell Cinema
CU student's dance thesis culminates in 'Movement Menu'
Music department celebrates Poulenc with festival

Outreach

CU step team finds new Dimensions at Ithaca High School
IPM guide has plant pest tips for greenhouses

Research

'Armpit effect' distinguishes kin from strangers, CU psychologists prove
Staff volunteers spend a month on a diet for a smaller planet -- like Mars
Experiment station uncorks Vinification and Brewing Technology Lab

Departments

Brief
Notables
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