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The Cornell Chronicle

February 13, 2003

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Academic

Panels recommend steps to strengthen university's land-grant mission
CU scholars: Proposed promotion-of-marriage welfare rules are bad policy
Editor returns to CU to continue massive task of editing Darwin letters
Summer Session course gives inside look at Art in the Modern World
Merck Foundation gives three-year, $600,000 grant for new PAM program
Tenure Actions

Administration

Nominations due for ninth annual Perkins Prize

Cornell People

Pinch finds keynotes to Moog and famous synthesizer, right here
Memorial honors alumni who died in U.S. military service
Richard Cahoon is named interim director of CRF

Events

Coverage
Janet Reno discusses truth, 'slippery slopes' during Statler lecture
Reno discusses affirmative action and social equality with grad students
Jane Brody offers healthy do's and don'ts: fiber, exercise and no fad diets
Photo - Community forum
Photo - Wendy Kopp book-signing
Photo - Talking about the budget

Upcoming
27th annual Festival of Black Gospel at CU is Friday through Sunday
Francis Fukuyama '74 talks on world economy post-Sept. 11 in CU lectures
Cornell Institute of Public Affairs announces its spring lecture series
Juilliard String Quartet brings multilayered program to State Theatre
New Kroch Library exhibition highlights Mozart
CU entrepreneur symposium offers creative economic strategies, Feb. 21
Cinema's 'Sonbert' series brings alum Jon Gartenberg to campus
Valentine's Day is jazzed up Friday; all-Szymanowski concert is Sunday

Outreach

CU program helps grad students teach in the public schools
Great Backyard Bird Count is Feb. 14 to 17
CU-developed rating system recognizes high-quality child-care providers
CU-developed 'Invasion Ecology' curriculum guide is helping middle-school students do 'real' science

Research

CU psychologist finds infants fill perceptual gaps by age 4 months

Departments

Brief
Notable
Letter to the Editor
About Letters ...
Soundbites
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