Academic

Biodiversity lab in Punta Cana expands into a new consortium
New CU urban scholars graduate research program will help disadvantaged NYC children and families

Administration

CU trustees meet today and Friday on campus
University's recruitment and job application process is going online
The University Assemblies: Providing a voice on issues that matter
Nominations are being sought for annual Cook awards

Cornell People

CU's Papoulia wins NSF Early Career award
Economist: FCC action could cripple broadband service, restore monopolies
Book examining dual-career couples calls for innovative employer policies

Events

Coverage

$1 million from state aids CU life-science-engineering education
Dutch astrophysicist awarded NASA fellowship to study with CU team
Political economist Fukuyama warns of 'weak states' in Messenger Lecture
CU teams place 3rd and 4th in chip-design contest, and move on
Photo -- Power to the people at Sciencenter
Photo -- The biotechnology business

Upcoming

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives Kaplan Family Lecture in Public Service, April 23
CU alumnae conference, March 6-9, will explore women in life sciences
Violence victims and families of offenders join March 15 forum
Poet Tato Laviera reads and teaches during 2-day visit
Featured films spotlight Kurosawa/Mifune partnership
Charismatic diva will sing at State Theatre this Sunday
Streb Go! Action Heroes will defy conventions, gravity at Schwartz Center
Top harpsichordist, noted tenor grace CU stages this week
Marlowe's classic Doctor Faustus is at the Schwartz Center's Black Box

Outreach

CU researchers join Varmus, Fraser and Lederman at three 'biorevolution' forums
Grant allows fostering of diversity in pre-K classes

Research

CU team gets $1.4 million from NSF for high-tech 'snow globe'
Study: Better than Hubble, human eye can self-correct optical faults
CU study: Absenteeism and disability are big part of worker health costs
Low-cost forage crop returns to N.Y. farms, thanks to Cornell research
CU nutritionists: Work stress affects how lower-income families eat at home

Departments

Briefs
Correction -- Photo caption names
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