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Volume 36, Number 15, December 2, 2004

Gingerbread dream houses


Nicola Kountoupes/University Photography

Julie Rose '07, ILR, left, and her friend Mariah Pfeiffer, a student at Bates College in Maine, examine some of the entries in the Cornell Baking Club's Gingerbread Bake-Off that were on display for judging Nov. 22 in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. Teams created the houses in the Statler Hall food lab the previous day, and visitors purchased $1 tickets to vote on their favorite confections and enter a drawing to take home one of the prize-winning creations. Proceeds from the competition will help fund an after-school baking class for children at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center that will be taught by students from the Cornell Baking Club, which is a student organization in the School of Hotel Administration.


On the Cover

Engineering faculty booklet reflects Cornell's commitment to diversity
Earlier this year, the College of Engineering's Women's Programs in Engineering (WPE) office issued a pamphlet, a "Guide to Women Faculty," celebrating the breadth of research interests of women professors and highlighting their fast-rising numbers within the college.

Two CU alums named as Rhodes and Marshall scholarship winners
Two recent Cornell alumni have been chosen for two prestigious awards: Damany Gibbs '03 of Barbados is a 2005 Rhodes Scholarship winner; Michael Schwam-Baird '02 of Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship.

An apple a day could help protect against brain-cell damage, CU studies find
A group of chemicals in apples could protect the brain from the type of damage that triggers such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinsonism, according to two new studies from Cornell food scientists.


Complete Table of Contents

Administration

Engineering faculty booklet reflects Cornell's commitment to diversity

Cornell People

Two CU alums named as Rhodes and Marshall scholarship winners
Stephen Hadley is second alum to serve as national security adviser
Dick Conway honored for his key computer simulation work
Introducing New Members of the Faculty

Events

Coverage:
Mary Robinson urges U.S. to sign Declaration of Human Rights
Leon Litwack bears witness to black history with 'Stormy Monday' lectures
CHESS lecture series is launched with a discussion of toxic pollution
Sociologist's sampling method to be used by CDC to track risk behavior
Photo - Gingerbread dream houses
Photo - Trash to treasure proceeds

Upcoming:
'Shall We Dance?' concert will feature popular, original dance
Cornell Cinema hosts an elegant holiday party and benefit Dec. 9
Fine arts seniors' work is on display
Middle Eastern Music Ensemble offers shared traditions tonight
Fall Step dance performance is Dec. 4

Outreach

Local United Way enhances the lives of thousands of area seniors

Research

An apple a day could help protect against brain-cell damage, CU studies find
Pets get their own magnetic resonance machine at CU's veterinary hospital

Departments

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