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Volume 36, Number 16, December 9, 2004

'Tis the season


Nicola Kountoupes/University Photography

Susan Henry, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, celebrates the lighting of holiday lights in the Cornell Dairy Store foyer with plastic mascot Cornellia the cow and friends Dec. 2. Joining Henry and other celebrants were staff members from the Department of Human Development, left, who came in their own Cornellia outfits.


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On the Cover

Cornell law site offers in-depth previews of issues in Supreme Court cases
The Legal Information Institute at Cornell is now offering free details on high-profile cases before they are argued at the nation's highest court.

Weill Cornell's Ma identifies mechanism governing immune system suppression
Researchers believe they have uncovered a molecular switch that naturally suppresses the body's immune response in situations where it's not needed.

CU Library receives grant to support its Eastern Wine and Grape Archive
Cornell Library has received a grant to document the development of the grape growing and winemaking industries in New York's Finger Lakes region.


Complete Table of Contents

Academic

Confidence is the secret behind robotics team's maze winner

Students help empower residents of once-ravaged Boston neighborhood

Two deans view Cornell's strengthening academic ties with China

University of the Web: faculty lectures and commentaries now free, available online

INSTOC's initiative invites participation of international collaborators

Cornell's mycology museum harbors good, bad and macabre fungi

CU Library receives grant to support its Eastern Wine and Grape Archive

New librarian search engine is available on site in Duffield Hall

Library receives federal grant to develop preservation internships

CU's Institute for European Studies awards travel grants to five on faculty

Residents are invited to take a class over Cornell's winter break

Administration

President Lehman's Wilson Center address, Dec. 16, will be webcast live

Wippman is named first international vice provost for university

Thomas Burr has been appointed director of NYSAES

Less spam in your mailbox: CIT starts blocking the worst on Feb. 1

Cornell People

McEneaney is now a published poet

7 Cornellians receive prestigious national and international honors

Senior in film and English wins 2004-05 Murray award

Lukingbeal receives award for outstandingstudent services

Events

Coverage:

Ambassador visit, E.U. vote talk highlight CU Turkey conference

Author Lorrie Moore returns to accept CU alumni artist award

Conditions on Martian plain could have once been suitable for life

Johnson School product strategy team finishes competition in top four

Photo - Cornellia's lighting heralds holiday season

Photo - 'Awe and wonder' of mechanisms

Photo - Dale Corson, 'hall of famer'

Photo - Education equity

Photo - United Way lends a hand -- and a ride

Photo - Cornell gets a documentary spotlight

Photo - Game benefits youth bureau program

Photo - Full-scale creations

Photo - PRI provides the bones, CU the music

Photo - Veterans discuss WWII experiences

Upcoming:

Symphonic band joins wind ensemble for Dec. 11 concert at IC

Outreach

Cornell law site now offers free, in-depth previews of issues in Supreme Court cases

Homeowners in the Northwest asked to look out for invasive bug

Research

Weill Cornell's Ma identifies mechanism governing immune system suppression

Departments

Briefs

Obituary -Robert F. Bacher

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