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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