The Cornell Chronicle
February 24, 2005
Table of Contents
Academic
Two Cornell faculty members receive NSF 'Early Career' awards
Kaplan fellowship nominations open
Jump in CU undergraduate applications
Duncan, Johnson, Katzenstein named as 2004 Weiss Fellows
Administration
CU administration is pleased with appeals court ruling
Photo - Catherwood Library gets a $25,000 grant
Cornell People
Cornell sociologist writes Weber dictionary about scholar's ideas
Events
Coverage
Renovated Africana center opens with informal pre-dedication celebration
Yolanda King speaks on power of diversity at Sage Chapel
Fred Gray emphasizes service in his talk on the legal profession
Probability is the theme during A.D. White Professor's first visit
In the year of Einstein, Cornell explores new frontiers at AAAS
Upcoming
Cornell Cinema features women's workplace roles in film series
Vocal ensembles come together Feb. 25
MBA student group hosts entrepreneurship symposium
Outreach
Tsunami relief site pulls together CU- related efforts
Workplace studies institute to begin spring talk series in March
Student uses award money to fund HIV/AIDS communication workshops
MBAers' grade-school program makes learning fun in any language
Research
NSF awards Cornell $18 million to develop a new source of X-rays
CU scientists unravel mating clues of the German cockroach
Squyres captivates D.C. audience with story of rovers' year on Mars
Per Pinstrup-Andersen: Warning of the dangers if neglect of Africa continues
Andy Ruina: Simulating life with robotic efficiency, one step at a time
Kurt Gottfried: Making policy in an era of conflicts 'between reality and ideology'
Maury Tigner: Building the largest machines on Earth
Robert Howarth: Nitrogen pollution in coastal water is double previous estimates
David Harris: Changing the melting pot, census categories to a 'matrix of race'
Ron Hoy: Making novel neuroscience tools for the classroom via CD-ROM
Christopher Clark: Whales off Newfoundland can hear whales
near Bermuda
Carla Gomes: Teaching computers to solve tough tasks the human way
Departments
Briefs
Obituary: Frederick H. Buttel
Calendar