Academic

Cornell faculty well-represented at annual AAAS meeting in Phila.
Cornell Tradition announces 40% increase in student fellowship awards
Community service funding board announces grants for 10 student projects
USDA grant will help eradicate tree-killing beetles
Literary theory made brief, lucid and [honestly] witty
Council of Learned Societies gets $10 million in grants to support humanities
Photo - Designs for living

Administration

Employee concerns and contributions are focus of open forum
Participants say the opportunity to question top administrators is worthwhile

Cornell People

Joseph Ballantyne named director of Cornell Nanofabrication Facility
Steve Reich and recent grad to receive arts awards
Basketball co-captain Ruck is leader on and off the court

Events

Coverage

Harris Wofford promotes service as a way to solve social problems
Carol Moseley-Braun speaks on retirement issues at ILR institute in NYC
Photo - A gift from the heart
Photo - Upstate and running
Photo - Going up
Photo - A sunny outlook

Upcoming

Acquitted Illinois death row inmate will lecture at the Law School Feb. 19
Festival of Black Gospel features Richard Smallwood
Steve Reich featured in a forum and in a concert of his music
Noted physicist to give first Parratt lecture
'Writing and Remembering' is lecture topic

Outreach

CU, IC and TC3 administrators air town-gown issues at public forum
Lab of Ornithology's bird count seeks citizens' help
Spring Field Ornithology course is open to the public

Research

Researchers look at why families are abusive to children
Hotel study sees many benefits in better franchise relationships
Entomologists study threat to bee, pollination industries

Departments

Briefs
Soundbites
Obituary - Alice Hanson Cook
Correction - URL in Chimes story
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