The Cornell Chronicle

December 2, 1999

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Academic

Molecular biologist Ray Wu's gift will endow a graduate fellowship
CU Library receives grant to conserve historic architectural photographs

Administration

Residence Hall Association named 'program of the year' at meeting
Court dismisses claim by professor; reverses on open-records ruling
Policy reiterated on displaying of religious symbols

Cornell People

Technology Review selects Coates as one of 100 'young innovators'
Hoffmann succeeds Tette as Integrated Pest Management program director
Introducing New Members of the Faculty
'Great Expectations' is French revelation for Edgar Rosenberg
Rabbi Jeffrey Sultar focuses on community-building
Sarah Thomas is elected to library association board

Events

Coverage
Two CU teams win regional programming contest
Mock Trial teams have solid showing at Ivy League invitational tourney
Photo - Intervention training
Photo - The final frontier
Photo - Up on the roof
Photo - Rock chop
Photo - Set in motion

Upcoming
Two-day symposium will honor Dale Corson, CU's 8th president
Nuclear studies lab and CHESS plan events to celebrate two decades
Winds concert, Sage Christmas program are week's highlights

Outreach

Fund-raisers aid injured officer and his family
United Way member agency helps area residents become homeowners
Please turn in United Way pledges -- they still count toward the '99 campaign

Research

Study shows college rankings do matter but questions methodology
Researcher: Desert bees' wait-and-wet strategy increases survival odds
Study links tipping customs to national personality traits
CU physicists probe secrets of chemical bonding, a molecule at a time
Researchers: Aging DDT in soil may be less hazardous than feared

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