CU, Scripps researchers cite evidence of how proteins fold
Experimental evidence cited by a Cornell researcher and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., support a long-held theory of how and where proteins fold to create their characteristic shapes and biological functions. (Aug. 31, 2006)

Investing in service employees by hotels pays off, CU study finds
Research Notebook: Hotels that invest more in their front-line service employees reap greater revenue, finds a study of 563 hotels in the United States by three Cornell Hotel School professors. (Aug. 31, 2006)

In-your-face theater takes freshmen out of their 'comfort zones'
As part of Cornell's new student orientation, all first-year and transfer students attended one of 19 performances of Tapestry of Possibilities, a series of skits by the Cornell student theater troupe, Ordinary People. (Aug. 31, 2006)

Four CU leaders will provide official welcome to President Skorton
Among the many members of the Cornell community who will be participating in the inauguration ceremonies for President Skorton, four will play a particularly visible role: Provost Biddy Martin, board Chairman Peter Meinig, Medical College Dean Antonio Gotto and Professor David Feldshuh. (Aug. 30, 2006)

Collection of poems celebrates inauguration of President Skorton
David Skorton describes the humanities as the soul of the university. So it is fitting that a new collection of poems celebrates his inauguration through the work of 38 Cornell poets, past and present. (Aug. 30, 2006)

Take advantage of free shuttle bus service to get to inauguration
There are no road closures planned during ceremonies surrounding the inauguration of David J. Skorton on Sept. 7. However, parking -- even more so than usual -- will be at a premium, and Cornell is offering free shuttle bus service for those attending inauguration. (Aug. 30, 2006)

Bad moos: Cornellia, the fiberglass cow, has been stolen (again)
Valued at $1,500, Cornellia, the life-size fiberglass mascot, and her calf have been stolen from the Cornell Dairy Store foyer. (Aug. 30, 2006)

Craighead returns to directorship of Nanobiotechnology Center
Harold Craighead, the Charles W. Lake Jr. Professor of Engineering and professor of applied and engineering physics, has returned to the post of director of the Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center. (Aug. 30, 2006)

Two students named Heinz scholars
Graduate students Jason Andras, ecology and evolutionary biology, and Hannah Shayler, natural resources, have been named 2006 recipients of the Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research Program. (Aug. 30, 2006)

More time in gym class doesn't mean more exercise, study finds
Research Notebook: A study by Cornell's John Cawley finds that increasing the amount of time spent in physical education classes does not result in a corresponding amount of time in additional exercise. (Aug. 30, 2006)

Student-run Slope Radio is set to launch Sept. 4
Slope Radio, a new all-student radio station at Cornell, will begin broadcasting on the Internet starting Sept. 4. (Aug. 29, 2006)

Skorton elected vice chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum
Cornell President David Skorton has been elected the incoming vice chairman of the Business-Higher Education Forum. As vice chair, he will become the chair after a two-year term. (Aug. 29, 2006)

Cornell named one of the best colleges for blacks
Once again Cornell has been named one of '50 Best Colleges for African Americans' by Black Enterprise magazine. (Aug. 29, 2006)

Cornellians win top honors in national book-collecting contest
Daniel McKee and David Rando garnered top honors in the first Collegiate Book-Collecting Championship, a national competition sponsored by Fine Books and Collections magazine. (Aug. 29, 2006)

Inauguration will be a musical feast of traditional and modern
The traditional sounds of chimes, orchestra and chorus will accompany the pageantry surrounding inauguration ceremonies for David Skorton -- as well as jazz, steel drums, Latin, klezmer and electronic music. (Aug. 28, 2006)

Welcome Weekend serves picnic on the quad
Picnic on the Quad, a new Welcome Weekend event this year, brought hundreds of students, faculty and staff together for lunch on the Arts Quad, Aug. 24. (Aug. 28, 2006)

U.S. isolates itself by playing by its own rules, law expert says
Basil Markesinis, a comparative law expert from Great Britain, said in an Aug. 25 lecture at Cornell that U.S. lawyers are divided on the 'potential utility of foreign law' -- a sign that could be interpreted as self-sufficiency -- or, more dangerously, arrogance. (Aug. 28, 2006)

Alumna believes young people can make the world better
Farah Hussain '05, a local youth and sustainability activist with a worldwide vision, believes that young people have what it takes to solve the world's most-pressing problems. (Aug. 28, 2006)

Man of steel Joel Perlman '65 makes enduring, monumental art
Sculptor and Cornell grad Joel Perlman, BFA '65, is the subject of a new book about his work, life and influences. (Aug. 28, 2006)

CU judges pick Crowley Foods of Albany as best milk in N.Y.
Cornell's Department of Food Science has selected Crowley Foods of Albany as the producer of the highest quality milk in New York state for 2006. (Aug. 28, 2006)

After 40 years on the air, Phil Shapiro is still 'Bound For Glory'
WVBR's 'Bound For Glory,' a beacon for folk-music lovers, is celebrating its 40th season on the air and continuing a tradition of free concerts for all ages, broadcasting live folk music from Cornell's Anabel Taylor Hall to the community and the world listening online. (Aug. 25, 2006)

President Skorton pays a visit to the New York State Fair
On Aug. 24, Cornell President David Skorton visited the New York State Fair, where he met with Cornell Cooperative Extension reps and state officials, including Gov. George Pataki, and helped stuff 'hero packs' for Operation Military Kids with a group of 4-H youth volunteers. (Aug. 25, 2006)

Dan Luo's DNA buckyballs named a 'top product'
The editors of R&D Magazine and Micro/Nano Newsletter have selected the DNA buckyballs created by Dan Luo, Cornell assistant professor of biological and environmental engineering, as one of the 25 'most innovative products of 2006.' (Aug. 25, 2006)

Eva Tardos wins Dantzig Prize for original research
Eva Tardos, Cornell professor of computer science, has received the George B. Dantzig Prize, awarded jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. (Aug. 25, 2006)

Sandip Tiwari named 2007 Brunetti award winner
Sandip Tiwari, the Charles N. Mellowes Professor in Engineering and director of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, has been named the recipient of the 2007 Cledo Brunetti Award from the IEEE. (Aug. 25, 2006)

Jon Kleinberg receives international math prize
Jon Kleinberg, Cornell professor of computer science, has received the 2006 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain. (Aug. 25, 2006)

Chang Y. 'Cy' Lee elected fellow of international academy
Chang Y. 'Cy' Lee, professor of food science at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., was recently elected a fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology. (Aug. 25, 2006)

CU prof provides perspective on new research on PCBs and vaccines
Research Notebook: When the journal Public Library of Science Medicine accepted a paper that provided new evidence that environmental pollutants reduce the effectiveness of childhood vaccinations, the editors turned to Professor Rodney Dietert to put the findings in context. (Aug. 25, 2006)

Therapeutic Crisis Intervention curriculum wins national award
Cornell's Family Life Development Center's Therapeutic Crisis Intervention curriculum has won the 2006 Quality Award from the National Staff Development and Training Association. (Aug. 25, 2006)

Ag engineering group receives 'superior' paper award
A group of agricultural engineers led by Professor Kifle Gebremedhin received a Superior Paper Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. (Aug. 25, 2006)

Inaugural ceremonies begin with an academic symposium Sept. 6
Robert Kagan, a senior associate in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and best-selling author, will be the guest speaker for the inauguration's academic symposium, 'Culture, Identity and Conflict in World Affairs.' (Aug. 24, 2006)

Decline of just one fish species can disrupt an entire ecosystem
Research Notebook: A new study finds that when just one important species in a river declined, it seriously changed the entire ecosystem, says Cornell ecologist Alexander Flecker in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal Science. (Aug. 24, 2006)

Faculty to reflect on 9/11 terror attacks at commemorative forum
'9/11 Then and Now: Reflections on Culture and Conflict' is slated for Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Call Alumni Auditorium. The event will feature Professors Walter LaFeber and Henry Shue, among other faculty members. (Aug. 23, 2006)

Discussing 'Gatsby': Money, happiness, metaphors of consumer culture
Can money buy happiness? The question, posed by Cornell economist Robert Frank to hundreds of incoming freshmen in a panel discussion in Barton Hall on Aug. 20 was provoked by his reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.' (Aug. 22, 2006)

Across campus, everyone was talking about 'Gatsby'
David Skorton and Robin Davisson discussed 'The Great Gatsby' with new students on Aug. 21, along with more than 200 other Cornell faculty members and administrators leading small-group sessions across campus. (Aug. 22, 2006)

David Skorton navigates his first month in office
In his first month in office, President David Skorton begins with a focus on diversity, education and the humanities. (Aug. 22, 2006)

Cornell's symbols of office will provide continuity at ceremony
Some rarely seen symbols of office will emerge from university vaults for Cornell President David J. Skorton's inauguration. (Aug. 22, 2006)

Colorful Sept. 7 ceremony will usher in the Skorton era
With great expectations Cornell will officially enter 'the Skorton era' on Sept. 7. In a lively and colorful ceremony on the Arts Quad, David J. Skorton will be inaugurated as Cornell's 12th president. (Aug. 22, 2006)

'Katrina: One Year Later' panel kicks off fund-raiser
An Aug. 31 panel, 'Katrina: One Year Later,' marks the kickoff for a yearlong Cornell fund-raising campaign for the Katrina Relief Fund, established by the Cornell Black Professional Women's Forum and the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy. (Aug. 22, 2006)

West Campus news: Olpadwala named Bethe House dean
In West Campus news, Porus Olpadwala has been named the first professor and dean of Hans Bethe House, which opens officially in August 2007. Katha Pollitt will be the 2007 Sevin Seminar speaker. And Bill Kay '51 has made a $10 million gift for the West Campus House System. (Aug. 22, 2006)

Skorton challenges students to broaden their horizons
'I want to ask each student here to find a way to put yourself into an uncomfortable situation,' said Cornell President David Skorton, delivering his first address to students at the New Student Convocation on Aug. 19. (Aug. 21, 2006)

Cornell bars investments with oil companies operating in Sudan
The university will bar investments of its endowment assets in oil companies currently operating in Sudan as a response to the genocide in Darfur, Cornell President David Skorton announced today. It also will ban investing in obligations of the Sudanese government. (Aug. 21, 2006)

Pataki brings $12 million in state funding for new accelerator
Making his second visit to the Cornell campus in a week, New York Gov. George Pataki brought $12 million for preliminary work on the proposed Energy Recovery Linac, which will help create the brightest source of X-rays in the world. (Aug. 21, 2006)

Trochim elected president of American Evaluation Association
William M. Trochim, professor of policy analysis and management in Cornell's College of Human Ecology, has been elected president of the American Evaluation Association for 2007-09. (Aug. 21, 2006)

Freshmen and families arrive with dreams and expectations
On Freshman Move-in Day, Aug. 18, students and their families tried to negotiate a new campus, registration and moving into dorms. (Aug. 18, 2006)

U.S. News again ranks CU tops in engineering physics
U.S. News and World Report has placed Cornell at the top of its rankings for best undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics program for the second year in a row. In overall rankings, Cornell tied for 12th place. (Aug. 18, 2006)

Skorton, Shaheen and Kagan at inauguration
Inauguration events include a Sept. 7 concert by jazz musician Simon Shaheen and a Sept. 6 academic symposium featuring best-selling author Robert Kagan. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Art from the 'Great Gatsby' era is on view at the Johnson Museum
The Johnson Museum presents 'American Art from the Great Gatsby Era,' on view Aug. 18 to Sept. 5. F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 classic, 'The Great Gatsby,' was selected as the sixth annual New Student Reading Project book for Cornell. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Scientists discuss their role in government, society
At a recent forum, physics graduate students and faculty members considered the murky question of what it means to be a scientist in today's society. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Carbon fibers make tiny, cheap video displays
Cornell researchers have shown that carbon fiber can be a durable, flexible material for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), with particular application to creating video displays. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Students share experiences studying state-of-the-art nanotechnology
On Aug. 11, 63 undergraduates from around the country who were interns in the 2006 Research Experience for Undergraduates, run by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, presented their work at Cornell. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Summer Math Institute is 'boot camp' for potential mathematicians
Ten undergraduates and recent graduates from the United States and Caribbean participated in the Summer Math Institute, conceived by Cornell grad students concerned about minority representation in mathematics. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Editor advises community college leaders to demand attention
Scott Jaschik '85, editor of the Web-based Inside Higher Ed, gets more than 100 pitches a day for stories from colleges and universities. Yet, very few are from community colleges. He wants to change that, but not by getting their press releases. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Students and researchers study Shoals' ecological web
For years faculty researchers and students in the summer Research Experience for Undergraduates fellowship program at Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island have worked to build an understanding of the island's interconnecting biology. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Food expiration dates affect perception of freshness
Research Notebook: Freshness dating influences the acceptability of products because it influences perceptions of freshness and of healthfulness, but not of safety, according to a study by Cornell's Brian Wansink. (Aug. 17, 2006)

CU teams up with Sen. Clinton to help flood-affected farmers
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has joined Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York Farm Bureau Foundation for Agricultural Education to provide feed and cash assistance to farmers in New York who have been severely affected by recent flooding. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Cornell issues free marketing guide for bed and breakfast inns
Cornell has issued 'A Comprehensive Guide to Merchandising Bed and Breakfast Inns,' a free, downloadable marketing guide to help innkeepers promote their businesses. (Aug. 17, 2006)

Volunteers for inauguration are needed
Be part of President David Skorton's inauguration by volunteering for this historic event. The deadline to sign up is Aug. 25. (Aug. 16, 2006)

The gift of song: Sidney Cox bequeaths Verdi collection
Alumnus Sidney T. Cox, who died in October 2005, has left his personal collection of Verdi scores, recordings and related materials to the Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance. (Aug. 16, 2006)

Exhibit shows how Cornell Library grew, collection by collection
From rare first editions to contemporary collections, Cornell University Library celebrates the donors and collectors who have built its holdings. (Aug. 16, 2006)

Cornell to host governor nominees debate, Sept. 26
Cornell, the land-grant university for the state of New York, will host a one-hour debate between the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Bailey Hall. (Aug. 15, 2006)

Cornell Class of 2010 is diverse, smart and global
The latest statistics on the Cornell Class of 2010 indicate a strong, smart and diverse group. More than 30 percent identify themselves as 'students of color,' and more than 85 percent were in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating classes. (Aug. 15, 2006)

Pataki gives $50 million to upgrade CU's Animal Diagnostic Center
New York Gov. George Pataki announced today $50 million in state funding for a state-of-the-art renovation and consolidation of the New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine. (Aug. 14, 2006)

Entrepreneur teams up with Cornell to create sports drink
An ex-Wall Streeter has teamed up with Cornell food scientists to create CherryPharm -- a tart cherry sports drink promoted for its restorative and preventative properties. Among the first customers: the New York Rangers. (Aug. 14, 2006)

Cohabitators are traditional, contrary to alternative living style
Research Notebook: Although cohabitors are not conventional in that they live together without being married, they tend to be traditional when it comes to paid work and domestic labor as well as men being the initiators in dating and living together, Cornell studies find. (Aug. 14, 2006)

Cornell physicists face the music (and love it)
Good physicists are very often good musicians. No one seems quite able to pinpoint the connection -- but more than a few are pretty sure that one exists. (Aug. 10, 2006)

Skorton: James Van Allen's 'legacy belongs to the ages'
Cornell President David Skorton issued a statement upon learning of the death of his friend and former colleague James A. Van Allen, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Iowa, who died Aug. 9 at the age of 91. (Aug. 10, 2006)

CU microbiologists help high school teachers improve their skills
Some teachers avoid classrooms during the summer. Others, like the 30 high school teachers who came to the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers alumni week workshop, find summer a good time to learn. (Aug. 9, 2006)

4-H girl publishes book on dog training
Thanks to her years in 4-H, which is organized through Cornell Cooperative Extension, 15-year-old Kate Eldredge of Vernon, N.Y., is the author of a new book on dog training. (Aug. 9, 2006)

Cornell sophomore spends summer as a Sea Grant steward
John Koltz '09 spent his summer on the shore -- not for fun and sport but to promote a lakeside ecosystem. He is wrapping up his job as a Lake Ontario dune steward through New York Sea Grant. (Aug. 4, 2006)

Angst and the rail commuter: longer the trip, greater the stress
Research Notebook: Scientists know that the longer your drive to work, the more likely you are to feel frustrated and irritated and to experience physiological stress. The same is true for rail commuters, a Cornell researcher and his colleague have found. (Aug. 4, 2006)

Carnival's 'fun ships' have created bonanza, says Cornell study
Research Notebook: Carnival Cruise Lines has redefined cruise vacations by branding itself as a purveyor of 'fun ships,' says a case study by Robert Kwortnik of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. (Aug. 3, 2006)

Urban Semester: Immersed in New York's diversity
The College of Human Ecology's Urban Semester program in New York City offers undergraduates intense, face-to-face encounters with individuals, young and old, who exemplify a life well lived. (Aug. 3, 2006)

Donor gives close to $1.5 million to Veterinary College
A gift by Janet Swanson, wife of alumnus John Swanson, includes $800,000 to endow a residency at Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the College of Veterinary Medicine and $650,000 to fund the relocation of the college's Wildlife Health Clinic. (Aug. 3, 2006)

Imaging challenges theory of high-temperature superconductivity
By scanning at the scale of individual atoms, Cornell researchers have found evidence that challenges conventional theory about how high-temperature superconductors work. (Aug. 2, 2006)

How hot is it?
An intrepid Chronicle Online reporter hotfoots it around campus on a sultry summer day to find out. (Aug. 2, 2006)

Students get their feet wet in marine science at Shoals
Shoals Marine Laboratory -- which lies on a pristine island in the Gulf of Maine -- is a place where undergraduates are getting a taste of just what life is like for a scientist. (Aug. 2, 2006)

Symposium honors Joe Burns at 65
Joe Burns, Cornell's Irving Porter Church Professor of Engineering, professor of Astronomy, and vice provost for physical sciences and engineering, was honored July 28 and 29 with a symposium celebrating his 65th birthday. (Aug. 2, 2006)

Drug fights multiple myeloma by putting 'brakes' on cell proliferation
An experimental drug targeted to a cancer-causing mechanism within the cell may be a powerful weapon against deadly multiple myeloma, according to a Weill Cornell team. (Aug. 1, 2006)

New chief investment officer is head of U.K.'s largest pension fund
James Walsh, manager of the United Kingdom's largest pension fund, will become Cornell's chief investment officer, managing the university's $5 billion endowment. He will start in September. (Aug. 1, 2006)

CU hosts conference on higher education, Aug. 9-11
Community college presidents, administrators, faculty and trustees will meet Aug. 9-11 at Cornell to discuss the future of higher education accreditation, legislated performance measures and the assessment of learning outcomes. (Aug. 1, 2006)

Weill Cornell biochemists reveal more secrets of the synapse
Almost every neurological activity depends on the passage of information between brain cells via the synapse. Now, biochemists at Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a key event in endocytosis -- a biochemical process that's crucial to keeping the synapse on track. (July 28, 2006)

IVIg antibodies provide lasting benefits to Alzheimer's patients, study shows
A purified mixture of human antibodies called intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) provides lasting benefits to patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. (July 24, 2006)