New directors named in Campus Life reorganization
LeNorman J. Strong, assistant vice president for Student and Academic Services, has announced new directors in Campus Life's senior management team. (June 30, 2006)

Joel Porte, renowned professor of American Studies, dies at 72
Internationally renowned scholar of American literature and Emerson specialist Joel Porte died June 1 at age 72. (June 30, 2006)

Research scholars program named in honor of Rawlings
Hunter Rawlings, who spent his last day as Cornell's interim president June 30, has been honored with the renaming of the Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program for undergraduates as the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars program. (June 30, 2006)

New Qatar program trains medical interpreters
Communication between medical students and patients took a leap forward recently when 25 people -- out of an applicant pool of 150 -- completed a seven-day training program for medical interpreters at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. (June 30, 2006)

ILR School announces new upstate NY labor relations initiative
The initiative's programs feature a full range of innovative labor relations and arbitration services such as labor-management training and consulting, and arbitration case administration. (June 30, 2006)

Cornell's interior design program is ranked third in nation
Cornell's interior design undergraduate and graduate programs were both ranked third in the nation recently in an annual survey of design professionals conducted by DesignIntelligence magazine. (June 30, 2006)

Beta-agonist inhalers more than double death rate in COPD patients
A new analysis that compares two common inhalers for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease finds that one reduces respiratory-related hospitalizations and respiratory deaths, but the other -- which is prescribed in the majority of cases -- increases respiratory deaths. (June 29, 2006)

Wish you were here: Postcards from Mars
'Postcards from Mars,' the story of the Mars rover mission told in stunningly beautiful images with text by Jim Bell, Pancam lead scientist and Cornell associate professor of astronomy, is set for release Nov. 16. (June 28, 2006)

CU partners with Finger Lakes Land Trust to protect local natural areas
Cornell Plantations and the Finger Lakes Land Trust are partnering to protect significant natural areas within Tompkins County. They will identify conservation priorities and develop protection strategies. (June 28, 2006)

Chinese high schoolers arrive, launching new Summer College program
For the first time in Cornell history, Chinese high school students will spend six weeks earning credit at the university's Summer College program. (June 28, 2006)

Weill's Jeffrey Laurence is new editor of journal
Starting in July, pioneering and award-winning HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Jeffrey Laurence of Weill Cornell Medical College will take over as editor-in-chief of the newly renamed journal Translational Research. (June 28, 2006)

In the Moog: Trevor Pinch hosts Moogfest in NYC
Professor Trevor Pinch hosted the third annual Moogfest at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill on June 22. Performers at the concert included Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Roger O'Donnell of The Cure. (June 27, 2006)

Physicists address shortage in qualified science teachers
Science education in the United States is at a critical point, according to a national group of physicists and educators who attended a June 19 workshop at Cornell on improving science education in public schools. (June 27, 2006)

Most New Yorkers want to restrict immigration, survey shows
New Yorkers strongly favor restrictions on immigration, Empire State Poll results from the Cornell ILR School's Survey Research Institute show. (June 27, 2006)

IMF analyst Eswar Prasad named to Cornell's Tolani Professorship
Eswar S. Prasad, chief of the Financial Studies Division of the International Monetary Fund, has been appointed to the Tolani Senior Professorship in International Trade Policy in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (June 27, 2006)

Vladimir and Vera Nabokov had 'mystifying' relationship, Schiff says
Biographer Stacy Schiff's perseverance to uncover the role Vera Nabokov played in her husband's career earned her a Pulitzer Prize. Schiff spoke to alums, including former students of Nabokov, during Reunion Weekend. (June 23, 2006)

Historic mutant corn garden grows at Cornell
Researchers at Cornell have created a living maize chromosome map by arranging the mutant plants so their place in the garden corresponds to the order that their altered genes appear on the plant's chromosomes. (June 23, 2006)

Publicly funded higher education is on the ropes, new book says
In 'What's Happening to Public Higher Education?' Cornell's Ronald Ehrenberg brings together the works of two-dozen researchers in the field of public higher education to spell out the sobering truths on the subject. (June 23, 2006)

Nurseries to give big-city test to Cornell-cloned trees
Cornell researchers are partnering with nursery operators in a project to help trees thrive in harsh urban landscapes. The project will evaluate a new Cornell tree-growing technique. (June 23, 2006)

Agricultural biotechnology meeting looks at global land-grant role
Whether the 'three-legged stool' of the land-grant university mission -- teaching, research and extension -- should add economic development as a fourth leg was one focus of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council's 18th annual meeting, held at Cornell, June 12-14. (June 23, 2006)

Challenge gift to benefit Native American students
Local businessman Frank Bonamie and his wife have made a gift and challenge grant to support Native American students at Cornell. (June 22, 2006)

Trustee Philip Merrill's body recovered in Chesapeake Bay
The body of Cornell trustee Philip Merrill '55, a statesman, publisher and Cornell benefactor, has been recovered in Chesapeake Bay. (June 21, 2006)

CU acquires two 'ecologically fragile' off-campus natural areas
Cornell Plantations has added a 120-acre chestnut oak forest and a 20-acre fen to its 4,000-plus acres of biologically diverse and ecologically fragile natural areas. (June 21, 2006)

CU receives NYS funds to develop implantable sensors
Physicians may someday monitor a patient's blood flow, blood pressure and temperature with tiny, implantable devices being developed by Cornell's Edwin Kan, who received a grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research. (June 21, 2006)

Cornellian reaps 2006 World Food Prize
Cornell alumnus Andrew Colin McClung is one of three recipients of the 2006 World Food Prize for helping to transform a large area in Brazil into fertile cropland. McClung is the sixth Cornellian, out of 24 recipients, to receive the prestigious prize. (June 21, 2006)

Older mothers overwhelmingly choose daughters as caregivers
Older mothers are almost four times more likely to expect one of their daughters, rather than a son, to be their caregiver if they were to become sick or disabled, reports Cornell's Karl Pillemer in the August issue of The Gerontologist. (June 19, 2006)

Lab of Ornithology produces a 'Who's Hooo' of owl sounds
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has just released a two-CD guide, 'Voices of North American Owls.' Call it a veritable 'Who's Hooo' of North American owl sounds. (June 16, 2006)

Defendants' 'blackness' influences death sentences
When victims are white, jurors are more likely to hand down death sentences to black defendants who 'look more black,' finds a research team that includes Cornell law Professor Sheri Lynn Johnson, associate director of the Cornell Death Penalty Project. (June 15, 2006)

Did the outreach really work? CU team to develop evaluation tools
The new 'Systems Evaluation' project at Cornell will develop tools to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Science Foundation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education programs. (June 15, 2006)

Professor speaks on 'The Fallibility of Everyday Thinking'
Why do we believe things that aren't true? Psychology professor Tom Gilovich gave reasons, debunked myths and drew plenty of laughs in a Reunion Weekend lecture. (June 15, 2006)

Trustee Philip Merrill '55 presumed dead in sailing accident
Philip Merrill, an international statesman, adviser to U.S. and Cornell presidents, president and CEO of Capital-Gazette Communications Inc., esteemed philanthropist, and alumnus and benefactor, is missing and presumed dead after disappearing June 10 during a solitary sail in the Chesapeake Bay. (June 15, 2006)

Rawlings and Meinig issue statement regarding Philip Merrill
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings and Board of Trustees Chairman Peter Meinig issued a statement June 15 regarding the loss of alumnus Philip Merrill. (June 15, 2006)

CU researchers find serious fish virus in Northeast for first time
Cornell researchers have discovered for the first time in New York state a serious fish virus that causes fatal anemia and hemorrhaging in a wide variety of fish species. (June 14, 2006)

Researchers discover how to focus on tiniest of the very small
Researchers have developed a technique to get a closer-than-ever look at individual atoms within crystal molecules -- allowing them, for the first time, to see the physical alignment of those constituent atoms and to get a view of the smaller atoms. (June 14, 2006)

U.S. must work to stop Darfur slaughter, reporter says
The first genocide of the 21st century is taking place under our noses in Darfur, and it's 'your job' to stop it, a passionate Nicholas Kristof told an audience of about 700 in Bartels Hall June 9 during Reunion Weekend. (June 14, 2006)

'Hells Bells' peal out for chimesmaster Dick Lee '41
A highlight of Reunion 2006 included a recital of 22 pieces from Lee's celebrated 'Bellman's Suite,' composed for the Cornell chimes while he was a student at Cornell. (June 14, 2006)

Larger-than-life charts depict the art of communicating science
'I've been a scientist, so I look at graphs all the time, and I think they're beautiful,' said Jenifer Wightman '02. So the Cornell researcher asked faculty and staff members to submit examples of 'meaningful' charts, graphs or diagrams for a larger-than-life exhibition. (June 14, 2006)

Class of '71 hosts panel on student activism
A Reunion forum hosted by the Class of 1971 addressed campus activism from the civil rights struggle to the Redbud Woods protest and other recent student-led campaigns. (June 14, 2006)

Cornell faculty awarded for outstanding public-service initiatives
Mary Katzenstein and Monroe Weber-Shirk of Cornell were awarded 2006 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowships for outstanding public-service initiatives. (June 14, 2006)

Colleen Keller '08 wins design award
Colleen Keller '08, a textiles and apparel major, won first place and $1,000 in a design competition sponsored by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. (June 14, 2006)

Peacock commits fowl act in Rand Hall break-in
An escaped peacock broke into Rand Hall on June 6 and strutted around a second-floor computer lab before being captured by his owner's gardener and Cornell University Police. (June 13, 2006)

Vet College intensive care unit named for author Patricia Cornwell
On June 9 the Cornell Hospital for Animals at the College of Veterinary Medicine named the Intensive Care Unit for Companion Animals for best-selling author Patricia Cornwell, who has donated $1 million to the college. (June 13, 2006)

Educating K-12 teachers year-round in Cornell's workshops
One way that Cornell fulfills its mission as New York's land-grant university is by providing training programs for K-12 teachers. (June 13, 2006)

Farmers visit Mexico to probe dairy workers' lives
In January 2007, a group of New York dairy farmers will head to Mexico to help them better understand their Mexican and Guatemalan workers back home. (June 13, 2006)

CU opens doors for student to study malnutrition in Afghanistan
Emily Levitt, a doctoral student in Cornell's Program in International Nutrition, recently left for Afghanistan for her third visit. She will spend eight months investigating malnutrition in several remote villages. (June 13, 2006)

Cornell organization uses education to bridge nations
Operation DEEP supports an elementary school in rural China through student support at Cornell University. (June 13, 2006)

Robert M. Pool, noted Cornell viticulturist, dies after long illness
Robert M. Pool, professor emeritus of viticulture at Cornell, died June 10 after a long illness. Pool's research, extension work and teaching contributed significantly to the science and practice of viticulture and positively influenced New York's wine and grape industries. (June 13, 2006)

Longtime employee Winford Ralph Tanner dies June 3
Winford 'Win' Ralph Tanner, of Trumansburg, died unexpectedly June 3 at the age of 56. Tanner, who was a building manager in Clark Hall, worked at the university for 38 years. (June 13, 2006)

Cornell rates high in nanotechnology survey
Cornell ranks high among university nanotechnology programs in a survey by Small Times, a trade magazine devoted to nanotechnology.(June 13, 2006)

A 'new Cornell' is more popular and visible than ever, says Rawlings
Receiving two standing ovations, Cornell President Hunter Rawlings said in his State of the University address June 10 that a 'new Cornell' has just accepted 'its most selective class in the history of the university.' (June 12, 2006)

Valerie Reyna appointed to federal panel on mathematics
Professor Valerie Reyna has been appointed to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel to advise the president and secretary of education on implementing policy with respect to the conduct, evaluation and effective use of the results of research. (June 12, 2006)

Renowned scholar Robin M. Williams Jr. dies at 91
Professor Emeritus Robin M. Williams Jr., a highly respected sociologist and former Cornell faculty member known for his love of teaching, wit and humor, died June 3 in Irvine, Calif. (June 12, 2006)

A toast to the alma mater with singing wine glasses
Phil Krasicky entertained a Reunion Weekend audience with a levitating beach ball, big poofs of liquid nitrogen vapor and the alma mater played on wine glasses. (June 9, 2006)

Rough roads are highway robbers, costing consumers big bucks
Rough roads incur a hidden tax to drivers of up to 20 cents more per mile in wear and tear, depreciation and lost fuel economy, says Lynne Irwin of the Cornell Local Roads Program. His groundbreaking research with falling weight deflectometers can help keep roads smooth. (June 9, 2006)

Child soldiers are barrier to peace process
As long as children continue to be coerced into militias -- as they are by the thousands in Colombia, Sudan and dozens of other countries -- peace talks in those countries to settle armed conflicts are unlikely, assert two Cornell researchers. (June 9, 2006)

NYS budget provides for wine and grape research, extension projects
The New York state budget includes $5.3 million for new Cornell Fredonia lab facilities and $85,000 for Cornell's Hudson Valley Laboratory to enhance wine and grape research, extension programs and other NYSAES projects. (June 9, 2006)

CU leads initiative to promote organic milk production in New York
The NY Organic Dairy Initiative, targeted at the state's small and mid-sized dairy farms, is funded by the Cornell-affiliated New York Farm Viability Institute Inc. (June 9, 2006)

Qi Wang to receive young scientist award from international group
Qi Wang, associate professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell, is the 2006 recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. (June 9, 2006)

Magazine honors Lynette Chappell-Williams
Lynette Chappell-Williams, director of the Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality at Cornell University, has been named a 2006 Rising Star by Human Resource Executive magazine for her initiatives and programs. (June 9, 2006)

Garden Mosaics takes root in South Africa
Garden Mosaics, a science education and outreach program based at Cornell that has been thriving in more than two dozen cities around the country for several years, now has taken root internationally, most notably in South Africa. (June 8, 2006)

Tiny wasps help keep sweet corn worm-free
'Clean' sweet corn is being grown successfully by organic and no- or low-spray growers by using tiny wasps to prevent pest infestations in a project funded by the Cornell-affiliated New York Farm Viability Institute. (June 8, 2006)

Common asthma inhaler causing deaths, researchers assert
Three common asthma inhalers containing the drugs salmeterol or formoterol may be causing four out of five U.S. asthma-related deaths per year and should be taken off the market, researchers from Cornell and Stanford universities have concluded after a search of medical literature. (June 8, 2006)

In finale Lee Bienstock is 'fired' on 'The Apprentice'
After besting 16 others over 15 weeks, Cornell alumnus Lee Bienstock '05 finally lost his bid June 5 to become millionaire uber-celebrity Donald Trump's next apprentice, on 'The Apprentice' reality TV show. (June 7, 2006)

Cornell Lab of Ornithology wins World Series of Birding
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology competed against 50 other teams of ornithologists and won the 2006 World Series of Birding May 13 in New Jersey. (June 7, 2006)

Self-injury is prevalent among college students, survey shows
About 17 percent of college students report that they have cut, burned, carved or harmed themselves in other ways, reports a new survey by Cornell and Princeton University researchers. Fewer than 7 percent of the students studied, however, had ever sought medical help for their self-inflicted physical injuries. (June 5, 2006)

Even one incident of self-injury is a call for help, experts stress
Even just one incident of self-destructive behavior is a harbinger of distress and should be addressed through interventions, say Cornell researchers Janis Whitlock and John Eckenrode. (June 5, 2006)

Cornell offers integrated support for students who self-injure
Experts at Cornell's Gannett Health Services assess all clients for self-injury and the risk of suicide, but need help from students, faculty and staff to identify students who may be trying to hide such behaviors as cutting, scratching and injuring themselves in other ways. (June 5, 2006)

CU in the City: Prizes, parks and partners
In late April and early May, Cornellians in New York City celebrated the renaissance of Hillel, went birdwatching in Central Park and helped forge collaborations between labor and protectors of the environment worldwide. (June 2, 2006)

Three Cornell undergraduates win Udall Scholarships
Three Cornell students received the Morris K. Udall Scholarship for the 2006-07 academic year. Cornell is one of five U.S. institutions to have more than two Udall scholars. (June 1, 2006)

Electric fish in Africa could be example of evolution in action
Some electric fish in Africa have different communication patterns and won't mate with each other, although their DNA is the same, find Cornell scientists. They think the fish are living examples of a species of fish diverging into separate species. (June 1, 2006)

Minority studies program is a model for other universities
The Future of Minority Studies Research Project is revolutionizing intellectual and ethnic diversity in humanities departments at Cornell, across the United States and abroad. (June 1, 2006)