Don't swat those bugs! They're worth $57 billion a year
Before you kill those bugs, consider the fact that the dollar value of some of the services provided by insects is more than $57 billion a year in the United States, according to a new study co-authored by Cornell entomologist John Losey in the April issue of BioScience. (April 1, 2006)
March shatters records for lack of rain (and snow)
It looks like March will be going out like a lamb -- a very dry lamb -- at least for the coastal Northeast. Many cities along the eastern seaboard -- including New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. -- have experienced the driest March on record. (March 31, 2006)
Tipsy flowers don't tip over, Cornell research shows
Dilute solutions of alcohol -- though not beer or wine -- can reduce paperwhite growth by half but not affects its flowers, says William Miller, professor of horticulture and director of the Flower Bulb Research Program at Cornell. (March 31, 2006)
A.D. White profs John Cleese, Osvaldo Sala, Roger Short visit in April
Former 'Python' John Cleese is among three Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large who will give public talks at Cornell University this month -- but he's the only you will need free tickets to hear. (March 31, 2006)
Leader of India's top business group to give Hatfield talk
Cornell alumnus Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of India's largest business conglomerate, will give the 2006 Hatfield address April 10 at Cornell on 'The Imperative for Change in the India of Today.' (March 31, 2006)
Scheinman, Smithers-Fornaci receive top ILR School awards
On March 30, Martin Scheinman, an alumnus of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and Adele Smithers-Fornaci received two of the school's highest honors. (March 31, 2006)
Cornell to help increase maple product sales in New York
Eight Cornell University agricultural and marketing experts affiliated with the New York Ag Innovation Center are partnering with the New York State Maple Producers Association to offer workshops to help maple-syrup producers learn how best to produce and market maple-related products. (March 31, 2006)
Rich Muscarella of Ashland Pest Control gets IPM award
Rich Muscarella, head of Ashland Pest Control in Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded an Excellence in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) from the New York State IPM Program at Cornell University for his proactive, least-risk approach to solving his clients' pest problems. (March 31, 2006)
Memorial service for Cornell freshman is April 3
A memorial service for Cornell freshman Matthew Pearlstone will be held Monday, April 3, at the Townhouse Community Center on North Campus. (March 30, 2006)
Astronomers discover evidence of moonlets in Saturn's rings
New observations of propeller-shaped disturbances in Saturn's A ring indicate the presence of four small, embedded moons -- and possibly millions more, report Cornell University astronomers. The discovery could lead to better understanding the origin and formation of Saturn's rings and the solar system as a whole. (March 29, 2006)
Cornell joins effort to create central New York 'humanities corridor'
Cornell and the University of Rochester are joining Syracuse University in creating a central New York 'humanities corridor' funded by a three-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (March 29, 2006)
Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration brings national leaders to campus
Alumni, students, faculty and staff will mingle with national entrepreneurial leaders on campus, March 30-31, for the first annual Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration, which features a public address by Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairman/CEO of Johnson Outdoors Inc. (March 29, 2006)
Tri-Institutional student receives Soros fellowship
Amandeep Singh, a fourth-year M.D./Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical College student in the Tri-Institutional Medical Scientist Training Program affiliated with Rockefeller University and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, has been awarded a spring 2006 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. (March 29, 2006)
Weill Cornell psychologist writes book on anger management
Expressing anger is not healthy, according to a new book, 'Getting Control of Your Anger: A Clinically Proven, Three-Step Plan for Getting to the Root of the Problem and Resolving It' by Robert Allan of Weill Cornell Medical Center. (March 29, 2006)
CU in the City: Postmenopausal women, child behavior, Matilda Cuomo
Cornell's March programs in New York City included a panel discussion about sex after menopause, a workshop on parenting the explosive child and a meeting of New York's former first lady Matilda Raffa Cuomo with Cornell Cooperative Extension staff. (March 29, 2006)
Does our 3-D world hold six other dimensions?
Brane-world theory explains the nature of our universe by postulating that we live in a three-dimensional world surrounded by higher dimensions that are so compacted we can't perceive them. (March 28, 2006)
Cornell signs MOU with three British universities
Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has signed a memorandum of understanding with three British universities to cooperate on research focused on rural change and policy in North America and Europe. (March 28, 2006)
CU ranks as ninth best 'dream college'
Both parents and high school students ranked Cornell ninth in the Princeton Review's list of 'dream colleges' in the United States. (March 28, 2006)
SCOLA web-streaming services are available to CU community
Members of the Cornell University community can now get a password to access SCOLA's new web-streaming services that include such highlights as all-Chinese programming and U.S. government broadcasts from selected international hot spots. (March 28, 2006)
GM executive brings new support for engineering education
General Motors has extended for another five years its ongoing support of several educational programs within the College of Engineering. (March 28, 2006)
Film series highlights 'Performing Race on Screen'
Cornell Cinema presents 'Performing Race on Screen' on Mondays in April, with five films from the 1920s and 1930s featuring internationally famous performers of color Paul Robeson, Anna May Wong and Josephine Baker. (March 28, 2006)
Of Sudoku, seductions and Andrew Dickson White
Kathy Ramsey has a weakness for Sudoku puzzles. So when she glanced at the enticing 25-by-25 square published in the March 2 issue of the Cornell Chronicle (which appeared with a story about Cornell physicist Veit Elser's work on X-ray diffraction microscopy), she figured she would toy with it in her spare time. (March 28, 2006)
Satellite data reveals the beginnings of the universe
A Cornell University astronomer is using new data on cosmic microwave background radiation to visualize what happened in the first two-trillionths of a second after the big bang and to try to explain the 'dark energy' that is making the universe expand faster than expected. (March 28, 2006)
Hospitality students to fete industry leaders at Hotel Ezra Cornell
'The Role of Media in Hospitality,' a chance to meet the Hotel School's incoming dean, Michael Johnson, and consume some of the 200 lbs. of chocolate being served are some highlights at the 81st Hotel Ezra Cornell April 6-9 at the Statler Hotel on Cornell's campus. (March 28, 2006)
Union Days 2006 looks at migrant, immigrant labor in the Americas
Union Days 2006, April 5-7, at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations features the president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and a leader of a social justice community organization in post-Katrina New Orleans. The theme is 'Workers on the Move: Migrant and Immigrant Labor in the Americas.' (March 28, 2006)
Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson to give Rudin lecture
Marilynne Robinson will give the 2006 Rudin Lecture on American Culture on April 5 on campus. Robinson's talk, 'The Ghost in the Book: Writer and Reader,' is free and open to the public. (March 28, 2006)
Stucky's Ensemble X to perform final concert on April Fool's Day
In Ensemble X's April Fool's Day concert, all is not as it seems. Coded messages, double meanings, pandemonium and musical mishaps abound in the nine-year-old group's swan song Saturday, April 1, at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall on campus. The concert is free and open to the public. (March 28, 2006)
Professor Kathleen Rasmussen wins nutrition education award
Kathleen M. Rasmussen, professor of nutritional sciences, has been named the first recipient of the Excellence in Nutrition Education Award from the American Society of Nutrition. (March 28, 2006)
CU Ph.D. candidate named an Emerging Public Policy Leader
Madhura Kulkarni, a Ph.D. candidate in natural resources, has been named one of two 2006 Emerging Public Policy Leaders by the American Institute of Biological Sciences, a Washington-based nonprofit scientific association. (March 28, 2006)
Madeline Comer Blum, professor emerita of design, dies at 96
Professor emerita of design and environmental analysis Madeline Comer Blum, born May 20, 1909, in Osage, Okla., died March 20 in Hemet, Calif., of a heart attack. She was 96. (March 28, 2006)
CU, Harvard researchers team up to break down causes of Alzheimer's
An enzyme previously associated with preventing the dementia of Alzheimer's disease now appears to play an even bigger role in safeguarding against the disease, bringing the promise of new targets for drug therapies. (March 24, 2006)
New book follows the perilous flight and fates of migratory birds
'Songbird Journeys' is far more than just a charming book about pretty birds -- it is a wide-eyed bit of research, and a sobering theme runs throughout it. Songbird populations are declining. (March 24, 2006)
Ira Revels named a Library Journal 2006 'mover and shaker'
Ira Revels, a Cornell University digital projects librarian, has been named one of Library Journal's 'Movers and Shakers' for 2006. (March 24, 2006)
Bonding -- chemical and otherwise -- in the Middle East
The students hailing from across the Middle East arrived at a workshop in Petra, Jordan, with only the scantest understanding of each other's cultures and lifestyles. So while the reason for their January trip was a weeklong workshop on chemical bonding, the metaphor in the subject matter was not lost on anyone. (March 23, 2006)
CU vets confirm first U.S. human case of meningitis from pig strep
Cornell veterinarians' work helped confirm the first reported case of pig meningitis in a human in North America. The case is described in the March 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. (March 22, 2006)
Sally Dutko is administrator by day and fiber artist by night
Sally Dutko, director of Cornell's Office of Publications and Marketing Services, calls her vibrant fiber art wall hangings 'fabric paintings.' Her work so impressed the jury at the 2005 Fine Arts Quilts national exhibition last summer that she walked away with the First Place Award. (March 22, 2006)
$1.8 million Mellon grant allows continuation of postdoc program
Based on the success of a $1.4 million program launched in 2001, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Cornell an additional almost $1.8 million over five years to continue its program of postdoctoral fellowships and seminars in the humanities and related social sciences. (March 22, 2006)
University lobbyists urge support for the heart and soul of culture
Though lobbyists are suffering from an image problem these days, more than 100 academics and university representatives eagerly took on that role March 1-2 when they swarmed the halls of Congress and advocated for the humanities. (March 22, 2006)
Police investigate March 17 death of Cornell freshman in Virginia
Police are investigating the death of Cornell freshman Matthew Tyler Pearlstone on March 17 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. (March 21, 2006)
Hasbrouck residents brace for arrival of undergraduates
Cornell graduate students with families living at Hasbrouck Apartments will be joined by undergraduates at the complex in 2006-07, a temporary measure due to a projected lack of undergraduate housing on West Campus. (March 21, 2006)
Ivory-bill video disputed in Science, Lab of Ornithology counters
Renowned birder David Sibley writes in Science magazine that the video of the ivory-billed woodpecker could show a smaller black-and-white pileated woodpecker. Cornell Lab experts respond in the same magazine that the pattern of white in the wings and the manner in which the bird flies leave no doubt that the bird in question is an ivory-bill. (March 21, 2006)
What's lurking in your refrigerator can be a 'serious public health problem'
Americans suffer from some 76 million cases of food-borne diseases (FBDs) each year. And some of the bacteria associated with FBDs can have lasting health consequences, said Kathryn Boor, Cornell associate professor of food science, in a public lecture March 15 on campus. (March 21, 2006)
Letter: Campus parking
In a letter to the editor, Professor Robert Strawderman asks what the university intends to do to mitigate the impact of the construction projects on campus parking. (March 21, 2006)
Letter: Transportation committee weighs in on Bailey Plaza renovation
A letter to the editor, also sent to President Hunter R. Rawlings and Provost Biddy Martin, from members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Sustainable Transportation, speaks out in favor of the proposed Bailey Plaza. (March 21, 2006)
Chris Ober wins ACS award in polymer science
Christopher K. Ober, the Francis Norwood Bard Professor of Materials Engineering at Cornell, has been named the winner of the 2006 American Chemical Society Award in Applied Polymer Science. (March 20, 2006)
Four minutes to shine: Actors audition in NYC for teaching slots at CU
Fifty actors auditioned for Theatre, Film and Dance faculty members in the recent round of New York auditions to fill four 2006-07 Resident Professional Teaching Associate positions at Cornell. (March 20, 2006)
DSpace is filling up with Cornell history and publications
Someday, so the dream goes, all the knowledge in the world will be on the Internet. In the spirit of 'think globally, act locally,' a great deal of knowledge about Cornell University is accumulating in an online repository called 'Dspace.' (March 20, 2006)
3-D sound cube offers enveloping audio experience
On Thursday, March 30, members of the Cornell community are invited to experience a 10-foot sound cube, a 3-D sound system that creates a totally enveloping sound world, in the Kenneth Goldman Lounge of Duffield Hall atrium. (March 20, 2006)
'Slow, insidious' soil erosion threatens environment, human health
Soil is being swept and washed away 10 to 40 times faster than it is being replenished around the world, destroying cropland the size of Indiana every year, reports a study by David Pimentel of Cornell University. Yet the need for food and other grown products continues to soar. (March 20, 2006)
Cornell ranks as one of top places for postdocs to work
For postdoctoral researchers -- scientists who work and gain experience in a nomad's land between the long grind of graduate school and long-term employment -- Cornell University ranked among the best places to hang one's hat in 2006. (March 20, 2006)
EPA awards Cornell for combined heat-and-power project
Cornell University was honored for its new energy-efficient combined heat-and-power project with a Certificate of Partnership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the International District Energy Association's 19th Annual Campus Energy Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., in February. (March 20, 2006)
Benjamin Liebman discusses growing defamation litigation in China
As the Chinese media become more independent, public and Communist Party officials and even companies are filing successful defamation suits in the courts as a muffle to opinion, said Benjamin Liebman, a law professor at Columbia University, speaking March 14 in the A.D. White House at Cornell. (March 20, 2006)
Lab of O's Spring Field Ornithology course returns for 29th year
The welcome birds of spring will soon return to fields and farms, feeders and fences. Heralding yet another sign of the coming season: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's popular Spring Field Ornithology course. For the novice and expert alike, this eight-week course runs March 29 to May 21. (March 20, 2006)
For architecture students, Dragon Day is a college highlight
First-year students in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning impress upperclassmen and bystanders with an 'outstanding' dragon, continuing the tradition started by Willard Straight, Cornell Class of 1901. Read the story and play the audio slide show. (March 17, 2006)
Food and poultry scientist Robert C. Baker dies at age 84
Robert C. Baker, the Cornell poultry science and food science professor who helped develop chicken nuggets, turkey ham, and poultry hot dogs into ubiquitous American fare, and who created the famous Cornell chicken barbecue sauce, died March 13 at age 84. (March 16, 2006)
Children's author Lynne Cherry is Lab of O's artist-in-residence
The natural world is in dire need of help, and individuals -- especially children -- can make a difference, said Lynne Cherry, the acclaimed children's book illustrator and author, who is currently artist-in-residence at Cornell's Lab or Ornithology. (March 15, 2006)
Collaboration in mind: Cognitive studies at Cornell
The Cognitive Studies Program at Cornell explores the complexities of the mind and human brain with the involvement of more than 75 faculty members across several diverse disciplines. (March 15, 2006)
Cornell offers nation's first Ph.D. program in apparel design
Cornell University is the first school in the United States to offer a Ph.D. program in apparel design, an applied science that embraces design, technology, physical sciences, the humanities and social sciences to meet basic human needs for clothing. (March 15, 2006)
Fashionistas in Ithaca include 'princesses,' 'hip-hops,' 'hipsters'
Ithaca may be more than 200 miles from the fashion hub of New York City, but according to an undergraduate ethnographic research project, it has its own fashion subcultures, including 'princesses,' 'neohippies' and 'hip-hop homeboys.' (March 15, 2006)
Theater arts alumni stage a reunion at New York's Cornell Club
More than 60 alumni and faculty of Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance attended a reception March 10 at the Cornell Club in New York City, to reconnect with faculty and friends, share memories and catch up on their current projects and careers. (March 15, 2006)
Cornell to host 'Horses 2006' conference and expo
Cornell University will host 'Horses 2006,' an educational conference and exposition devoted to horses, March 25-26. The conference, which caters to equine professionals and enthusiasts, will feature speakers, clinicians and a vendor fair. (March 15, 2006)
Busy construction season will affect traffic and parking across campus
Break out the sneakers. Hoofing it across campus may be the smartest mode of transport for those not afraid of exercise. The Chronicle has compiled a list of questions and answers in anticipation of the busy 2006-07 construction season. (March 14, 2006)
Options are available for commuters affected by bridge work
Those commuters who may be affected by the Thurston Avenue Bridge widening project, which begins March 20, are encouraged to take advantage of the options offered by Cornell's transportation department. (March 14, 2006)
Cornell's solar house auction slated for April 7
Cornell University's award-winning, 640-square-foot solar house goes up for auction Friday, April 7, at 12:05 p.m. on the Ag Quad at Cornell, where the house is temporarily on display. The house won second place in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2005 international competition. (March 14, 2006)
The Science Guy says goodbye, but first warns about 'global heating'
Bill Nye, a 1977 graduate of Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, made his last trip to campus as a Cornell University Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor, March 6-11. The visit included a public lecture titled 'Everybody Talks About the Weather.' (March 14, 2006)
Bill Nye takes local group on Sagan Planet Walk
Bill Nye '77 was on campus last week for his final visit as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 University Professor, and he took a group of about 50 people for a guided tour of the Sagan Planet Walk March 7. (March 14, 2006)
Associate librarian Ross Atkinson dies at 60
Ross Atkinson, associate university librarian for collections and an advocate for digital collections and open-access scholarly publishing, died March 8 at his home at the age of 60, from complications of leukemia. (March 14, 2006)
Schwartz Center announces 2006-07 theater season
Cornell University's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts will stage the first plays by Arthur Miller and Wendy Wasserstein in its 2006-07 season, along with a comedy by Steve Martin, two classics of American theater and the world premiere of 'Beat Box Bard.' (March 14, 2006)
CU Police officers share Kiwanis award for disarming suicidal man
Cornell Police officers Christopher O'Hara, Robert Payne and Randy Bowman received the Frank Hammer Kiwanis Officer of the Month Award for March in recognition of their work to disarm a suicidal and highly agitated and aggressive man near Rockefeller Hall on Dec. 27, 2005. (March 14, 2006)
Sociality of sweat bees evolved simultaneously during climate change
In the first study to link social evolution to climate change, Cornell's Bryan Danforth and colleagues show that the social behavior of many sweat bees evolved simultaneously during a period of recent global warming. This social evolution occurred only 20 million to 22 million years ago, compared with the social evolution of other insects, which evolved more than 65 million years ago. (March 13, 2006)
Judgments of moral blame can distort memory of events, study finds
Thinking that a person is dishonest or immoral can change how you remember objective facts, prompting you to recall the person's behavior as worse than it really was, finds Cornell Professor David Pizarro. (March 13, 2006)
'Wild' nature play before age 11 fosters adult environmentalism
Children with plenty of opportunity to play in nature before age 11 are more likely to grow up to be environmentalists than other children, says Cornell University environmental psychologist Nancy Wells and research associate Kristi Lekies. (March 13, 2006)
Frank Miller, ILR professor emeritus and Cornell mace bearer, dies
Frank B. Miller Jr., professor emeritus at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and an expert on organizational behavior, died March 2 at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca. He was 84. (March 13, 2006)
Memoir on classic legal scholar wins praise in country he escaped from
'Ideas and the Man: Remembering David Daube,' by Calum Carmichael, professor of comparative literature and law at Cornell, made a top-10 list for legal scholars in Germany. Daube, a renowned classical scholar of law and religion who taught at Oxford, fled Germany in the 1930s when Hitler rose to power. (March 13, 2006)
Professor featured in book aimed to inspire girls about engineering
Marjolein van der Meulen, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell, is featured in a new book, 'Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers,' intended to inspire and encourage young women to pursue careers in engineering. (March 10, 2006)
Martin Luther King III is 2006 Commencement Weekend speaker
Martin Luther King III will give the keynote address at Cornell University's 2006 Convocation Ceremony on May 27, the Class of 2006 announced. (March 9, 2006)
Thurston Avenue Bridge construction begins March 20
The city of Ithaca will begin construction Monday, March 20, on a major renovation of the Thurston Avenue Bridge linking North Campus with Central Campus. The bridge will be closed to northbound traffic beginning March 20, to all traffic for a few weeks this summer and for several months in 2007. (March 8, 2006)
From chemistry to camera: fine art photography becomes second career
James Burlitch, who retired as professor of chemistry and chemical biology in 2004, is an expert in inorganic materials. In retirement, he has become a professional photographer. His business, Enduring Images, specializes in fine art photography including panoramas and backlit images. (March 8, 2006)
America's artistic elite bring lessons of life, art to future M.D.s
To help students step outside themselves and into the scenarios of patients, Weill Cornell's Humanities in Medicine program brings some of the brightest talents in the country to New York City. They speak about cancer (Susan Sontag) and AIDS (Larry Kramer, Tony Kushner). Musicians perform works that evoke the passion of human experience. (March 8, 2006)
'Digging for the Truth': Alumnus Josh Bernstein's passion
He braves crocs in the Amazon to find the real Temple of Doom. Using Homer as a guide, he sails the Aegean Sea in Odysseus' wake. He treks across glaciers in Patagonia and journeys into the volatile deserts of Yemen. Josh Bernstein '93, host of The History Channel's hit series 'Digging for the Truth,' is a latter-day Indiana Jones. (March 8, 2006)
Two Cornell alumni are now managing top sports teams
This March, Bryan Colangelo '87 was named president and general manager of the Toronto Raptors basketball team. Last October Jon Daniels '99 became general manager of the Texas Rangers, the youngest person ever to hold such a position in Major League Baseball history. (March 8, 2006)
CU in the City: Dogs, athletes and activists
During February, Cornellians in New York City participated in the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) Dog Show, celebrated the Lunar Year of the Dog and learned about the incomes of the super rich. (March 8, 2006)
Letter to the editor: Response to Bailey Plaza design
In a letter to the editor, landscape architecture students request that members of the Cornell community have the opportunity to guide the transformation of Bailey Plaza in an effort to provide the campus with a public open space, representative of the identity and needs of the campus. (March 8, 2006)
ALFA receiver continues to expand Arecibo's reach
When the Arecibo L-Band Feed Array (ALFA) was installed on a misty April morning two years ago, it promised to bring phenomenal new sensitivity to the Arecibo Observatory. Now, well into an ambitious series of comprehensive sky surveys using the receiver, astronomers say ALFA is delivering spectacularly. (March 8, 2006)
Cooke Foundation grant to assist community college students
Cornell and seven other renowned institutions of higher learning have received grants totaling $6.78 million from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in an effort to increase educational opportunities for high-achieving, low-income community college students. (March 8, 2006)
Mice with glowing hearts shed light on how hearts develop
Many people have heard of a heart of gold, but what about a heart that glows? Cornell researchers have genetically engineered mice whose hearts fluoresce as they beat. The development gives researchers insights into how hearts develop in living mouse embryos and could improve our understanding of irregular heartbeats. (March 7, 2006)
Ithaca and Weill campus collaborations create synergies in research
A surgeon at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and a professor of textiles and apparel at Cornell's Ithaca campus have partnered to create a biodegradable artificial skin for burn victims. This innovation is the direct result of combining the expertise from each campus, and it is one of the early synergies achieved by tapping the vast potential of two campuses more than 200 miles apart. (March 7, 2006)
Hillary Clinton is briefed on research, outreach efforts at Vet College
Sen. Hillary Clinton spent the afternoon March 3 at Cornell's Vet College, where she was briefed on Cornell's research, education and outreach work on avian influenza, mad cow disease and cancer. (March 7, 2006)
Male loons change their tune with change in territory
Bird experts believed for years that once a bird learned songs, the calls stayed relatively fixed throughout their lives, but a new study of loons, streamlined fish-eating water birds, calls those beliefs into question. (March 7, 2006)
Hamster study shows how our brains recognize other individuals
Different areas of the brain react differently when recognizing others, depending on the emotions attached to the memory, a team of Cornell research psychologists has found. The team, led by professor of psychology Robert Johnston, has been conducting experiments to study individual recognition, and the results were published in the Dec. 7, 2005, issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. (March 7, 2006)
arXiv founder Paul Ginsparg wins Paul Evan Peters Award
Paul Ginsparg, Cornell professor of physics and information science and a pioneer in Internet scholarly communications, is the latest recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award, which honors innovators in network communications. (March 7, 2006)
Graphics realism researcher gets $45,000 Sloan Fellowship
Stephen Marschner, assistant professor of computer science, is the recipient of a 2006 Sloan Research Fellowship that recognizes his work in computer graphics. Recipients are free to use the award of $45,000 over two years for any purpose that advances their research. (March 7, 2006)
School of Criticism and Theory to hold 30th summer session
The Cornell campus hosts a group of serious critical thinkers each summer at the School of Criticism and Theory, an intensive six-week seminar that returns for its 30th summer session June 18 through July 28. (March 7, 2006)
University Architect Peter Karp to retire in November
Cornell University Architect Peter Karp plans to retire Nov. 10, after a decade at the university. (March 7, 2006)
Six undergraduate engineering degree programs are reaccredited
Six undergraduate degree programs in the College of Engineering have been reaccredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, which accredits 2,400 programs at more than 500 institutions. Accreditation demands considerable ongoing effort on the part of the college. (March 7, 2006)
Documentary filmmakers show 'real world work'
Cornell Cinema will host three documentary filmmakers March 10-12 to present their 'real world work' on war in Darfur, a landmark American hate crime and the history of the African diaspora; as well as a new take on a classic Russian story and a 'Third World Women' series in March. (March 7, 2006)
Lamar Herrin tells a tale of two Spains in novel and memoir
Love and death are boon companions to writers of all stripes. But it is how human beings cope with grief and loss that author and Cornell professor Lamar Herrin finds intriguing. He works that territory in his latest novel, 'House of the Deaf' and also offers a lighter treatment of his marriage and what he has come to regard as his adopted country in the upcoming memoir 'Romancing Spain.' (March 6, 2006)
Classics professor's appointment will bridge humanities and sciences
Classics is considered one of the original collaborative programs because of its multidisciplinary scope. Professor of classics Sturt Manning, who joined the Cornell faculty in January, takes that notion even further afield -- into statistics and climatology. (March 6, 2006)
Rebuilding efforts in Iraq are not working, Brahimi warns
The situation has become 'too difficult' in Iraq, warned Lakhdar Brahimi, former special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, while on campus to give the Bartels Fellowship Lecture, March 2. (March 6, 2006)
Today's students are eager to make a difference, Gearan says
Mark Gearan, former director of the Peace Corps, deputy chief of staff for the Clinton administration and now president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, was the keynote speaker at the 11th annual Cornell Commitment Convocation on March 3. (March 6, 2006)
'Proper balance between work and life' vital to success
Presenting the 19th Lewis H. Durland Memorial Lecture in Ives Hall on Feb. 28, Sharon Allen, the first woman chairman of Deloitte & Touche USA, spoke about her role as a woman heading the giant accounting firm. (March 6, 2006)
CU reaps awards -- and more research money -- from National Textile Center
Researchers in Cornell's Department of Textiles and Apparel won several awards at the National Textile Center's annual forum in Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 19-21. NTC also gave U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey an award for his help in getting more research funds for NTC; Cornell will get $300,000 more due to his efforts. (March 3, 2006)
Career Pathways: Deciding on how to walk the academic road
A capacity crowd filled the Weill Auditorium for a recent Career Pathways presentation, "Walking the Academic Road." A panel of junior faculty from the Weill Cornell Graduate School spoke with students at length about their experiences looking for and finding a position in higher education. (March 2, 2006)
Teaching assistants inspire Weill pre-medical students in Qatar
Students at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) are finding better ways to tackle intensive premedical courses, thanks to an extension of Cornell University's teaching assistant (TA) program to Doha. (March 2, 2006)
Diverse visions in Cornell art faculty work on display
The Cornell Art Faculty exhibit at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art samples the creative output and traditional and nontraditional approaches of 15 faculty members, all of them working artists. (March 2, 2006)
Students and faculty voice concerns at forum on stabbing incident
The stabbing of a visiting black Union College student allegedly by a white Cornell student on West Campus, says Cornell President Hunter R. Rawlings, 'has had a galvanizing effect on all of us.' Rawlings and other officials responded to questions and concerns about the Feb. 18 incident at a community forum Feb. 28. (March 1, 2006)
Walk among the planets with a star: Bill Nye leads downtown tour
Jog by Jupiter, saunter past Saturn and meander about Mercury: Get a walking tour of the solar system and let Bill Nye, the Science Guy, be your guide, on March 7 in downtown Ithaca. Nye will be making his last visit as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of 1956 Professor, March 6-11, and he has a couple of public activities planned. (March 1, 2006)
Vet College opens DNA bank to study genetic basis of diseases
Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has announced the opening of a DNA bank that will catalog diseases of dogs, as well as many other animals. The DNA archive will help scientists not only develop improved diagnosis and treatment of diseases and new genetic tests for many inherited diseases, but also could possibly lead to new drugs and treatments. (March 1, 2006)
Complex web of funding helps CCE serve many statewide
The 56 county-based Cornell Cooperative Extension associations are a vital part of Cornell's land-grant mission. While many people may have heard of, or directly benefited from, one of CCE's master gardener classes or nutrition programs, perhaps few are aware of the complex manner by which CCE receives funding. (March 1, 2006)
Annual BOOM showcase featuring student work is March 8
Cornell student computing projects ranging from robots to video games will be on display at the annual BOOM (Bits on Our Minds) exhibition from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in Duffield Hall atrium. (March 1, 2006)
