Board chair Peter Meinig reflects on high expectation, unity
As he enters his second term as chair, Peter Meinig sees the board of trustees going beyond its traditional roles of governance and oversight to work as a positive force in the university's $4 billion campaign. (Jan. 31, 2007)

Solanacae Genome Project gets $1.8 million NSF grant
Cornell and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell have received a grant to continue leading an effort to sequence the tomato genome and to create a database of genomic sequences and information on the tomato and related plants. (Jan. 30, 2007)

CU team provides detailed plan to rebuild New Orleans' 9th Ward
With help from Cornell planners, residents of New Orleans' 9th Ward have been given a significant voice in how their community should be rebuilt following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Jan. 30, 2007)

25 years of gay-rights struggles traced in online exhibit
The Human Rights Campaign chose Cornell over the Library of Congress and other contenders to house its official records, now the subject of an online exhibition. (Jan. 30, 2007)

Marisue Taube named director of University Councils
In her new role, Taube will help coordinate and oversee the Cornell University Council, the President's Council of Cornell Women and the Presidential Councillors. (Jan. 30, 2007)

CU Library's great treasure of science: the Lavoisier Collection
The hands of Cornell librarian David Corson literally shook as he sorted through the recent acquisition of materials of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, credited as the father of modern chemistry. (Jan. 30, 2007)

Trustees re-elect Meinig as chair; endowed tuition to increase 5.5 percent
In New York City Jan. 26, Cornell's Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition for the endowed colleges 5.5 percent. The board also re-elected Peter Meinig as chairman. (Jan. 29, 2007)

Weill Greenberg Center at medical college is officially named
The Weill Greenberg Center, named for Maurice Greenberg, a member of the Weill Cornell Medical College Board of Overseers, and Sanford I. Weill, chairman of the board, was officially named at a Jan. 26 ceremony. (Jan. 29, 2007)

Philip Lewis appointed Mellon Foundation executive
Professor of Romance Studies Philip E. Lewis has been appointed vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Liberal Arts Colleges Program, effective Feb. 1. (Jan. 29, 2007)

Mortar Board Honor Society presents Benjamin Bagby's Beowulf
Benjamin Bagby, a performer and specialist in early music, will be presenting a live reading Feb. 8 of the epic poem Beowulf in the original Old English. (Jan. 29, 2007)

Come spring, expect fewer blooms, say Cornell horticulturists
With record warmth throughout the Northeast in December and early January, expect fewer blooms on flowering trees and shrubs in the spring, say Cornell experts. (Jan. 29, 2007)

Cornell led Ivies in 2006 Peace Corps recruits
Cornell produced more Peace Corps volunteers than any other Ivy League institution in 2006 and ranked third among like schools nationally, according to statistics released by the federal agency. (Jan. 26, 2007)

Cornell team heading to Japan computer programming contest
A three-member Cornell student team will compete in the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, March 12-16, at Tokyo Disneyland Resort in Maihama, Japan. (Jan. 26, 2007)

James Henderson appointed to investigate 9/11 illness cases
The Law School professor has been appointed 'special master' by Southern District Judge Alvin Hellerstein to investigate the lawsuits regarding respiratory illnesses of workers cleaning up the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001. (Jan. 26, 2007)

EU Commission funds local effort to get to know Europe
Cornell's Institute for European Studies has received a grant that will provide outreach opportunities and will pair Ithaca with Elios Proni, Greece, located on the island of Cephalonia. (Jan. 26, 2007)

Classicist Gordon M. Kirkwood dies at age 90
Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, the Whiton Professor of Classics emeritus and a renowned scholar of the ancient world, died at his Ithaca home Jan. 16. (Jan. 26, 2007)

ILR's Quinetta Roberson recognized as a top scholar
Quinetta Roberson, the first African American to receive tenure in Cornell's ILR School, has been recognized by Diverse Issues in Higher Education as one of the top ten emerging scholars for 2007. (Jan. 24, 2007)

Tor Hagfors, astronomy professor and Arecibo pioneer, dies at 76
Tor Hagfors, Cornell professor emeritus of astronomy and electrical engineering, died Jan. 17 in Puerto Rico of a heart attack. (Jan. 24, 2007)

'21 Dinner' to honor Boiardi '04, support Teach for America
The Second Annual 21 Dinner will be held Saturday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. in Bridgewaters in New York City to celebrate the life and legacy of Mario St. George Boiardi '04. (Jan. 24, 2007)

Endangered fish saved: Shortnose sturgeon rescued in Hudson River
For the first time, a fish identified as endangered has been shown to have recovered -- and in the Hudson River near New York City, report Cornell's Mark Bain and colleagues in the online publication PLoS ONE. (Jan. 24, 2007)

World oil production could delay its peak 'way ahead into the future'
Professor Muawia Barazangi says peak oil production in the Middle East could be delayed if oil companies would invest more heavily in drilling and extraction technologies and push to explore new sites. (Jan. 24, 2007)

The Ezra Files: A family ever on the move
This article in The Ezra Files series looks at Ezra Cornell's early life, 1807-1818. (Jan. 24, 2007)

Our campaign, our blueprint for 21st-century Cornell
This regular column, written by Cornell alumni, will follow the progress of the five-year, $4 billion fund-raising campaign announced by President David Skorton in October 2006. (Jan. 24, 2007)

Alzheimer's disease is focus of several collaborative efforts
A recent gift created an interdisciplinary center at Weill Cornell Medical College to study Alzheimer's disease. Finding ways to better understand and treat the devastating illness is the subject of several efforts already under way. (Jan. 23, 2007)

Five Cornell faculty members honored as AAAS fellows
Hector Abruna, Barbara Baird, Geoffrey WIlliam Coates, Michael Shuler and Mariana Wolfner have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Jan. 23, 2007)

Poffenbarger sentenced to maximum for hate crime
On Jan. 22, suspended Cornell student Nathan Poffenbarger was sentenced in Tompkins County Court to 16 months to four years in state prison for a hate-crime stabbing. (Jan. 23, 2007)

Call for nominations for Weiss Presidential Fellows
Faculty, academic staff and junior and senior students are invited to nominate tenured faculty members for the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Award. Nominations are due by March 7. (Jan. 23, 2007)

Food and mood: The sad are twice as likely to eat comfort food
People feeling sad tend to eat more of less-healthy comfort foods than when they feel happy, finds a new study co-authored by Cornell's Brian Wansink. However, when nutritional information is available, those same sad people curb their hedonistic consumption, but happier people don't. (Jan. 23, 2007)

How happy are you? A research project can help you find out
Cornell faculty and staff members can find out how happy they are by completing an online -- and confidential -- questionnaire. (Jan. 23, 2007)

Team Cuisine: Students that cook together, bond together
The Hotel School has debuted a new program, Team Cuisine, to ease the transition for transfer students. (Jan. 23, 2007)

Lecturer explains process of helping students to succeed
Harvard professor Richard J. Light discussed his research about making colleges more effective learning environments by improving communication between graduate students and postdocs and faculty. (Jan. 23, 2007)

Abrams and Gilbert to inaugurate visiting professorship
Sandra M. Gilbert '57, the first M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell, will speak along with Abrams on literary topics Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Goldwin Smith Hall. (Jan. 22, 2007)

Six students reap awards for small-business consulting skills
Applied economics and management students who put their small business skills to the test last semester have received awards for outstanding work in their Small Business Management Workshop class. (Jan. 22, 2007)

A 'lost boy' of Sudan speaks to Weill Cornell audience
A chance meeting between a future Weill Cornell Medical College student and a security guard has led to the creation of a Cornell group that hopes to provide support to a medical clinic in Sudan, and also brought a 'lost boy' of Sudan to speak Jan. 3. (Jan. 22, 2007)

Skorton delivers his first grand rounds lecture at Weill Cornell
President David Skorton's first grand rounds lecture at Weill Cornell Medical College Jan. 18 broadly discussed the public service and outreach roles of academic health centers both within Cornell and the community at large. (Jan. 19, 2007)

Cornell and local transportation officials adopt biodiesel fuel
Thanks to efforts by sustainability intern Ethan Rainwater, Cornell and several city and county agencies will use the biodiesel blend B5 instead of standard diesel fuel. (Jan. 19, 2007)

Donald Gordon named interim university architect
Donald R. Gordon has been named interim university architect, effective Jan. 8, succeeding Peter Karp, who retired Nov. 10. (Jan. 19, 2007)

Weill Cornell gets $14.2 million grant for genetic study of COPD
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded Weill Cornell Medical College $14.2 million for genetic research into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Jan. 18, 2007)

NAIC director Brown discusses Arecibo's future
As Arecibo faces funding cuts and possible closure, NAIC director Bob Brown discusses the telescope's capabilities, its future and why it's a vital instrument. (Jan. 18, 2007)

$10 million grant will help revamp biofuel research labs
To advance technologies that convert perennial grasses and woody biomass to ethanol, Professor Larry Walker will use a $10 million grant to upgrade Cornell's industrial biotechnology laboratories. (Jan. 18, 2007)

Introducing The Ezra Files: Happy Birthday, Ezra
The Cornell Chronicle has launched a weekly column, The Ezra Files, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ezra Cornell's birth. (Jan. 18, 2007)

Stepping out with Ailey at Manhattan's Joan Weill Center for Dance
About 100 Cornell-affiliated guests were treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the Joan Weill Center for Dance, a new facility in Manhattan designed by two Cornell graduates, Dec. 12. (Jan. 18, 2007)

Back from India, meetings left Skorton impressed and optimistic
President David Skorton recently returned from a 10-day, four-city tour of India, seeking to extend Cornell's mission as the world's land-grant university by building stronger bridges between Cornell and India, and to reinvigorate ties with alumni. (Jan. 17, 2007)

Anne Kenney named interim university librarian
Anne Kenney, a senior associate university librarian, will take over as interim university librarian effective Feb. 1. (Jan. 17, 2007)

A 'C' of books: Cornellians throng to NYC exhibition
More than 200 people came to the opening reception for Buzz Spector's book art project, Jan. 11 at the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's loft space in Manhattan. (Jan. 17, 2007)

Warm winter leaves grape crops vulnerable to freeze
This winter's warm temperatures have left grapes vulnerable to freezing temps, and a sudden, deep cold snap could be lethal to some Finger Lakes grape varieties, say Cornell experts. (Jan. 16, 2007)

2006 Cornell United Way Campaign exceeds goal
The Cornell United Way Campaign exceeded its $660,000 goal in December with help from undergraduate students. The campaign officially closes March 31. (Jan. 16, 2007)

Gift endows Uihlein Maple Station directorship
A gift from the Uihlein Foundation will be used to endow the director's position at the Uihlein Forest Maple Sugar Field Station, in Lake Placid, N.Y., over the next six years. (Jan. 16, 2007)

CU research of Chinese cotton farmers named a top story of 2006
A Cornell study of Chinese cotton farmers and pesticides was named one of the top six environment stories and the 30th most important science story of the year by Discover magazine. (Jan. 15, 2007)

Cornell Symphony Orchestra presents concert in Berlin
The Cornell Symphony Orchestra presented a concert Jan. 14 in the historic church Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Grunewald in Berlin. (Jan. 15, 2007)

'Beat Box Bard' will give Shakespeare a contemporary beat
Blending urban music beatboxing and the words of William Shakespeare, the world premiere of 'The Beat Box Bard' will run Jan. 31-Feb. 11 at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (Jan. 15, 2007)

CJC will hold public meeting Jan. 18 to discuss Krause Report
The Campus Codes and Judicial Committee will meet Jan. 18 at 2 p.m. in Room B12 Day Hall to discuss the latest input on revisions to the Campus Code of Conduct. (Jan. 12, 2007)

Graduate's essay is semifinalist in bioethics contest
Recent College of Engineering graduate Shannon Wheeler '07 is a semifinalist in a bioethics essay contest held by the Institute of Biological Engineering. (Jan. 12, 2007)

Cornell celebrates Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday
Ezra Cornell's aspiration of 'any person' receiving an education was honored and celebrated Jan. 11, the bicentennial birthday of the co-founder of Cornell University. (Jan. 11, 2007)

'Big Red C': A sculpture of Cornell books
More than 800 works of literature and arts and humanities scholarship at Cornell add up to a single letter in a new installation by book artist and Department of Art chair Buzz Spector. (Jan. 11, 2007)

Update on LSTB construction and walkways
Construction on the Life Sciences Technology Building project will alter pedestrian traffic west of the site between the Biotechnology and Corson-Mudd buildings starting Monday, Jan. 15. (Jan. 11, 2007)

Philip Protter has received a Fulbright Distinguished Chair
Philip Protter, professor of operations research and industrial engineering, has been named to a Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair for the 2007-08 academic year. (Jan. 10, 2007)

Bretscher named associate director of new cell biology institute
Anthony Bretscher, Cornell professor of molecular biology and genetics, has been named associate director of the newly formed Cornell Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology (CICMB). (Jan. 10, 2007)

Professor Emeritus Shan-Fu Shen dies at 85
Shan-Fu Shen, professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering, died in Ithaca on Dec. 22 after a brief illness. (Jan. 9, 2007)

Campus plans yearlong celebration of Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday
Jan. 11 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ezra Cornell. To celebrate, the university is sponsoring a series of events throughout the year. (Jan. 8, 2007)

Alumnus honored by Popular Science for innovative stadium design
Architect Peter Eisenman '54 has earned Popular Science 'innovator' status for his radical design of the new University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. (Jan. 8, 2007)

Student work trip to Louisiana helps farmers and ranchers
Over winter break, four students in the Cornell chapter of the Alpha Zeta honor society for men and women in agriculture helped farmers and ranchers who are still recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. (Jan. 8, 2007)

Steve Strogatz receives American Math Society honor
Professor Steve Strogatz was honored for outstanding achievement in communicating about mathematics to nonmathematicians Jan. 6 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans. (Jan. 8, 2007)

Gingerbread house contest highlights green building
Last month Cornell unveiled its first facility to earn the U.S. Green Building Council's coveted LEED Platinum Rating. And the best part: It's entirely edible. (Jan. 5, 2007)

Cornell sociologist Thomas A. Lyson, local foods advocate, dies
Thomas A. Lyson, 58, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell, died of cancer Dec. 28 at the Cayuga Medical Center. (Jan. 5, 2007)

CIT plans to cut your spam again (unless you really want it)
As part of an increased effort to slow the flood of spam e-mail, Cornell Information Technologies will begin rejecting even more incoming messages in the new year starting Jan. 15. (Jan. 5, 2007)

President Skorton meets with president of India
Photo: A Cornell delegation met with India's president, Abdul Kalam, Jan. 3 in New Delhi. The Cornell group is pictured outside the President's Chamber at Rashtrapati Nilayam. (Jan. 4, 2007)

NYS Agricultural Experiment Station to celebrate 125 years
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva turns 125 years old in 2007 and will launch a yearlong celebration of this milestone event with a reception Jan. 10 in Syracuse, N.Y. (Jan. 4, 2007)

Frank Moon wins mechanical engineering Lyapunov Award
Professor Francis C. Moon has won the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' 2007 Lyapunov Award, recognizing lifetime contributions to the field of applied nonlinear dynamics. (Jan. 4, 2007)

CU students will learn about computing by teaching kids
Cornell has been awarded nearly $600,000 by the National Science Foundation for an innovative program to attract more people to computing careers, in which undergrads will mentor middle school students in 'virtual worlds.' (Jan. 3, 2007)

Avian flu virus unlikely to spread through water systems
Cornell researchers studied a virus related to the avian influenza virus to see whether a hypothetical mutated form of H5N1 could infect people through drinking and wastewater systems. (Jan. 2, 2007)