Chan, Wittich, Bustamante receive Sloan fellowships
Cornell researchers Peter Wittich, Carlos Bustamante and Garnet Chan are among 118 scientists, mathematicians and economists to receive research fellowships this year from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. (March 30, 2007)

Alum discusses his book on a Frank family that survived Holocaust
Gordon F. Sander '73 gave a talk on campus about his acclaimed memoir, 'The Frank Family That Survived,' about his mother's family who survived the Holocaust by going into hiding. (March 30, 2007)

Bird watchers set new record for Great Backyard Bird Count
In just four days in February, participants in the annual bird count tallied more than 11 million birds across the United States and Canada and submitted a record-breaking number of checklists. (March 30, 2007)

Alumna Carol Hall to give chemical engineering J.C. Smith lectures
Carol K. Hall '67, a chemical engineering faculty member at North Carolina State University, will give two talks April 16-17. (March 30, 2007)

BR Ventures expands portfolio to include Systanix
The Johnson School student-managed venture capital firm BR Ventures has announced the addition of Systanix Inc. to its portfolio. The local company specializes in pharmaceutical technologies. (March 30, 2007)

Scientists find melamine in recalled pet food samples
Concurrent with the announcement made by the FDA today, Cornell researchers at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center have confirmed that they also have identified melamine as a contaminant in multiple pet food samples. (March 30, 2007)

China's U.S. ambassador to give public lecture April 5
Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, will lecture on 'China-U.S. Relations and China's Peaceful Development,' April 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium in Kennedy Hall. (March 29, 2007)

Cornell Bhangra -- High-energy fun
Cornell Bhangra, performing an original and colorful form of tradition-based music and dance of northern India and Pakistan, is gearing up for its big show, April 7 in Barton Hall. (March 29, 2007)

CU's interior design program ranked No. 2 nationwide
The Department of Design and Environmental Analysis has been ranked the best program in the East and second nationwide in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence magazine. (March 29, 2007)

Survey shows fewer CU employees drive solo to work than average
Cornell's transportation-focused Generic Environmental Impact Statement traffic survey has yielded helpful data on the variety of ways people travel to and from campus. (March 29, 2007)

Engineering student Sachin Desai wins Luce scholarship
Sachin Desai, M.Eng. '07, is the first engineering student from Cornell to win the award. He will receive a yearlong internship in China. (March 29, 2007)

Canoe and bridge competition to be held at Cornell
Engineering students from across New York will visit campus April 13 and 14 for the Upstate New York American Society of Civil Engineers Student Conference. (March 29, 2007)

Professor Deborah Streeter wins 2007 Olympus innovation award
The award recognizes individuals who have fostered and demonstrated innovative thinking among students through inventive teaching methods, projects and case studies. (March 29, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Life Brightens for Ezra Cornell in 1854-55
Although the family at home in Ithaca was suffering for a lack of funds, Ezra Cornell started to prosper these years, though not with much cash flow. (March 29, 2007)

Faculty Innovation in Teaching project proposals are due April 2
FIT projects have allowed almost 100 faculty members since 2002 to develop innovative instructional technology projects that have the potential to improve the educational process. (March 29, 2007)

Johnson School to host executive MBA info sessions
An MBA program geared toward mid-career professionals, the Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program, will host information sessions in April and May. (March 29, 2007)

Report from Rome: Program celebrates 20 years of study
They may once have had to say, 'Arrivederci, Roma,' but fond memories of study in the Eternal City brought Cornellians back to celebrate 20 years of the Cornell in Rome Program, March 24-26. (March 28, 2007)

Cornell conducts tests to confirm toxins in recalled pet food
Cornell's Animal Health Diagnostic Center is conducting further tests to confirm the presence of toxins in recalled pet food and to explain the cause of fatal kidney failure in 15 cats and one dog. (March 27, 2007)

Week of events intended to spur activism on Darfur genocide
A candlelight vigil on Ho Plaza organized by the Cornell chapter of Amnesty International kicked off 'Darfur Awareness Week,' March 26-30. (March 27, 2007)

Humanities Book Project reinstalled on campus
The Humanities Book Art Project will be installed on campus at the Hirshland Gallery, Kroch Library, on April 4 and will be on display until April 25. (March 27, 2007)

Alumna helps give nomadic Kenyan children a chance at education
Marilyn Tebor Shaw '76 and a group of six other volunteers are working to ensure that nomadic Kenyan children who hunger for an education are able to get one. (March 27, 2007)

Alumnus named a 'New Face of Engineering'
Recognized for his work on next-generation defense projects, systems engineer Earl Valencia was honored in February as a 'New Face of Engineering' by the National Engineers Week Foundation. (March 27, 2007)

Jay Waks and Paul Cole to receive top ILR School awards
Alumnus Jay W. Waks will receive the ILR School's Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award, and Paul Cole, secretary-treasurer emeritus of the New York State AFL-CIO, will receive the Jerome Alpern Award March 29. (March 27, 2007)

Barron's ranks alumnus Ratan Tata as one of 30 most respected CEOs
Cornell trustee Ratan Tata, B.Arch. '62, chief executive officer of Tata Sons Ltd., is recognized in the March 26 edition of Barron's magazine as one of the world's 30 most respected CEOs. (March 27, 2007)

700 educators visit campus for third annual development day
More than 700 educators spent March 23 at Cornell to participate in the third annual Professional Development Day, sponsored by Cornell, Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES and the Ithaca City School District. (March 26, 2007)

CU researcher works to develop cheap HIV/AIDS test
A Cornell researcher is working to develop a quick, simple and cheap immune-system test for people in the developing world. It could help HIV/AIDS sufferers in the poorest countries get appropriate treatment to extend their lives, possibly by as much as 10 to 15 years. (March 26, 2007)

Study identifies key ways to improve corporate training programs
Two relatively inexpensive strategies -- self-coaching and anonymous feedback from subordinates -- can strengthen the lessons of classroom management training, says a new study by J. Bruce Tracey and Michael J. Tews. (March 26, 2007)

Researchers find a new way to read nanoscale vibrations
Cornell University researchers have come up with a simple, inexpensive way to measure the vibration of nanomechanical oscillators by 'tapping' with an atomic force microscope. (March 26, 2007)

Students spend alternative spring break volunteering
Teaching self-defense, creative writing and Internet skills to battered women at a shelter in Welch, W.Va., are just a few of the ways that nearly 150 students spent their spring break this year. (March 26, 2007)

Students get job advice from alumni in New York City over break
Exploit opportunities and dress for the job you want were among the tips alumni offered to 18 students who took part in a three-day field trip for seniors in the Department of Communication. (March 26, 2007)

Art journal granted $100,000 from Warhol Foundation
Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, a magazine edited and published at Cornell, has received a $100,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. (March 26, 2007)

BCERF wins 2006 New York State Innovation award
Cornell's Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors has been recognized with a 2006 New York State Innovation in Breast Cancer Early Detection and Research Award. (March 26, 2007)

Architecture ranked No. 1 again by DesignIntelligence
Cornell's Bachelor of Archiecture program has once again received the top marks in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence magazine. (March 26, 2007)

Dual-career couples can now find dual-institution jobs
To help dual-career couples, the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium offers an online database of faculty and staff openings at 23 colleges, universities and teaching hospitals. (March 26, 2007)

Alan Mathios to serve as interim dean of Human Ecology
Alan Mathios, senior associate dean for academic affairs and undergraduate education in the College of Human Ecology, will serve as interim dean, effective July l. (March 23, 2007)

Dean Lisa Staiano-Coico heads to Temple University as provost
Lisa Staiano-Coico, the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean of Cornell's College of Human Ecology, has been named provost of Temple University, effective July 1. (March 23, 2007)

By 'synchronizing,' Hod and Michal Lipson manage dual careers
From the time they met and married, Hod and Michal Lipson planned to stay together in everything they did. Cornell was one of the few places where neither of them had to compromise. (March 21, 2007)

Cornell in Rome Program to celebrate 20th anniversary
Alumni of the Cornell in Rome Program will reunite in the Eternal City, in celebration of the program's 20th anniversary, March 24 to 26. (March 21, 2007)

Kaushik Basu gives an Indian perspective on globalization
Professor Kaushik Basu comments on the impact of globalization, his latest book on economics in India and Cornell's links to India. (March 21, 2007)

Researching the changing matrix of immigration
Michael Jones-Correa, professor of government, has been immersed in two projects that look at the dramatic demographic shifts of immigrants. (March 21, 2007)

CIT develops strategies for printing green at Cornell
Cornell Information Technologies' Net-Print increasingly finds ways to turn white paper into green by charging for printing, doubling-up and watermarking. (March 21, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Tooth woes and tugs from home
Ezra Cornell spent 1853-54 nearly destitute and away from home, suffering not only financially but physically and emotionally. (March 21, 2007)

U.S. religious nationalism is problematic, says Penn minister
Although religious beliefs can inspire one to strive for national justice, 'wrapping the flag with the cross' is problematic for the country, said Rev. Michael Eric Dyson of the University of Pennsylvania speaking at Cornell March 15. (March 20, 2007)

Law professor to give talk following U.S. Supreme Court appearance
John Blume will discuss his U.S. Supreme Court argument to defend death-row inmate William Weaver on Thursday, March 28, at 4 p.m. in the Saperston lounge in Myron Taylor Hall. (March 20, 2007)

Unabomber's brother speaks out against the death penalty
David Kaczynski, executive director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty and brother of 'Unabomber' Theodore Kaczynski, spoke March 8 about the issues plaguing capital punishment in the United States. (March 20, 2007)

Steve Squyres receives Franklin Institute award
On April 26 astronomy professor Steve Squyres will be awarded the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science for overseeing the science for the Mars Exploration Rover project. (March 20, 2007)

CU issues statement on dog abuse charges against student
Cornell Vice President for University Communications Tommy Bruce issued a statement March 20 concerning recent charges against a student. (March 20, 2007)

Temple Grandin discusses autism
According to Temple Grandin, humankind would still be living in caves were it not for people with Asperger syndrome. (March 19, 2007)

Innovative dragon of bamboo and steel braves the snow
The guest of honor at Cornell's 106th annual Dragon Day was paraded through campus before coming to its traditional fiery end on the Arts Quad -- although much of it survived the blaze this year. (March 16, 2007)

Faculty workshop will propose solutions to Darfur crisis
'Preparing for Peace in Sudan' will bring experts from Sudan to Cornell to analyze the most urgent problems and to identify what is needed to create lasting peace and self-sustaining development in the region. (March 16, 2007)

Dragon Day '07 takes shape behind Rand Hall
First-year architecture students worked all day Thursday, March 15, and all night into Friday morning to complete the 2007 dragon for its coming-out parade and destruction by fire. (March 16, 2007)

Authors Parrot and Cummings discuss brutality against women
In a 'Chats in the Stacks' talk honoring International Women's Day, March 8, the Cornell authors shared highlights from their book 'Forsaken Females.' (March 16, 2007)

Peter Takirambudde talks on 'Darfur: Crisis and Challenges'
Peter Takirambudde, executive director of the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, called for help -- and hope -- in the struggle to end the crisis in Darfur. (March 15, 2007)

Students support renewable energy referendum
Cornell's Student Assembly has announced the results of the 2007 election to choose a new slate of representatives, as well as the vote on three referendums. (March 15, 2007)

Health policy roundtable focuses on covering N.Y.'s uninsured
At a recent health policy roundtable at Weill Cornell Medical College, President David Skorton stressed the need for Cornell campuses to work on universal health insurance for New Yorkers. (March 15, 2007)

The 'pot shop' is affordable resource for campus and Ithaca
In a room in the basement of Willard Straight Hall sits one of Cornell's best-kept secrets: a fully functional pottery studio, complete with three kilns, 32 wheels and regular visits from world-renowned potters. (March 15, 2007)

Road closures for Dragon Day
Cornell officials have issued a dragon warning and road closure alert for Friday, March 16. (March 14, 2007)

Recording industry launches campaign with 'settlement letters'
The Recording Industry Association of America has adopted a new tactic in its ongoing battle against illegal music file sharing: 'settlement letters' that request payment. (March 14, 2007)

ILR School establishes semester abroad program in Ireland
More than a dozen students at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations will be bound for Ireland next fall to inaugurate a semester abroad program at University College Dublin's Quinn School of Business. (March 14, 2007)

Extensive renovations planned for 46-year-old Olin Library
The library needs an upgrade to meet the scholarship demands of a modern university and to resolve serious life-safety and environmental problems. If the plan is approved, work tentatively could start in two years. (March 14, 2007)

Williamson speaks on spicing up the classroom
In a talk titled 'Synergy Between Research and Teaching: Fun With Fluid Dynamics,' Charles H.K. Williamson explained how he bridges the gap between the classroom and the research lab for undergraduates. (March 14, 2007)

Scholars debate U.S. policy toward International Criminal Court
Jeremy Rabkin, Cornell professor of government, and John Washburn, convener of American nongovernmental organizations for the ICC, debated the issues March 12 in Myron Taylor Hall. (March 14, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Despair in the telegraph business
The year 1852 was dismal for Ezra Cornell -- he rarely made it home, could not support his family and made very little money. (March 14, 2007)

Noyes recreation center opens
The new Noyes Community Recreation Center had its official opening ceremonies March 8. (March 14, 2007)

CU's Samuel Bacharach to appear on HBO in new 'Addiction' series
The work of Samuel Bacharach and the ILR School's R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for Alcohol-Related Workplace Studies will be highlighted in the HBO series 'Addiction,' premiering March 15 at 9 p.m. (March 13, 2007)

Clinton Rossiter Professorship honors beloved mentor
Thanks to the effort of three notable Cornell alumni, the College of Arts and Sciences is planning to establish the Clinton Rossiter Professorship in American Institutions in the Department of Government. (March 13, 2007)

Bailey plaza groundbreaking scheduled for March 19
Groundbreaking for the $4.5 million Bailey Hall plaza project is scheduled for Monday, March 19, weather permitting. Completion is expected by Aug. 17. (March 13, 2007)

Faculty, students to meet in Cairo on water shortages in Med region
It took a humanist to lasso the talents of Cornell lawyers, engineers, development sociologists and others to teach a new graduate course, 'Water and Culture in the Mediterranean: a Crisis?' (March 13, 2007)

Girl Scouts see -- and earn -- 'Science in Action' at workshop
From building robotic submarines to designing communication devices, engineering career possibilities were seemingly endless at a science workshop for Girl Scouts, hosted by a Cornell student group March 10. (March 13, 2007)

BOOM '07 fills Duffield atrium with beeps, clicks and roars
The annual BOOM (Bits On Our Minds) exhibition filled the Duffield Hall Atrium with booths, posters and gadgets and drew hundreds of visitors. (March 12, 2007)

A rarity among arachnids, whip spiders have a sociable family life
Two species of amblypygids, or whip spiders, long thought to be purely predatory, anti-social and just plain aggressive arachnids, exhibit surprisingly warm behavior, says Cornell researcher Linda Rayor. (March 12, 2007)

Cornell AEM major is No. 10 in BusinessWeek rankings
Cornell's applied economics and management program was ranked 10th in BusinessWeek's Top 50 undergraduate business schools, released March 8. (March 9, 2007)

Board of trustees hears admissions figures and other reports
30,000 hopeful freshmen are vying for 3,200 slots at Cornell in fall, President David Skorton told the board at a meeting on campus March 9. (March 9, 2007)

Ezra Cornell exhibit opens at Kroch library
Ezra Cornell, industrialist and educator, comes alive at Kroch Library bicentennial exhibit, which opened March 8. (March 9, 2007)

CCMR microscopy contest picks best images
Stunning microscopy images of gold nanoparticles and calcium carbonate crystals, among others, win the Cornell Center for Materials Research imaging contest. (March 9, 2007)

CIT news: Mail file size increase, Traffic Control for spam
Cornell Information Technologies has raised mail file size limits from 15 MB to 50 MB during weekdays, and it has installed a new spam defense. (March 9, 2007)

Provost Martin assesses academic state of the university
Cornell Provost Biddy Martin called for more diversity in faculty hiring in her first Academic State of the University Address March 7. (March 8, 2007)

The world is a stage and research laboratory for grad students
Cornell's Einaudi Center for International Studies awards travel grants to more than 150 grad students a year. Its semiannual photo contest captures the diversity of the students' destinations. (March 7, 2007)

Cornell United Way Campaign exceeds $700,000 for first time
The Cornell United Way Campaign not only exceeded its goal of $660,000, but surpassed the $700,000 mark in pledges. The 2006 campaign officially closes March 31. (March 7, 2007)

Students learn proper business dinner etiquette
Having dinner with a potential employer? Spare the salt and mind your manners, Cornell hospitality expert Barbara Lang told a group of students, March 6 on campus. (March 7, 2007)

Partnership will study effects of secondhand smoke
Five former flight attendants recently visited Weill Cornell to announce a pledge of $8.7 million to fund an initiative that will study the effects of secondhand smoke on 'never smokers.' (March 7, 2007)

Asteroids spin at YORP speed, thanks to the effects of sunlight
Sunlight alone can change the way an asteroid and other small bodies spin in space, suggests a new study led by astronomers at Cornell and Queen's University Belfast. (March 7, 2007)

Zelda Fitzgerald sought refuge in art, granddaughter says
Eleanor Lanahan spoke about her grandparents, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, at the opening of the exhibition 'Zelda by Herself: The Art of Zelda Fitzgerald,' March 5. (March 7, 2007)

Thomas P. LiVigne named interim director of Cornell Real Estate
Thomas P. LiVigne, manager of real estate operations at Cornell, will take over for John Majeroni as interim director, effective April 2. (March 7, 2007)

Computers may need daylight-saving time update
Daylight-saving time will start three weeks earlier this year, on Sunday, March 11, and end one week later, on Sunday, Nov. 4, and most Windows and Mac computers will require an operating system update. (March 7, 2007)

Mary Berens appointed Cornell campaign senior officer
Mary F. Berens, director of alumni affairs, has been named senior campaign officer for Cornell's ambitious $4 billion fund-raising campaign. Her appointment to this newly created position is effective Sept. 1. (March 7, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Chaos in the budding telegraph business
In the late 1840s, Ezra Cornell was discouraged working in the budding telegraph business. He was rarely home and the business was chaotic. (March 7, 2007)

Campus code report goes to University Assembly
The Codes and Judicial Committee delivered its report on proposed changes to the Campus Code of Conduct and the university's judicial system to the University Assembly March 6. (March 6, 2007)

Charlene Kluegel wins 2007 concerto competition
Violinist Charlene Kluegel '10 was the winner of the third annual Cornell Concerto Competition, held Jan. 27 in Barnes Hall. (March 6, 2007)

New biofuel stove using grass pellets heats up the Big Red Barn
A grass-pellet stove has been installed in the fireplace of Cornell's Big Red Barn -- the first public demonstration of such technology in New York state. (March 6, 2007)

Premiere of Skorton's radio show addresses cost of higher ed
Cornell President David Skorton, Ithaca College President Peggy Williams and Tompkins Cortland Community College President Carl Haynes discussed rising costs in higher education in the premiere of Skorton's radio show, 'Higher Ed in the Round.' (March 6, 2007)

Classics, anthropology experts to give University Lectures
Anthropologist Marshall Sahlins and historian Francois Hartog will deliver free public lectures at Cornell this month as part of the University Lectures series. (March 6, 2007)

World Food Prize laureate honored
Soil scientist and Cornell alumnus A. Colin McClung was honored on campus March 1 for his contributions to converting the Brazilian Cerrado from wasteland into highly productive cropland. (March 6, 2007)

Law School honors alumna 'Princess Pat' of Thailand
Cornell Law School and the Thai Bar Association have forged a scholarship and exchange program honoring Cornell alumna, Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol. (March 6, 2007)

Cheyfitz speaks up for academic freedom in Ward Churchill case
Cornell's Eric Cheyfitz defended academic freedom in recent testimony in the case of controversial Native American scholar and activist Ward Churchill's threatened dismissal from the University of Colorado at Boulder. (March 6, 2007)

Thurston Avenue Bridge to be closed starting March 12
Thurston Avenue Bridge will close to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic at 7 a.m., March 12, and remain closed until students return in August. (March 5, 2007)

Imaging 'electronic gridlock' in high-temperature superconductors
Superconductivity sometimes can, it seems, become stalled by a form of electronic 'gridlock.' A possible explanation why is offered by new research at Cornell. (March 5, 2007)

Temple Grandin to speak on autism March 13
Renowned author and animal scientist Temple Grandin returns to Cornell as a Rhodes Class of '56 Visiting Professor. Free tickets are available for her lecture. (March 5, 2007)

Despite allure of Internet surveys, face-to-face interview is best
The quality of survey work over the past decade has declined as the Internet has become an increasingly seductive tool for quick, cheap data collection, said Stanford's Jon Krosnick in a campus lecture. (March 5, 2007)

From loans to bus fares, students engage Skorton on their concerns
About 30 students peppered Cornell President David Skorton with questions at a casual gathering sponsored by the student assemblies in Uris Auditorium Feb. 28. (March 1, 2007)

Skorton points to Ithaca's role in attracting faculty, students
President David Skorton spoke to the Ithaca Rotary Club Feb. 28 about Cornell's international role, which parallels the Rotary's tradition of programs that support international exchange. (March 1, 2007)

Law student Charlotte Lanvers gets Skadden Fellowship
Cornell law student Charlotte Lanvers has been awarded a Skadden Fellowship, which will support her legal work on behalf of California schoolchildren with diabetes. (March 1, 2007)

Cornell Library celebrates 100 years as federal depository
March 1 is the 100th anniversary that Cornell University Library has been serving as a federal depository library, housing more than 285,000 federal documents from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. (March 1, 2007)

Library exhibition celebrates Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday
'I Would Found an Institution: The Ezra Cornell Bicentennial' exhibition opens March 8 in the Hirshland Gallery of Carl A. Kroch Library. (March 1, 2007)

Roots of the telegraph, 1843-44
The Ezra Files looks at how Ezra Cornell got involved in the telegraph industry. (March 1, 2007)