Peace plan for Georgia outlined by ex-U.S. diplomat
Taking a conflict resolution approach to the invasion of the Republic of Georgia by Russian troops, retired U.S. career diplomat John McDonald came to campus Sept. 29 to announce a plan to alleviate the crisis. (Sept. 30, 2008)

Jazz summit: Artists reunite to discuss SoHo scene
Innovative artists who collaborated as part of the SoHo creative community in the 1970s reunited to discuss the era at the American Artistic Renaissance Symposium, Sept. 23-24 at Cornell. (Sept. 30, 2008)

Experts discuss domestic policies of Obama, McCain
About 1,000 people convened in Bailey Hall Sept. 26 to hear experts discuss the U.S. presidential candidates' positions on health care, immigration and Social Security. (Sept. 30, 2008)

Bringing 'em back to the hill
Some 4,000 Cornellians and friends returned to campus, Sept. 26-28, for Homecoming Weekend, which saw the Big Red football team defeat the Yale Bulldogs, 17-14. (Sept. 30, 2008)

Queer theorists shake up the Bard at symposium
The 'ShakesQueer' symposium brought more than 20 scholars to campus Sept. 25-27 to discuss their work and present bold interpretations of Shakespeare where few before have dared to tread. (Sept. 30, 2008)

Johnson School panel ponders the financial crisis
Rich Marin, former chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns Asset Management, and Johnson School professors Bob Jarrow and Maureen O'Hara, examined the roots of the nation's financial meltdown, Sept. 24. (Sept. 30, 2008)

Mortgage crisis: Lessons learned the hard way
To kick off the new Applied Economics and Management Current Event series, a group of alumni, all financial experts, discussed the mortgage and financial crisis, Sept. 25. (Sept. 30, 2008)

Ceremony marks opening of Keeton House
The late Cornell biology professor William T. Keeton was honored Sept. 26 with the grand opening of the West Campus residence named in his memory. (Sept. 29, 2008)

University to launch new quarterly magazine, Ezra
It is hoped the new magazine, Ezra, will become a vital news source for alumni, faculty, staff and students, as well as the Cornell community around the world. (Sept. 29, 2008)

Entomologist edits book on sustainable pest control
Anthony Shelton, Cornell professor of entomology, has co-edited the new book, which informs the debate about using transgenic crops to control pests. (Sept. 29, 2008)

How high oil prices could help U.S. manufacturing
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Johnson School Dean L. Joseph Thomas discusses the silver lining of high oil prices for U.S. manufacturing. (Sept. 29, 2008)

Terrace on North Campus named for Altschuler
The terrace at Appel Commons, overlooking Rawlings Green on North Campus, was dedicated in honor of Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler, Sept. 24. (Sept. 29, 2008)

VanEe to co-chair Cornell Computing Directors
James VanEe, director of information technology for the Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies, was elected co-chair of the Cornell Computing Directors for a two-year term. (Sept. 29, 2008)

Tisch gift will create 'ethos of excellence'
A $35 million gift from Andrew and Ann Tisch was announced today at a reception at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. (Sept. 26, 2008)

CNF celebrates new office at Weill Cornell
Bringing Cornell's nanotechnology capabilities closer to medical researchers, Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has opened a satellite office at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Sept. 26, 2008)

Andrew and Ann Tisch give $35M for professorships
A gift of $35 million from Andrew and Ann Tisch will establish the Tisch University Professorships to honor current faculty and recruit the most talented young scholars from around the world. (Sept. 26, 2008)

An interview with Andrew and Ann Tisch
Inspired by great teaching, Andrew '71 and Ann Tisch have created a $35 million endowment to help Cornell retain and attract world-class faculty members. (Sept. 26, 2008)

Gift will help in 'ferocious' competition for top faculty
Faculty hires are up, and the Tisch University Professorships gift will give Cornell an edge in retaining and recruiting top faculty. (Sept. 26, 2008)

N.Y. Farm Day in D.C. features new drink from Cornell
Cornell researcher David Barbano has developed new technology to isolate protein and calcium from skim milk to fortify all kinds of drinks with more nutrients. (Sept. 26, 2008)

Rhodes awards go to nine alumni
Nine Cornell alumni will be honored Sept. 26 with the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Awards for their outstanding long-term commitment as Cornell volunteers. (Sept. 26, 2008)

No 'dire crisis' in Cornell finances, Skorton says
Cornell is 'not in a dire crisis financially' despite the current market turmoil, President David Skorton told a campus audience, Sept. 24. Skorton will be issuing a message to the campus about the situation. (Sept. 25, 2008)

The Bard comes out in new and unexpected ways
'ShakesQueer' arrives at Cornell Sept. 26-27 to convince us that the Bard is queerer than we thought, says Professor Ellis Hanson in a Cornell Perspectives piece. (Sept. 25, 2008)

Things to Do: Week of Sept. 26
Editors' picks for events the week of Sept. 26 range from a webinar on Social Security reform to a homecoming concert by the Glee Club to a talk by retired career diplomat John McDonald on the Georgia-Russia crisis. (Sept. 25, 2008)

Meet the Candidates: John Tonello, state senate
A profile of John Tonello, a Cornell employee and a candidate for the New York State Senate seat representing the 53rd senatorial district. (Sept. 25, 2008)

Libraries and the freedom to read
In a letter to the editor, University Librarian Anne Kenney discusses Banned Books Week, Sept. 27-Oct. 4. (Sept. 25, 2008)

Celebrating Native Americans' return to ancestral land
Cornell President David Skorton, Wells College President Lisa Ryerson and Ithaca College President Tom Rochon opened the annual Native American Homecoming Festival Sept. 20. (Sept. 25, 2008)

Vet students roam the world to improve animal health
From Ecuador to Mozambique, students traveled the world as part of the College of Veterinary Medicine's 2008 Expanding Horizons program. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Exploring cooperation for agriculture in Americas
Officials from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture traveled to Cornell during the week of Sept. 15 to explore promoting rural development, collaborating and sharing information and technology. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Working Mother magazine names CU a best employer
For the third consecutive year, Cornell has been named to Working Mother magazine's list of '100 Best Employers for Working Mothers' in the United States. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Fiction from Epoch makes major anthologies
Four short stories from a recent issue of Epoch, the Cornell literary magazine, have been selected for inclusion in major anthologies. The magazine has a history of promoting new literary talent. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Mars rover Opportunity sets out on its greatest journey yet
The Mars rover Opportunity has a new target. It will attempt to drive 11 kilometers to explore the crater that the Mars Exploration Rover team has unofficially dubbed 'Endeavour.' (Sept. 24, 2008)

DeVoogd named 2008 Jefferson Science fellow
Neurobiologist Timothy DeVoogd will work for a year in the State Department's Bureau for Western Hemisphere Affairs to promote science and technology education and entrepreneurship in Latin America. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Campus gains in safety, health, sustainability celebrated
On Sept. 24 President David Skorton recognized the work staff members have done on campus initiatives in safety, health, emergency preparedness, sustainability and environment risk management. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Peter Katzenstein appointed president of APSA
On Aug. 30, Peter J. Katzenstein, professor of international studies at Cornell, became president of the American Political Science Association. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Nominations sought for 2009 Rhodes professorship
Faculty, staff, students, alumni and Cornell groups are invited to submit nominations for the Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professorship. Nomination deadline is Oct. 15. (Sept. 24, 2008)

National Park(ing) Day made C-town a little greener
On Sept. 19, Cornell's chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects transformed a metered parking space on College Avenue into a mini park for the day to observe National Park(ing) Day. (Sept. 24, 2008)

Cornell tops AARP's 2008 list of best employers
Cornell is the best place in the nation to work for people over age 50, according to AARP, because of its commitment to staff and faculty, more than 40 percent of whom are age 50 or older. (Sept. 23, 2008)

Two alumni win MacArthur 'genius' fellowships
John Ochsendorf '96, an MIT associate professor, and stage lighting designer Jennifer Tipton '58 have each won $500,000, no-strings-attached fellowships from the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation. (Sept. 23, 2008)

Researchers describe how some bacteria kill males
A Cornell scientist has helped describe for the first time how certain male-killing bacteria manage to specifically kill off males of a parasitic wasp: They first invade the mother. (Sept. 23, 2008)

Nobelist Carl Wieman: Use science to teach science
The standard model for teaching introductory science - with lectures given to a hall full of silent students, homework assigned from the back of a textbook and exams - is failing, said Wieman. (Sept. 23, 2008)

Tibi says anti-Semitism is view of radical 'Islamists'
'Islam is free from anti-Semitism,' said scholar Bassam Tibi, Sept. 22, at a campus colloquium. He argued that Islamism, and not Islam, is responsible for anti-Semitic and anti-American viewpoints. (Sept. 23, 2008)

Critic speaks on urban design at Trancik retirement event
Architecture critic Robert Campbell lectured Sept. 12 in honor of Roger Trancik's retirement after 38 years as a Cornell professor of city and regional planning and landscape architecture. (Sept. 23, 2008)

Cornell Rumi Society celebrates poet's culture
More than 100 people celebrated the culture from the land of Rumi, the 13th-century Muslim and Turkish scholar and poet who preached peace and tolerance, Sept. 18 at a Cornell Rumi Society event. (Sept. 23, 2008)

Legendary hockey, lacrosse coach Ned Harkness dies at 89
Nevin D. 'Ned' Harkness, the first coach to win national championships in two different sports, died Sept. 19 at the age of 89. A memorial service is being planned for 11 a.m. on Oct. 11 in Glens Falls, N.Y. (Sept. 19, 2008)

GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say CU researchers
The researchers presented a paper on their experimentation with GPS spoofing at a meeting of the Institute of Navigation, Sept. 19 in Savannah, Ga. (Sept. 19, 2008)

High-temperature superconductor 'pseudogap' imaged
Cornell researchers and colleagues have produced the first atomic-scale description of what electrons are doing in the mysterious 'pseudogap' in high-temperature superconductors. (Sept. 19, 2008)

Uphoff describes rice-growing method in Africa
Independent evaluations of the method, called the System of Rice Intensification, are slowly finding fertile ground in Africa. (Sept. 19, 2008)

Garry Wills calls Lincoln-Douglas debates 'a great tragic drama'
Historian Garry Wills, author of 2008 New Student Reading Project selection 'Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America,' gave a lecture Sept. 17 on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. (Sept. 19, 2008)

Campuswide plan prepares Cornell for pandemic flu
A universitywide steering committee has developed a preparation and response plan that establishes parameters for planning and provides specific guidelines governing campus functions if a pandemic occurs. (Sept. 19, 2008)

Things to Do: Week of Sept. 19
Editors' picks for Cornell events during the week of Sept. 19 range from Saturn exhibition to poetry performance to a visit by a Bollywood star. (Sept. 19, 2008)

Students help staff double Cornell's Day of Caring contributions
More than 10,000 pounds of food and personal care items were collected during the Sept. 11 Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring, sponsored by the United Way of Tompkins County. (Sept. 19, 2008)

Reminder: Military families have expanded benefits
The expanded Family and Medical Leave Act rules allow up to 12 or 26 weeks of job-protected leave for employees who have increased personal responsibilities due to a family member in the military. (Sept. 19, 2008)

CU physicists create world's thinnest balloon
A team of Cornell researchers has created a balloonlike membrane that is just one atom thick -- but strong enough to contain gasses under several atmospheres of pressure without popping. (Sept. 18, 2008)

Powerhouse team battles to save right whales
Cornell is working with Georgia Ports Authority, among other organizations, to monitor and help protect North Atlantic right whales off the eastern seaboard. (Sept. 18, 2008)

Archaeology at Smuttynose reveals fate of fisheries
An Island archaeology course at the Isles of Shoals digs up historical artifacts and clues about the decline of fisheries in the North Atlantic. (Sept. 18, 2008)

Harris book dissects race-based disadvantage
Interim Provost David Harris examines the complex factors contributing to poverty in his new book, 'The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist.' (Sept. 18, 2008)

Integrity is good for business, says Hotel School professor
Doing what you say you will do makes your business more money, says Hotel School professor Tony Simons in his new book, 'The Integrity Dividend: Leading by the Power of Your Word.' (Sept. 18, 2008)

Researchers trace drugs in key brain cells
Researchers describe how brain cells process antidepressants, cocaine and amphetamines. The findings could lead to more targeted medications for psychiatric diseases and addiction. (Sept. 17, 2008)

'Wii-habilitation': Using video games to heal burns
Rehabilitation therapists from Weill Cornell Medical Center are using the motion-sensitive Nintendo Wii video game console, along with traditional methods, to help patients recover from life-changing injuries. (Sept. 17, 2008)

NSF recognizes ribosome researcher Blanchard
Weill Cornell Medical College researcher Scott Blanchard received the Career Award from the National Science Foundation for his groundbreaking work in cell biology. (Sept. 17, 2008)

Blood pressure meds put women at greater risk
New research shows that women benefit less than men from two common blood pressure drugs for the reduction of left-ventricular hypertrophy, which is a thickening and enlargement of the heart. (Sept. 17, 2008)

Dean Alonso of Qatar medical college to retire
Daniel R. Alonso, dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar since its 2001 inception, announced his retirement effective Jan. 1 2009. Deputy Dean Javaid Sheikh will take over as interim dean. (Sept. 17, 2008)

Engineering college launches teaching institute
An advisory group of engineering faculty and staff led the creation of the new institute, envisioned to help faculty become more effective teachers. (Sept. 17, 2008)

Conference touts podcars as alternative transport
A conference at Cornell promotes 'podcars' that would move people quickly and efficiently enough to convince them to leave their cars home. (Sept. 16, 2008)

To survive, tiger moths are bright for birds, click for bats
A study shows that a tiger moth's bright coloring and clicking sounds evolved independently as a response to specific predators - visually oriented birds and acoustically oriented bats. (Sept. 16, 2008)

Protected whales heard near NYC for first time
For the first time, beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded in waters around New York City, according to Cornell experts. (Sept. 16, 2008)

Campus going greener, faster than expected
Cornell's first greenhouse gas inventory reveals that the university expects to reduce its central utilities emissions by almost one-third by 2010 -- far exceeding its goal of being 7 percent below 1990 carbon emission levels by 2012. (Sept. 16, 2008)

CU scientists receive American Heart Association grants
The American Heart Association has awarded seven new grants to Cornell researchers for their work, which is geared at fighting heart disease and stroke. (Sept. 16, 2008)

Staff member Jason Becraft dies at 32
Jason Becraft, a 32-year-old computer analyst with Cornell's Division of Risk Management and Public Safety, died Sept. 13 while participating in the AIDS Ride for Life. (Sept. 16, 2008)

Artistic Renaissance Symposium features jazz greats
Jazz greats Henry Threadgill, Stanley Crouch and Charlie Haden, painter Fred Brown and others will gather at Cornell Sept. 22-24 to discuss and recapture the spirit of the SoHo art scene in the 1970s. (Sept. 15, 2008)

Evidence of evolutionary selection found in 544 genes
By comparing the genomes of humans and five other mammals, Cornell researchers have identified 544 genes that have been shaped by positive selection over millions of years of evolution. (Sept. 15, 2008)

Workshop on applying nanotech to cancer research, Sept. 26
Experts in cancer biology and nanotechnology will discuss problems in the clinical and basic science of cancer, and will showcase nanotechnology advances that have led to breakthroughs in research and treatment. (Sept. 15, 2008)

Perlus appointed associate dean of AAP
Barry Perlus, a member of the Cornell art faculty since 1984, has been named associate dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. (Sept. 15, 2008)

German fellowships available
Fellowship opportunities are available to Cornell students and postdocs for study in Germany in academic year 2009-10. (Sept. 15, 2008)

CU faculty can now work with regional ecosystem unit
Cornell is now a member of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, which involves research in biological, physical, social and cultural sciences needed to study ecosystems in North America. (Sept. 15, 2008)

Cornell librarian Lucille N. Wright dies at age 93
Lucille (Neumann) Wright, a librarian at Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Library who also did agricultural bibliographical work in Cornell's Mann Library, died Aug. 25. (Sept. 15, 2008)

Final West Campus house named for Flora Rose
Flora Rose was recruited to Cornell 101 years ago as a lecturer in nutrition. She was instrumental in founding the College of Home Economics, which evolved into today's College of Human Ecology. (Sept. 12, 2008)

Peace Studies Program roundtable reflects on 9/11
Professors Barry Strauss, Peter Katzenstein and Matthew Evangelista discuss the implications of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a roundtable discussion, sponsored by the Peace Studies Program. (Sept. 12, 2008)

Seven states say atheists need not apply
Religion has been written in as a qualifying and a disqualifying factor in many states' constitutions throughout U.S. history, write Professors Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore. (Sept. 12, 2008)

Seven things to do: Week of Sept. 15
Editors' picks for Cornell events during the week of Sept. 15 range from theater performances to scientific lectures. (Sept. 12, 2008)

Marchell family benefits from adoption program
Cornell's Adoption Assistance Program provided Tim Marchell and his family help with the adoption process, providing referrals and networking with Cornell Vietnamese students. (Sept. 12, 2008)

New health plan focuses on wellness
According to Benefit Services, the Cornell Program for Healthy Living can provide both that personal focus on wellness and cost savings. (Sept. 12, 2008)

New 'Guide to Workshops' is online
The Office of Human Resources' 'Guide to Workshops' provides a wealth of information about both on- and off-campus learning opportunities. (Sept. 12, 2008)

Cornell professors win award for death-row work
John Blume and Sheri Lynn Johnson were both honored with the Thurgood Marshall Award for Capital Representation given by New York City's Bar for their pro bono work defending death row prisoners. (Sept. 11, 2008)

Hotel School names new associate dean
Jon Denison has been appointed associate dean for external affairs at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. (Sept. 11, 2008)

Nanotech facility to open branch at Weill Cornell
The opening of the office will be marked by a nanomedicine symposium, Sept. 24 from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. (Sept. 11, 2008)

CU directs U.N. meeting on impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa
The Sept. 9 United Nations University Cornell Africa Series Symposium addressed the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa. The event was organized by Professor David Sahn. (Sept. 11, 2008)

Students propose making Hollister greener
A group of engineering management master's students dedicated their fall 2007 master of engineering project to a case study for increasing energy efficiency in Cornell buildings. (Sept. 11, 2008)

If there's another e-mail crash, CIT will be ready
A report on the Great E-mail Outage of 2008 offers measures to deal with future technical problems and to improve communication with the public. (Sept. 11, 2008)

Staff may use e-mail aliases based on full name
A Cornell staff member can now adopt an optional e-mail alias in addition to the default address based on NetID. (Sept. 11, 2008)

Beware of CFCU, CIT and other phishing scams
There are ways to protect yourself from e-mails that claim to be from local sources, such as banks or the Cornell administration. (Sept. 11, 2008)

Kenney prepares for major overhaul of Olin Library
University Librarian Anne Kenney is at work on technical and administrative fronts, but her chief priority is the renovation of Olin Library. (Sept. 10, 2008)

Stroock lab creates first synthetic tree
The 'tree' simulates the process of transpiration, the cohesive capillary action that allows real trees to wick moisture upward to their highest branches. (Sept. 10, 2008)

Social scientist talks about inequality in education
Parents' education and income, as opposed to school funding, are better predictors of a student's success, says Cornell sociologist Stephen Morgan. (Sept. 9, 2008)

Skorton takes questions from radio listeners
President David Skorton answered questions about sustainability, diversity and the Freshman Reading Project on WVBR's Sunday Forum radio show Sept. 7. (Sept. 9, 2008)

Judging the jury: Does the American jury system work?
'American Juries: The Verdict,' co-authored by Cornell law professor Valerie Hans, surveys the 30-year-old field of jury studies. (Sept. 9, 2008)

Cornell Tradition fellowship named for Susan Murphy
The Susan H. Murphy Fellowship has been established by an anonymous donor to honor Murphy, Cornell vice president for student and academic services. (Sept. 9, 2008)

New kinds of workers calls for new kinds of unions
Sara Horowitz, ILR '84, founder of Working Today, a union for flexible workers, delivered the Iscol Family Program lecture on the need for new kinds of unions, Sept. 8. (Sept. 9, 2008)

Robert Morgan wins Thomas Wolfe Prize at UNC
Cornell Professor Robert Morgan shares a birthday and more with writer Thomas Wolfe. And Morgan will receive the 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize Oct. 2 at the University of North Carolina, where both writers are alumni. (Sept. 9, 2008)

Jason Moran's Monk program opens Cornell Concert Series
Pianist and composer Jason Moran will open the 2008-09 Cornell Concert Series Sept. 20 with a free concert, a multimedia tribute to Thelonious Monk. (Sept. 9, 2008)

CU researchers survey for rare birds among Mayan ruins
Greg Budney, audio curator of the Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library, traveled to Guatemala's Peten region to inventory bird species and collect audio recordings at two pre-Columbian Mayan archaeological sites. (Sept. 9, 2008)

ILR's Brad Bell wins award for productive, varied research
The associate professor's interest in 'knowing how things work' began with a beat-up 1970 Chevelle. (Sept. 8, 2008)

Skorton uses power of words to get out the vote
Cornell President David Skorton read the Gettysburg Address and spoke of the power of oratory in persuading people, Sept. 6, at a kickoff event for Educate the Vote, Cornell's fall election series. (Sept. 8, 2008)

Taiwan party leader details tense relations with China
Tsai Ing-Wen, chair of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan since May, spoke at Cornell Law School, Sept. 4, about Taiwan's status and its tension with mainland China. (Sept. 8, 2008)

Taking a second look at the 'wisdom of strangers'
Harvard's Sheila Jasanoff says she holds the Bush administration accountable for the 'radical skepticism' that many Americans now have toward science and technology. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Alice Fulton explores family-based fiction
In her first short-story collection, poet and Cornell professor of English Alice Fulton finds inspiration in four generations of women in her upstate family. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Simulated crisis tests campus preparedness
Emergency management officials at Cornell hosted a tabletop exercise Aug. 20 to assess readiness for one of the worst possible incidents, a shooting and hostage-taking scenario on campus. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Old Order farmers profit from new order idea
Cornell vegetable experts are working with New York Amish and Mennonite communities in using high-tunnel technology, a sort of plastic greenhouse that keeps plants warmer and extends the growing season. (Sept. 5, 2008)

NASA announces Sagan fellowships
The Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration were created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Pastor's deeds enrich lives of thousands of Guatemalans
The Rev. Gregory Schaffer, pastor and program director for the Mission San Lucas Toliman in Guatemala, kicked off the Latin American Studies Program's Fall Seminar Series Sept. 3. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Rob Ryan '69 speaks on success, flowers and zebras
Entrepreneur and alumnus Rob Ryan shared secrets of his success with students in applied economics and management during a Sept. 1 lecture. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Students learn how to resolve conflicts professionally
ILR students learned the ins and outs of mediation at an August seminar. Ninety applicants competed for 26 slots at the workshop, which is offered twice a year. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Literary scholar Robert Elias dies at 94
Elias was the Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature and American Studies at Cornell, and a respected scholar in the field of American literature. He died Aug. 16 in Brookline, Mass. (Sept. 5, 2008)

New ILR students get inside view of Cornell
Fifty new ILR students learned about Cornell as an employer in a special program Aug. 26 with Cornell Vice President for Human Resources Mary Opperman. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Physicists to host forum on particle accelerator Sept. 9
The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland could provide new clues about the nature of mass and the origin of the universe, say Cornell physicists involved in the massive international endeavor. (Sept. 4, 2008)

Summer Math Institute gets three-year grant from NSF
The Summer Math institute, launched in 2006 for college students considering graduate school, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for $753,000 over the next three years. (Sept. 4, 2008)

CU faculty discuss water shortages in Greece
Gail Holst-Warhaft and Tammo Steenhuis traveled to Greece this summer to continue spreading public awareness on severe water shortages in the Mediterranean. (Sept. 4, 2008)

Kresovich welcomes nine new life sciences fellows
Vice Provost for the Life Sciences Stephen Kresovich welcomed nine new graduate students selected as this year's Presidential Life Sciences Fellows at an Aug. 29 reception. (Sept. 4, 2008)

Perspectives: What are we doing here at Cornell?
Professor Ross Brann expresses disappointment with the lack of engagement new students showed in discussing 'Lincoln at Gettysburg' and with faculty participation in helping students choose courses. (Sept. 4, 2008)

New institute will apply computer power to sustainability
The Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell, launched with a $10 million NSF grant, will apply computer science to problems in managing and allocating natural resources. (Sept. 3, 2008)

A.D. White House dining room named for Biddy Martin
President David Skorton announced the naming of the Carolyn 'Biddy' Martin Room at Martin's farewell reception on Bailey Plaza, Sept. 2. (Sept. 3, 2008)

Dance alumni convene for weekend activities
The Cornell Dance Program's second All-Years Dance Reunion, Aug. 29-31, kicked off the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts' 20th season. (Sept. 3, 2008)

David Harris muses on his new 'trickle up' job
David Harris began his duties as interim provost Sept. 1, and his experience as deputy provost and vice provost for the social sciences has prepared him to hit the ground running during the search process. (Sept. 2, 2008)

New endowment will support Arts and Sciences
The recently endowed Charles T. Stewart '40 Fund for the College of Arts and Sciences will support the college in perpetuity. The fund was established in honor of Stewart, who passed away in January. (Sept. 2, 2008)

Experts to dissect Obama-McCain domestic policies
At the event 'Educate the Vote: McCain v. Obama in 3D -- Data and Debate on Domestic Policy' Sept. 26, experts in health care, immigration and Social Security will analyze the candidates' proposals. (Sept. 2, 2008)

Cornell to host inaugural French studies conference
The French Studies Program presents a bilingual conference, 'Historiography, Theory, Literature: Franco-American Exchanges,' Sept. 11-13, which highlights a partnership with the Ecole normale superieure (ENS). (Sept. 2, 2008)

Openings for staff in Employee, University assemblies
Vacancies remain for nonfaculty staff members in two of Cornell's Ithaca campus governance organizations, the Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Sept. 2, 2008)

Cascadilla Gorge trail reopens
Critical safety repairs recently were completed on Cornell Plantations' Cascadilla Gorge trail, and the trail is now open. (Sept. 2, 2008)

Grad students return to Hasbrouck
With completion of construction on West Campus, the Hasbrouck apartment complex is back to housing only graduate students, families, visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows. (Sept. 2, 2008)

Researchers locate geographic origins from DNA
In the journal Nature, an international team of researchers describes the use of DNA to predict the geographic origins of individuals from a sample of Europeans, often within a few hundred kilometers of where they were born. (Sept. 2, 2008)