A look at McGraw Hall's anthropology collections
Mummies, a shell necklace from a Hawaiian chief, masks from male initiation rituals in Zambia - it's all at McGraw Hall Museum, home of the anthropology department's teaching collection. (April 30, 2009)

Writing in Majors course focuses on research
In this molecular biology and cell biology lab course, undergraduates do original research as well as intensive writing. (April 30, 2009)

Africana Center announces 17 new courses
Building on the hire of five new faculty members including four senior scholars, the Africana Studies and Research Center has added courses ranging from the politics of hip-hop to black feminists theories. (April 30, 2009)

Course on Transformative Action begins May 4
The goal of the six-week course is to provide community members with some of the skills and strategies needed to engage in this empowering approach to social change. (April 30, 2009)

Things to do, May 1-8
This week's Things to Do include classical music, dance and a subversive feminist 'Ramayana.' (April 30, 2009)

CU in the City, May 1-8
Cornell New York City events include a 5K walk/run, wine tasting and a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (April 30, 2009)

Frozen helium-4 may be an unusual 'superglass'
Frozen helium-4 that flows without friction may be a superglass rather than a crystalline supersolid, according to Cornell researchers. (April 30, 2009)

Day Hall officials take over Ho Plaza to talk diversity
Students, faculty and staff members had the opportunity to speak with senior administrators during a weeklong series of five 'Day Hall Talks Diversity' events around campus. (April 30, 2009)

Diversity programs aim to change Cornell's climate
University Diversity Council initiatives offer a variety of approaches to promote a more inclusive environment that embraces differences in race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, class and nationality. (April 30, 2009)

Michael Ashkin receives Guggenheim fellowship
Assistant professor of art Michael Ashkin has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation supporting his upcoming solo sculpture exhibition in Vienna, Austria. (April 30, 2009)

PBS documentary profiles Tommy Gold
A PBS documentary, 'Renegade Genius: The Story of Tommy Gold,' airing in May and June, profiles the late Cornell professor. (April 30, 2009)

New apple varieties developed at CU being tested
Thirty apple orchard owners around New York state are growing new apple varieties developed at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva to test whether the apples should be commercialized. (April 30, 2009)

The labyrinth is a bloomin': Open House, May 2
Professor Bill Miller's Herbaceous Plant Materials class planted a more ambitious labyrinth with more than 14,000 bulbs of daffodils, tulips and muscari topped with pansies. (April 30, 2009)

Slope Day road closures and TCAT bus route changes
To accommodate the annual Slope Day event, Cornell will close some roads and TCAT will modify several bus routes. Some changes go into effect April 30. (April 30, 2009)

Employee Free Choice act debated
Labor and employment attorneys debated the Employee Free Choice Act as part of Union Days events at the ILR School April 16. (April 30, 2009)

Five students win Fuerst awards for library work
Rachael Moxley '09, Matthew Stukus '09, Annie Kearns '09, William Chen '09 and Kristen Alldredge '09 have won $500 for exceptional performance, leadership and library service to campus. (April 30, 2009)

Responsible governance in Africa is vital, says Ibrahim
Responsible governance on the African continent is possible - and crucial - said Mo Ibrahim, a philanthropist, 'accidental businessman' and the 2009 Bartels World Affairs Fellow, in a lecture April 27. (April 28, 2009)

Analysis of Flickr could lead to online travel books
Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos. Their research provides a new way to automatically organize, label and summarize large-scale collections of digital images. (April 28, 2009)

'Day Hall Talks Diversity' on Ho Plaza, April 28
Cornell leaders, including President David Skorton, will set up tables on Ho Plaza over the lunch hour Tuesday, April 28, to host informal discussions with the community about diversity at the university. (April 27, 2009)

George P. Hess named arts and sciences fellow
The professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology is one of 210 fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Also inducted was novelist and Cornell alumnus Thomas Pynchon. (April 27, 2009)

Research project will examine electoral rules
Government professor Christopher J. Anderson is co-investigator for an international collaborative research project that will examine elections in Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. (April 27, 2009)

Diversity initiative sponsors forum on abortion
The University Diversity Council's Breaking Bread initiative brought together student pro-choice and pro-life groups for dinner and a discussion on abortion to help the groups find common ground. (April 27, 2009)

Saudi Arabian prince to U.S.: Keep us in the loop
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States from 2005 to 2007, traced the more than 80-year relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in an April 23 lecture. (April 24, 2009)

Asa Craig wins a seat on board of trustees
Cornell's student body have elected sophomore Asa Craig as its representative to the Cornell Board of Trustees. He will serve a two-year term beginning July 1. (April 24, 2009)

Five win awards for improving campus climate for women
Judith Appleton, Krystal Bruyer, Keesha Hayes, Melissa Thomas-Hunt and Judy Virgilio are the recipients of the 2009 Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards, which were presented April 23. (April 24, 2009)

Share cost-saving ideas on new e-list
As Cornell works to address its financial challenges, it is also aggressively developing programs to help faculty and staff members deal with their own financial challenges. (April 24, 2009)

New beginnings: Leslie Millspaugh
For Leslie Millspaugh, the Staff Retirement Incentive Program was just what she needed to start a new life in the suburbs of Detroit. (April 24, 2009)

NCAA recertifies CU's Division I athletics program
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has recertified Cornell as a Division I athletics program with no concerns. (April 23, 2009)

Hewlett-Packard appeals CU victory in patent dispute
A federal court has affirmed Cornell's win in a 2001 patent dispute with Hewlett-Packard, but HP has appealed. (April 23, 2009)

John Cleese on fame, education -- and hotels
Provost's Visiting Professor John Cleese reflected on group dynamics among the 'Monty Python' cast, as well as customer service, creativity and celebrity during his latest visit, April 19-21. (April 23, 2009)

Bike design and rape alert system take top awards
A bike design and a rape alert system were the big winners at this year's 'Big Idea Competition.' The finalists were chosen at an April 17 event during Entrepreneurship@Cornell's Celebration 2009. (April 23, 2009)

Eye-injury device wins Cornell Venture Challenge
Bombyx Technologies' medical devices that are a low-cost alternative to corneal transplants won the Johnson School's Venture Challenge competition, held April 16. (April 23, 2009)

Walker says to use Internet to solve world problems
Jay Walker '77, founder of Priceline.com and Walker Digital, delivered the keynote address April 16 as the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. (April 23, 2009)

Team in China offers innovative urban eco-design
A Cornell team traveled to China to participate in an eco-urban design workshop, where they developed an innovative urban model for China to consider as it prepares to build new cities. (April 23, 2009)

Johnson School students help Colombian businesses
Thirty-three Johnson School students spent an intensive spring break in Colombia, advising business leaders on ways to grow their operations and forge into new markets. (April 23, 2009)

AAP students blog on their impressions of Rome
Architecture, art and planning students in the Cornell in Rome Program are documenting their impressions through a series of blogs. (April 23, 2009)

Einaudi Center program marks 50-year milestone
Cornell's Southeast Asia Program has been designated a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies Center for 50 years. (April 23, 2009)

Things to Do, April 24-May 1
Thing to Do the week of April 24-May 1 include the Bartels World Affairs Fellowship Lecture by Mo Ibrahim, a lecture on the benefits of cellular research, talks by a former Tuskegee airman, concerts and films. (April 23, 2009)

CU in the City, April 24-May 1
New York City Cornell events for the week of April 24 - May 1 include a talk on household finance, an art tour and a symposium on business and medicine. (April 23, 2009)

Bill Steele's 'Garbage!' an Earth anthem 40 years later
The song 'Garbage!' by Bill Steele '54 remains one of the environmental movement's anthems, popularized by Pete Seeger and still as timely as when Steele wrote it in San Francisco in 1969. (April 22, 2009)

Architect offers a vision for sustainable future
Architect and designer William McDonough offered his practical utopian vision for environmentally sound design in his April 21 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture in Kennedy Hall. (April 22, 2009)

Zinni speaks on peace in the Middle East
Speaking to students and faculty in Goldwin Smith Hall April 21, retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni called the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 'a core issue' in the global geopolitical landscape. (April 22, 2009)

Consumer Camp participants get the skinny on overeating
About 80 professionals attended the the Cornell Food and Brand Lab's annual Consumer Camp April 17-18 to learn about how everyday external cues can affect how much people eat. (April 22, 2009)

Union Days speaker says government should do more
Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan, speaking April 15 at the ILR School's Union Days, urged greater government aid to workers, including health insurance and pensions. (April 22, 2009)

Health care reform is imperative, says doctor-author
Dr. Arthur Garson laid out the topography of the health care debate, defining terms and dispelling a few myths along the way, in his keynote address kicking off the Sick in America series, April 20. (April 21, 2009)

Campus commemoration of student 'takeover'
The 1969 student takeover of Willard Straight Hall was an event that 'changed Cornell, and to some extent American higher education, for all time,' said President David Skorton at an April 17 event. (April 21, 2009)

Alumni, faculty reflect on Straight takeover
At an event in New York City April 17, alumni and faculty members looked back on the 1969 takeover of Willard Straight Hall. (April 21, 2009)

Vet students work on monkeys and crocs in Honduras
Seven students practiced clinical skills on exotic animals while in Honduras with the International Veterinary Medicine Abroad program for 10 days earlier this semester. (April 21, 2009)

Contest celebrates student book collections
Winners in Cornell's seventh annual Book Collection Contest include the owners of a book collection about interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and of a collection of Mark Strand publications. (April 21, 2009)

Hotel School to honor Bill Marriott
J.W. 'Bill' Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International, will receive the first Icon of the Industry Award from the Hotel School June 2. (April 20, 2009)

Students mentor disadvantaged children in Florida
Over spring break a group of students worked with children in Tangelo Park, Fla., where they were hosted by Harris Rosen '61. Rosen has offered to fund college for high school graduates in that neighborhood. (April 20, 2009)

Congressman Massa visits Biofuels Research Lab
U.S. Rep. Eric Massa (D-Corning) toured Cornell's new Biofuels Research Laboratory April 16, calling it a 'national asset' that could help transform the economy and preserve America's national security. (April 20, 2009)

Mary Ochs appointed director of Mann Library
Mary Ochs '79 is the new director of Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University Library has announced. Ochs has served as interim director since October 2008. (April 20, 2009)

Talking man to man, president to president
Wearing his full academic regalia, President David J. Skorton offered greetings April 17 at the inauguration of Ithaca College's new president, Thomas Rochon. (April 20, 2009)

Sloan Program to graduate its 50th class this May
On the 50th anniversary of the Sloan Program's first graduating class, the College of Human Ecology looks back on the program's history. (April 20, 2009)

Former Saudi ambassador to speak on campus
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States from 2005 to 2007, will lecture on campus April 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. (April 20, 2009)

A campus takeover that symbolized an era of change
The first in a series of articles about the four-decade legacy of the 36-hour student takeover of Willard Straight Hall that began April 18, 1969. (April 16, 2009)

Opperman salutes 432 new retirees
Vice President for Human Resources Mary Opperman does not want the business of retirement to overshadow the contributions of staff members who are retiring, and the value of those who remain. (April 16, 2009)

Student organization MOSAIC wins 2009 Perkins Prize
The 15th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Harmony and Understanding was presented April 15 to MOSAIC - For Queer and Same Gender Loving People of Color. (April 16, 2009)

Applying squeeze could lead to 'instant on' memory
Researchers have deposited strontium titanate on silicon in such a way that the silicon squeezes it into a ferroelectric state -- a result that could prove key to low-power, high-efficiency electronic memory devices. (April 16, 2009)

Faculty Senate votes for no classes on Labor Day
Students and professors may no longer have to labor on Labor Day, if the Faculty Senate has its way. The senate voted April 8 to cancel classes on the holiday, celebrated the first Monday in September. (April 16, 2009)

Release of student art publication is a circus
Spectacle and showmanship filled Willard Straight Hall's Memorial Room April 13, as 'Awkward Circus' presented a variety of acts reflecting student life, from jugglers to a burlesque routine. (April 16, 2009)

CU nurse home-visit study has led to national program
A series of Cornell studies in the 1970s and '80s showed that a nurse home-visiting program for low-income women pregnant with their first child can help alleviate some problems caused by poverty. (April 16, 2009)

Things to Do, April 17-23
Events include a weekend of jazz, reflections on feminism and a talk on prospects for Middle East peace. (April 16, 2009)

CU in the City, April 17-23
Cornell New York City events for the week of April 17-23 include a reception for newly accepted students, the Human Ecology Alumni Association annual meeting and volunteerism. (April 16, 2009)

Pinpointing catalytic reactions on carbon nanotubes
Cornell researchers have shown that catalytic reactions on carbon nanotubes occur at unique sites, which could lead to a new way to make cleaner fuels. (April 16, 2009)

Employee Assembly elections are under way
All nonfaculty employees of the university can vote in the Employee Assembly election through 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 24. Results will be announced April 30. (April 16, 2009)

Hardship Fund application period runs through May 29
As gifts from staff and faculty continue to be made online or sent to the Hardship Fund at 130 Day Hall, applications to the fund are also being submitted. (April 16, 2009)

Connectivity helps in coping with turbulent times
An April 7 panel discussion focused on different ways managers can help employees handle current financial and emotional challenges. (April 16, 2009)

Webinars to focus on flexible work arrangements
Two upcoming webinar workshops offered by the Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality will help supervisors and staff members develop and implement flexible work arrangements. (April 16, 2009)

Campus construction now tracked on new Web site
Which campus construction projects are moving forward during the construction pause? A Web site that went live April 15 has the answers. (April 15, 2009)

An ambitious 'Mass' -- Bernstein's opus at Schwartz
The Cornell production of Leonard Bernstein's rarely seen 'Mass' will have more than 125 performers on stage at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, April 21-26. (April 15, 2009)

Conference on national insecurity and militarization
Scholars will explore military conflict and security in a two-day conference, 'Accumulating Insecurity, Securing Accumulation: Militarizing Everyday Life,' April 17-18 at the ILR Conference Center. (April 15, 2009)

New test may predict breast cancer metastasis
In a finding that could change the way breast cancer is treated, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified a new marker for breast cancer metastasis. (April 15, 2009)

Feldshuh play is joyous, vibrant, unsettling
'Miss Evers' Boys,' a play by Cornell's David Feldshuh, was performed at the Shell Theater in Manhattan March 19-April 5. (April 15, 2009)

Weill Cornell's Lamon earns Hartwell fellowship
Weill Cornell's Brian Lamon is the recipient of a $100,000 Biomedical Research Fellowship from the Hartwell Foundation. (April 15, 2009)

Business and medicine symposium coming April 30
Weill Cornell Medical College and the Johnson School will co-host the Cornell Business Medicine Symposium April 30 from 3 to 8 p.m. in WCMC's Uris Auditorium in New York City. (April 15, 2009)

eLab helps nurture nine undergrad student businesses
Student Agencies eLab, the nonprofit accelerator for undergraduate businesses, is helping nine student groups this semester develop and grow their business ideas. (April 15, 2009)

Human rights advocate finds freedom to write
Ushari Khalil is on campus this year to lecture and write about his advocacy on behalf of children and displaced populations in Sudan -- work that has put him at risk there. (April 14, 2009)

Library scales back on books, journals, databases
Facing the same budgetary challenges as the university in the coming year, Cornell University Library will reduce acquisitions of library materials by 7.1 percent for fiscal year 2010. (April 14, 2009)

New insights into how SARS pathogen infects host
Cornell researchers have discovered key properties in coronaviruses that help explain how such viruses as SARS invade their hosts and cross species barriers. (April 14, 2009)

Entrepreneur of the Year calls CU an 'academic feast'
Digital age pioneer Jay Walker, ILR '77, founder of Priceline.com and Cornell's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, talks about his college years, his life and his career. (April 14, 2009)

ILR institute partners with arbitration association
An unprecedented partnership between the ILR School's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution and the American Arbitration Association begins this year with a series of seminars. (April 14, 2009)

Alumni elect representatives to board of trustees
Paul Salvatore '81, J.D. '84, and Eileen (McManus) Walker '76, MBA '78, have been elected by alumni to the Cornell Board of Trustees. They will serve four-year terms starting July 1. (April 14, 2009)

Skorton designated a 'master' of cardiology college
Cornell President David J. Skorton, a prominent cardiologist, was awarded the Master of the American College of Cardiology designation at the 58th recent ACC meeting in Orlando, Fla. (April 14, 2009)

Chinese delegation visits campus to reclaim fungi
After years of careful stewardship by Cornell scientists, a collection of more than 2,000 species of native Chinese fungi, spirited out of the country for safety before World War II, is finally set to make its way home. (April 13, 2009)

'Big Idea' finalists prepare for final pitches
The finale of the 'Big Idea' competition will be April 17 in the Statler ballroom, where finalists will present three-minute pitches. Winners will be chosen based on judges' scores and audience votes. (April 13, 2009)

Male fruit flies change to gain reproductive edge
A new study published in the journal Current Biology shows that male fruit flies that sense competition during mating make their seminal fluid more potent by packing it with more proteins. (April 13, 2009)

Durst honored by standards institute
Professor emeritus Richard Durst will be inducted into the National Institute of Standards and Technology Portrait Gallery for his 'outstanding career contributions.' (April 13, 2009)

Geddes to use Fulbright scholarship for study in Australia
Associate Professor Rick Geddes will examine the lessons that can be applied to the U.S. from Australia's use of private investment in financing transportation infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and tunnels. (April 13, 2009)

Poverty changes brain, reduces children's learning
A new Cornell study reports that the chronic stress from growing up in poverty can physiologically impact children's brains, impairing their ability to read and problem-solve and develop language. (April 9, 2009)

Disability access management teams move forward
Two months after receiving approval from senior management, the university is moving forward with developing a strategic plan to address disability access management for the campus. (April 9, 2009)

From 25 to 56 years, long-timers are celebrated
Attendees at the April 1 Service Recognition Dinner celebrated 25 or more years of service to Cornell by listening to opera, watching a clogger, rocking to rock and clapping to the sounds of the past 40 years. (April 9, 2009)

Workshops to offer coping strategies
For the next two months, the Employee Assistance Program will offer workshops on topics such as dealing with loss, including stress from your or a colleague's job loss or retirement, and coping with change. (April 9, 2009)

Former Botswana president lauds Obama
Former Botswana President Festus Mogae, speaking on campus April 7, spoke favorably of President Barack Obama, but stressed that his administration should take certain actions to help Africa more. (April 9, 2009)

Student group holds community food event
Community members, students, professors and activists came together April 5 to discuss the world food crisis and to plan such collective actions as writing letters to federal lawmakers. (April 9, 2009)

In praise of good style and clear writing
Peter Hirtle, Cornell University Library's chief intellectual property officer, offers a perspectives piece on Cornell's own Strunk and White. (April 9, 2009)

New AT&T cellular antennas will improve coverage
Cellular coverage will improve with the addition of new AT&T antennas, perhaps as soon as late summer, according to CIT's Tom Ball. Also, the decision has been made to remove in-room landlines from residence halls. (April 9, 2009)

CU programming team heads to world competition
A team of three Cornell students will be among 100 teams in the world finals of the 2009 Association of Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest in Stockholm, April 18-22. (April 9, 2009)

Faculty members receive computer science awards
Faculty members Joseph Halpern, John Hopcroft and Andrew Myers received awards from the Association for Computing Machinery. (April 9, 2009)

Social networking supports student groups
While Doonesbury's Roland Hedley uses Twitter to spread personal nonsense, groups of students are finding practical uses for online social networking tools. (April 9, 2009)

Once Upon a Runway: Design students strut their stuff
The 25th annual student-run Cornell Design League fashion show in Barton Hall April 4 featured more than 60 student designers and 200 original ensembles on 170 live student models. (April 9, 2009)

Thing to Do, April 10-16
Editors' picks for events the week of April 10 include a faculty chamber music concert, a symposium on city cinema and the return of John Cleese. (April 9, 2009)

CU in the City, April 10-16
Cornell New York City events include a talk about the Willard Straight takeover of 1969, a talk by Roald Hoffmann and urban horticulture training. (April 9, 2009)

U.S. Sen. Gillibrand hosts economic roundtable
In her first visit to Cornell as New York's junior U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand pledged to advocate for the university's agriculture and veterinary programs as a way of revitalizing New York state's economy. (April 8, 2009)

Panel ponders higher ed's role in shaping public policy
About 500 alumni joined President David Skorton and a host of professors in Washington, D.C., April 3, for a campaign event, 'A Meeting of the Minds: Shaping Policy in Changing Times.' (April 8, 2009)

Weills boost campaign with $170 million cash gift
Joan and Sanford Weill and the Weill Family Foundation have accelerated a previous pledge to the university with a $170 million cash payment. Their donation will aid the $4 billion campaign. (April 8, 2009)

Visiting experts discuss world food crisis
The world food crisis may not be new, said food-policy experts speaking on campus April 3, but it is certainly growing increasingly complex in terms of water, climate, energy and cost, to name just a few factors. (April 8, 2009)

Professors present science to D.C. policymakers
Two professors addressed agriculture and climate change in Washington, D.C., March 27, to launch a new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences series of educational briefings for policymakers. (April 8, 2009)

Faculty address obesity prevention with health commissioner
As part of National Public Health Week, New York Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., visited Cornell April 6 to open a statewide campaign to promote healthy living. (April 8, 2009)

Grieger serving on nanotechnology technical group
James Grieger of Environmental Health and Safety is serving on a technical advisory group to formulate positions on nanotechnologies for the International Organization for Standardization. (April 8, 2009)

Cornell has first official Ivy League tartan
The university unveiled its official tartan plaid print at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show on April 4, making Cornell the only Ivy League school to have its own tartan registered in Scotland. (April 7, 2009)

Skorton and Davisson sleep over at Becker House
Cornell President David Skorton and his wife, Robin Davisson, professor of biomedical sciences, spent the weekend dining with students, watching ping-pong and even making a run to the Hot Truck. (April 7, 2009)

Conference to explore U.S. health care problems
The Sick in America series begins April 20 and will highlight issues of health care from the perspectives of physicians, patients, economists and policymakers. (April 7, 2009)

Mellon Foundation grant aids higher ed economics
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $699,000 grant for research and training in higher education economics to the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI). (April 7, 2009)

Engineering conference features grad student work
Graduate students presented their work in Duffield Hall April 3 at the revamped and renamed Cornell Engineering Research Conference. (April 7, 2009)

ILR School celebrates Union Days 2009
'New Politics, New Policies: Prospects for Labor in the Obama Administration' is the theme of the 2009 Union Days. Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan will deliver the keynote address April 15. (April 7, 2009)

Students win fellowships for study in Germany
Five Cornell students will study in Germany during the 2009-10 academic year after winning fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Cornell/Heidelberg Exchange. (April 7, 2009)

Restaurant reservations by phone and online
Many respondents to a Hotel School survey said they liked the convenience of online reservations but didn't want to give up the personal contact that a phone call affords. (April 7, 2009)

Celebrating 40 years as Human Ecology
A recent lecture looked at the reasons behind the College of Human Ecology's name change in 1969. (April 7, 2009)

Hotel Ezra Cornell focuses on Las Vegas
This year's Hotel Ezra Cornell centered on gambling destination Las Vegas, and speakers from the hotel industry addressed the ways in which the city is responding to the current economic crisis. (April 6, 2009)

Schaffer wins biomedical engineering teaching award
Chris Schaffer, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded the 2009 Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. (April 3, 2009)

Horticulture class helps school gardeners in Belize
This semester a horticulture class prepared for a spring break trip to Belize -- not to hit the beach but to show how school gardens can enrich curricula and serve as a foundation for community education programs. (April 3, 2009)

A.D. White's trip to Egypt resulted in boon for library
A collection of photographs, books and other materials from Cornell President A.D. White's restorative journey to Egypt in 1889 offer a unique glimpse of the era to users of Cornell Library. (April 3, 2009)

Hardship Fund applications for aid open April 13
The Employee Assistance Program will be accepting applications to the Hardship Fund April 13-May 29. The fund is one of a number of programs designed to help employees in the current economic downturn. (April 3, 2009)

Staff Retirement Incentive program enters next phase
Applications for the SRI program are being reviewed. Letters will be sent to all applicants no later than April 10 informing them of the status of their application. (April 3, 2009)

New Web site stresses sharing, networking on campus
The Caring Community Web site offers links to resources and workshops, and provides avenues for employees to share personal cost-saving ideas. (April 3, 2009)

Things to Do, April 3-9
Editors' picks for events the week of April 3 include a lecture on torture, grad students' musical compositions and a student fashion show. (April 3, 2009)

CU in the City, April 3-9
Cornell events in New York City April 3-9 include a talk by Arthur Lauents '37, author of the libretto and director of the current revival of 'Gypsy' and a young alumni visit to the Brooklyn Museum. (April 3, 2009)

Four students win Goldwater scholarships
Juniors Eowyn Connolly-Brown, Michael Grundler, Stephen Linderman and Aman Prasad have been named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for 2009. They are among 278 scholars chosen from a field of 1,097 students nationwide. (April 2, 2009)

Teaching winery opens on campus
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Teaching Winery opened April 1. The winery, attached to the Cornell Orchards store, will act as the Ithaca hub for CALS' new viticulture and enology undergraduate major. (April 2, 2009)

Physical Sciences Library to close doors
The Physical Sciences Library in Clark Hall will close at the end of 2009, but the library's presence will continue to be a portal for scholarly resources and services. (April 2, 2009)

Jon Wong '08 to receive undergraduate artist award
Jonathan Wong will present a collaborative performance piece, 'The Same Dance 4 Times,' April 8 at 5 p.m. in the Weill Hall atrium. He will receive the 2008-09 Undergraduate Artist Award after the performance. (April 2, 2009)

Dubreuil receives Mellon New Directions Fellowship
Cornell professor Laurent Dubreuil will investigate non-standard logic and the cognitive study of language with the help of a $274,000 Mellon New Directions Fellowship. (April 2, 2009)

Computer derives natural laws by observation
Cornell researchers have taught a computer to derive natural laws from observation of events in the real world - without any prior scientific knowledge on the part of the computer. (April 2, 2009)

Extension helps communities be more efficient
Cornell and extension are helping upstate municipalities engage in a dialogue about merging or sharing services to be more sustainable. (April 2, 2009)

4-H group merges geospatial science, community service
A 4-H group in Ontario County is helping local firefighters and other emergency responders by mapping hydrants and other vital information. (April 2, 2009)

Students spend spring break in service projects
More than 100 Cornell students spent their spring break tackling such issues as urban poverty and hunger on service-learning trips in a number of different places on the East Coast. (April 2, 2009)

Alum targets medical condition afflicting 2 million women
Seth Cochran '00, M.Eng. '01, has started a nonprofit called Operation OF, now being piloted in Uganda, dedicated to ending obstetric fistula worldwide. (April 2, 2009)

Law School alumna honored for basketball
Barbara Krause, J.D. '86, has been named an Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Legend. (April 2, 2009)

Brad Herzog '90 writes travel odyssey
Brad Herzog '90 considers the meaning of a heroic life in his new book, 'Greek to Me: A Would-be Hero's American Odyssey.' (April 2, 2009)

Business and apparel students design clothing line
A team of Cornell students has designed a line of menswear clothing from fabric donated by Pendleton Woolen Mills. They are hoping Pendleton will integrate the 12 garment styles into its designs. (April 1, 2009)

New Cornell biofuels lab: Turning bales into barrels
Cornell just opened its new $6 million Biofuels Research Laboratory, where Cornell scientists and students from across the university are examining sustainable and economical biofuel production. (April 1, 2009)

New resource protects poultry and human health
A new mulitimedia tool from Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine aims to minimize avian disease outbreaks by helping veterinarians and farmers diagnose poultry diseases more quickly. (April 1, 2009)

Students collect bikes for rural Ghana
Anne-Lise Cossart '09 and Liz Bageant '10, with a grant from the Public Service Center, are collecting used bicycles to ship to Ghana. They hope to have 500 bikes by April 4, when the bikes leave Ithaca. (April 1, 2009)

DNA-based gel produces proteins without live cells
A new method developed by Cornell biological engineers offers an efficient way to make proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cells. (April 1, 2009)

'Power Down' campaign aims to save IT energy
A campuswide campaign will encourage students, faculty and staff to join the nationwide Power Down for the Planet challenge to reduce information technology energy consumption. (April 1, 2009)

Qatar students celebrate successful Match Day
The 17 members of the second graduating class at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar will complete their residency training at some of the top medical programs in the United States and Qatar. (April 1, 2009)

CU to test its emergency alert systems April 8
Using sirens, public address systems, phones and e-mail, Cornell will do a test run with its emergency notification system April 8. (April 1, 2009)

Chu recounts his scientific odyssey in Bethe lecture
Paul C.W. Chu, a famed researcher and professor turned university president, talked about his life as well as breakthroughs in high-temperature superconductors March 25. (April 1, 2009)

Obama nominates two Cornellians to top posts
Alan B. Krueger has been nominated as assistant secretary for economic policy in the U.S. Treasury Department, and Seth D. Harris has been nominated as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. (April 1, 2009)

April 2 workshop on children coping with divorce
Cornell will sponsor the free and open workshop, Parents Apart: Parents Helping Children Cope with Separation and Divorce, April 2, noon-1 p.m., in 340 Duffield Hall. (April 1, 2009)