CU recycles half its garbage into high-quality compost
Cornell's composting operation does more than turn food scraps and animal bedding into nutrient-rich compost: It reduces the university's total waste stream by half, making it the county's second largest recycler. (May 29, 2009)

Overweight women gain too much weight during pregnancy
A study on new guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy, co-led by a Cornell professor, says far too many jeopardize their health and that of their baby by gaining too much or too little weight. (May 29, 2009)

Alumna recalls role in 1969 Straight takeover
Juanita Goss '72 is profiled in the second of a series of articles about the legacy of the 1969 Willard Straight Hall takeover. (May 29, 2009)

Staying together 'for kids' sake' isn't always best
Teens tend to do significantly better academically and behaviorally when they live with both biological parents, but only when their parents do not argue a lot. If they do, the results are more mixed. (May 29, 2009)

Students to help rural teachers communicate science
Graduate students will spend the summer and upcoming school year working with area teachers on science curricula, supported by a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to Cornell. (May 29, 2009)

Six graduating students receive SUNY Chancellor awards
The State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence recognizes seniors who integrate academic excellence with accomplishments in leadership, athletics, community service and the arts. (May 29, 2009)

Board of trustees elects 12 new, returning members
The Cornell Board of Trustees filled 11 trustee-at-large vacancies and another from the field of agriculture May 23. It also elected one new vice chair and re-elected three vice chairs to its leadership. (May 29, 2009)

CU aids discovery of blue whale singing in N.Y. waters
Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program helped confirm, for the first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales. (May 28, 2009)

Kammen book documents early black student life
In 'Part and Apart: The Black Experience at Cornell, 1865-1945,' historian Carol Kammen pieces together a picture of African-American student life in the university's first 80 years. (May 28, 2009)

Library lifts restrictions on public domain books
Users are no longer required to seek permission to copy and use public domain material digitized by Cornell University Library. (May 28, 2009)

Meeting developing-world challenges requires vision
Creating community partnerships and developing new techniques to share information are key ways that Cornell and other U.S. universities can help developing countries, says Vice Provost Alice Pell. (May 28, 2009)

Evans joins surgery at WCMC
Todd Evans, an authority in regenerative medicine, is new vice chair for research and professor of cell and developmental biology in the Department of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. (May 28, 2009)

Three NYC events feature Cornell musicians
Cornell musicians will toot their horns and other instruments in early June for a weekend of music in New York City. (May 28, 2009)

Skip simple carbs and practice standing on one foot
Authors and physicians weighed in on nutrition and women's health April 21 at the Iris Cantor Women's Health Center Annual Press Luncheon and Book-Signing event. (May 28, 2009)

Things to Do, May 29
Things to Do include an Al Gore video conference, Reunion Weekend and an Abrahamic Dialogue on faith, shared heritage and common values. (May 28, 2009)

CU in the City, May 29
Cornell New York City events the week of May 29 include a salute to Israel's independence, a forum with Al Gore, an icon award for J.W. 'Bill' Marriott Jr. and Weill Cornell's commencement. (May 28, 2009)

Faculty, staff asked to complete well-being survey
Cornell has developed an online survey to gauge the interest of staff and faculty members about topics related to well-being, including mental and physical health and work/life balance. (May 28, 2009)

New beginnings: Eric and Elaine Adams
Eric and Elaine Adams made the most of the opportunities at Cornell. Now the longtime staffers are taking advantage of the Staff Retirement Incentive program and will relocate near their family. (May 28, 2009)

Looking ahead to summer events
The Division of Human Resources offers a list of deadlines, events and workshops in the weeks ahead. (May 28, 2009)

Tata to speak on cars, corporations during Reunion
Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata will discuss corporate social responsibility and his company's revolutionary new car, the Tata Nano, at events during 2009 Reunion Weekend, June 4-7. (May 27, 2009)

Katz reappointed ILR School dean for five-year term
Harry Katz, the Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining, was reappointed dean of the ILR School by the Cornell Board of Trustees. His second term begins in 2010. (May 27, 2009)

Alumni help launch Cornell Wall Street program
Times may be rough on Wall Street, but Cornell alumni in the financial industry have a new resource for networking, professional development and for staying connected with their alma mater. (May 27, 2009)

Recruitment of diverse faculty is up, report says
Cornell has made good progress in recruiting a diverse faculty of academics early in their careers but must focus on retaining them as they climb to the upper ranks, Vice Provost Elizabeth Mannix reports. (May 27, 2009)

Project initiative launched for MBA job seekers
The MBA Project Initiative offers students short-term work over the summer, paid and unpaid, at both large corporations and small nonprofits across the country. (May 26, 2009)

Sustainability center to fund five research grants
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will fund five projects this year to stimulate original and cross-disciplinary work in sustainability science. (May 26, 2009)

Emergency notification system will be tested May 27
Cornell will test its emergency notification system beginning at 12:15 p.m., May 27; these systems include the sirens/public address system and a staff-only test of voice and text messaging. (May 26, 2009)

Michael Farrell reaps volunteerism award
From working with school groups and garden clubs to actively participating in his church and the local Chamber of Commerce, Michael Farrell spends much of his time in community service. (May 26, 2009)

New beginnings: Linda Warner
The Staff Retirement Incentive program allowed Warner, supervisor of physical therapy at Gannett Health Services, to move up her timeframe in transitioning to part-time work, taking classes and traveling. (May 26, 2009)

University to honor departing employees June 8
President David Skorton, Vice President Mary Opperman and Dean of the Faculty Bill Fry will give brief remarks in honor of Cornell's departing staff and faculty. (May 26, 2009)

Men's lacrosse falls to Syracuse, 10-9, in overtime
In a thrilling, heartbreaking finish, the Cornell men's lacrosse team lost in overtime to Syracuse University at the NCAA championship game in Foxborough, Mass., 10-9. (May 25, 2009)

Milstein Hall approval met with relief by AAP community
Dean Kent Kleinman announced the building's approval to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's Class of 2009 at the college's ceremony on the Arts Quad following Commencement May 24. (May 24, 2009)

2009 Commencement Weekend coverage
Chronicle Online stories and photographs from Cornell's 141st Commencement Weekend, including links to senior profiles, and coverage of Senior Convocation, ROTC Commissioning, D.V.M. Hooding Ceremony and the ceremony itself. (May 24, 2009)

2009 Commencement Weekend slide show
Images from Cornell's 141st Commencement Weekend, including Senior Convocation, ROTC Commissioning, the President's Reception and the ceremony itself. (May 24, 2009)

Students, families soak up excitement of the day
Among the 6,000 graduates to fill Shoellkopf Stadium was Tom Nuttle '51, who missed his own commencement when he was sent to the Korean War. Nuttle walked with his granddaughter, Molly Ryan, who graduated today. (May 24, 2009)

Skorton urges graduates to focus on public service
At Cornell's 141st Commencement, President David J. Skorton urged graduates to apply their liberal arts education in the service of a world that 'stands in desperate need of your skills and talents.' (May 24, 2009)

Skorton issues statement on Milstein Hall approval
President David Skorton issued a statement May 24 following board of trustees actions that included moving forward with construction of Paul Milstein Hall and the Johnson Museum's extension. (May 24, 2009)

Kotlikoff reminds vets: Altitude depends on attitude
Dean Michael Kotlikoff cloaked 81 newly minted veterinarians with ceremonial hoods May 23, a day before their formal recognition at Commencement. (May 23, 2009)

David Plouffe salutes young for historic election
Barack Obama would not be president without the votes of people under 30, observed the president's election campaign manager David Plouffe, before giving his address at May 23 at Senior Convocation. (May 23, 2009)

ROTC holds commissioning ceremony
Graduating members of Cornell's Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps celebrated their commissioning May 23. (May 23, 2009)

Meet some members of the Class of 2009
In their own words, 24 dynamic members of the Class of 2009 reflect on life and learning at Cornell and on the future. (May 22, 2009)

Victoria Crater shows rich geological history
The Mars rover Opportunity's two-year exploration of Victoria Crater has yielded a wealth of information about the planet's history. On the other side of the planet, Spirit is stuck in Martian soil. (May 22, 2009)

Grad overcame family crisis while completing Ph.D.
Ph.D. marshal Haley Oliver earns her doctorate, despite overwhelming family crises this past year: her single-parent father was killed, and she had to oversee selling the family farm. (May 22, 2009)

Zoo director takes midlife turn to become a vet
Dan Shillito, who will be 38 years old this year, gave up the salary and health insurance of a zoo director in South Carolina to become a full-time veterinary student. (May 22, 2009)

Grad is fourth-generation Cornell veterinarian
When Jennifer Olson dons her gray commencement robe this weekend, she will stand on the shoulders of four family members stretching back exactly 100 years. (May 22, 2009)

Eyes on the prize: Grad earns Ph.D. after 25 years
John O'Brien, M.A. '89, worked for more than 20 years - 14 of them as a quadriplegic - to complete his Cornell Ph.D. in architecture history. (May 22, 2009)

Student interpreters help Binghamton violence victims
After 14 people were killed at a Binghamton immigration center, where many people don't speak English as their first language, Cornell students helped out for months, translating in 40 languages. (May 22, 2009)

12 small, but key, construction projects get OK
President David J. Skorton approved several critical capital projects May 21. The 12 small-scale will initiatives keep the university running smoothly while maintaining fiscal equilibrium. (May 22, 2009)

CU in the City, May 22-28
Cornell New York City events May 22-28 include historic preservation symposia, conflict resolution workshop and a lecture on glaucoma. (May 22, 2009)

Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts, study finds
Researchers have found an evolutionary mechanism that provides insight into how important changes in brain structure of primates can evolve. They studied differences in the eyes of owl monkeys and capuchin monkeys. (May 20, 2009)

Cornell's new solar house goes round and round
Cornell's entry in the 2009 Solar Decathlon goes outside the box in solar house design. The team returns in October to the biennial competition in Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2009)

Barry Strauss essays slave revolt in 'Spartacus War'
The history professor's new book on one of the most famous conflicts in ancient history sheds light for the first time on the slave rebellion, the rebels' tactics and why they were ultimately defeated. (May 20, 2009)

Kathy Zoner named interim chief of Cornell Police
Deputy Chief Kathy Zoner, an 18-year veteran of Cornell Police, has been appointed interim chief of the department. She succeeds Curtis S. Ostrander, who has served as chief since 2005. (May 20, 2009)

New study says employers punish unionizing workers
A new four-year study by the ILR School's Kate Bronfenbrenner finds that employers use coercive tactics to discourage formation of unions. (May 20, 2009)

ILR research: tips to build workplace trust
Trust in the workplace is being eroded by pay cuts, reduced benefits, layoffs and bigger workloads shouldered by survivors. The good news is that employers and employees can take practical steps to rebuild trust. (May 20, 2009)

Oprah contest winner starts student trip to Rwanda
Stephen Paletta '87, winner of the reality TV show 'Oprah's Big Give' in April 2008, is helping to organize a service-learning trip to Rwanda for eight Cornell students starting June 4. (May 19, 2009)

Metal sheets with DNA framework may enable nanocircuits
Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles. The work could prove useful for making thin transistors or other electronic devices. (May 19, 2009)

DNA molecules can detect pathogens, deliver drugs
Cornell researchers have created new DNA molecules that can detect pathogens and deliver drugs to cells when they form long chains called polymers. (May 19, 2009)

Studying graphene to replace silicon in microchips
Cornell shares in a $1.5 million grant that will study how graphene can be fabricated into large sheets suitable for use in microchips. (May 19, 2009)

Cornell's personal Web page service ends June 30
CU People, the service of Cornell Information Technologies that has provided personal Web page space for Cornell students, faculty and staff, will shut down June 30, 2009, (May 19, 2009)

Students begin using Google e-mail system in fall
Cornell's plan to outsource student e-mail launches in April as students are offered access to Google Apps Education Edition for e-mail, calendars and collaboration tools. (May 19, 2009)

Backing up our backups
The university's central data backup service now maintains an additional copy of Ithaca department backups at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. (May 19, 2009)

Stipanuk, Rasmussen win national nutrition awards
Martha Stipanuk and Kathleen Rasmussen, both professors in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell, received awards at the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting this month. (May 19, 2009)

Thanking local soldiers for all they do
Cornell honored local members of Delta Company, Second Battalion, 108th Infantry Division that deployed to Afghanistan in 2008 and their families at a ceremony May 17 at Bailey Hall. (May 18, 2009)

Merrill scholars honor influential teachers
Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honors 32 seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who made important contributions to the students' lives. (May 18, 2009)

Cornell Tradition honors 10 of its graduates
Each spring the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed recognition program, honors 10 of its students for their community service and leadership. The students donate their awards to help others. (May 18, 2009)

Cornell celebrates 141st Commencement Weekend
About 6,000 graduates will receive their degrees this weekend, May 23-24. Obama strategist David Plouffe is the Convocation speaker May 23, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement address May 24. (May 18, 2009)

Commencement Weekend road and parking lot closures
The university has issued special changes for roads and parking on campus to accommodate the various activities during Commencement Weekend. (May 18, 2009)

Library's Nordic scholarly series Islandica goes online
Islandica, first published in 1908, is available online to the scholarly community in a searchable, open-access format and in print. The series is an extension of the library's Fiske Icelandic Collection. (May 18, 2009)

NBTC to co-host Dublin nanotechnology workshop
Six faculty members and seven postdoctoral associates and graduate students at Cornell's Nanobiotechnology Center will present research advances in such areas as ultrasensitive sensors and diagnostic devices. (May 18, 2009)

Governor taps Skorton to lead economic task force
Cornell President David Skorton has been tapped by New York Gov. David Paterson to lead the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy Through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. (May 14, 2009)

'Leveraging diversity' can help the workplace
A diversity initiative is not just training, does not happen in a moment and does not come prepackaged, said a diversity expert May 7 at a communitywide roundtable sponsored by the Diversity Consortium. (May 14, 2009)

New beginnings: George and Sandie Sutfin
Longtime employees George and Sandie Sutfin don't yet have concrete plans for what they will be doing in retirement, but they are looking forward to it, nonetheless. (May 14, 2009)

Wellness Program offers Beebe Lake stroll May 20
Celebrate National Employee Health and Fitness Day with a Keep It Simple Stroll around Beebe Lake on Wednesday, May 20, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (May 14, 2009)

Nobel laureate Hoffmann honored for outreach
Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel laureate in chemistry and the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters at Cornell, has received the 2009 Public Service Award from the National Science Board. (May 14, 2009)

Martin Tang '70 challenges young alumni to give
To encourage young alumni to give back to their alma mater, Cornell trustee Martin Tang '70 has established the M.A.R.T.I.N. Challenge, in which new gifts to the Annual Fund will be matched by one from Tang. (May 14, 2009)

Natasha Collins '05 seeks bone marrow match
The Cornell alumna is battling acute myelogenous leukemia. With no genetic match currently available to her, her family and friends are using social networking and a vast web of contacts to change that. (May 14, 2009)

Pedraza receives Wharton Emerging Markets Award
For his distinguished career in international business, Francisco 'Frank' Pedraza '55, MBA '57, received the 2009 Clifton R. Wharton Emerging Markets Award April 24. (May 14, 2009)

Alumna publishes book on improving golf handicaps
'Golfing With Your Eyes Closed' is a new book co-authored by Tiffany Wilding-White '00 that offers step-by-step instructions on creating mental imagery routines to improve golf performance. (May 14, 2009)

Chirik receives Humboldt Foundation award
Paul Chirik, the Peter J.W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, has received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany. (May 14, 2009)

Rauker named interim assistant vice president
S. Martin (Marty) Rauker has been named Cornell's interim assistant vice president for student and academic services. He follows LeNorman Strong, who left for the University of California-Berkeley. (May 14, 2009)

Things to Do, May 15-21
Things to Do May 15-21 include bird walks, a symposium on sustainable materials and a workshop on using new media in the classroom. (May 14, 2009)

CU in the City, May 15-21
Cornell New York City events May 15-21 include an exhibition of M.F.A. student theses, a talk on the impact of New York's economic recovery on women and a lecture on stroke prevention. (May 14, 2009)

Shrinking 'ridiculous' data sets to manageable size
With a half-million dollar Office of Naval Research grant, a Cornell statistician will shrink massive data sets into manageable approximations to detect Internet glitches and support machine learning. (May 13, 2009)

Dagmar Richter appointed architecture chair
Acclaimed educator, designer and author Dagmar Richter has been appointed to chair the Department of Architecture, effective July 1. She comes to Cornell from UCLA. (May 13, 2009)

J. Ellen Gainor collaborates on new Norton anthology
J. Ellen Gainor, professor of theater and associate dean of the Graduate School, co-authored and made significant play selections for the first-ever 'Norton Anthology of Drama.' (May 13, 2009)

Mann Library rooftop terrace named for Dean Susan Henry
A new rooftop garden on the southern end of Mann Library has been named the Susan A. Henry Garden Terrace to honor Henry's contributions as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (May 13, 2009)

Butcher wins $10,000 for communicating research
Biological engineer Jonathan Butcher won first place at Cornell's Third Annual Public Engagement and Science Communication Symposium, May 12 for clearly explaining his work on 3D X-rays. (May 13, 2009)

Alumni briefed on CU's 'culture of sustainability'
Washington, D.C., alumni heard how Cornell is cultivating a 'culture of sustainability,' April 27, from directors of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future at the National Academy of Sciences. (May 13, 2009)

Free laptops provide hands-on learning in Africa
This summer, two Cornell undergraduates will hand out free laptops to 100 elementary schoolchildren in the rural city of Tidjikja, Mauritania, in northwest Africa, thanks to a $30,000 grant. (May 12, 2009)

Game Design Expo is about fun, games and grades
Computer Game Design Expo lets visitors play games created by students and launches many into jobs in the industry. (May 12, 2009)

A 'cloaking device' -- it's all done with mirrors
Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet, or in any flat surface, isn't there. (May 12, 2009)

Learning a second language is good childhood mind medicine
'Cognitive advantages follow from becoming bilingual,' says Barbara Lust, a developmental psychology and linguistics expert. 'These cognitive advantages can contribute to a child's future academic success.' (May 12, 2009)

Law School celebrates convocation
Cornell Law School's 261 graduates attended their convocation ceremony in Bailey Hall May 10. The annual event was conducted by Stewart J. Schwab, the Allan R. Tessler Dean and Professor of Law. (May 12, 2009)

$1 million grant explores health of dairy cows
Do dairy cows raised on organic farms produce different amounts of milk or suffer from less disease? A $1 million grant from the USDA will study 300 dairy farms - of which 200 meet organic standards. (May 11, 2009)

Interior design student wins industry competition
Melanie Gowen, a senior interior design student in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, has won a statewide competition for her essay 'To Make a Difference By Design.' (May 11, 2009)

Eight professors named inaugural SIAM fellows
The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics honors members recognized by their peers as distinguished contributors to the discipline. (May 11, 2009)

Small Times ranks Cornell nanotechnology
Small Times magazine's annual rankings of institutions for nanotechnology research and innovation have once again placed Cornell in the top 10 of each of six categories. (May 11, 2009)

Cornell Chronicle makes major changes in news delivery
Beginning in August, campus readers will receive a weekly e-newsletter delivered to their inboxes. In addition, a printer-friendly digest of the week's news will be available online as a PDF every Friday. (May 8, 2009)

Why Chronicle changes reflect 'a very exciting time'
Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications, recently met with Chronicle editors to discuss the forthcoming changes in the way the Chronicle delivers the news. (May 8, 2009)

Association keeps retired academics connected
The Cornell Association for Professors Emeriti has a new coordinator, Cindy Robinson, who helps retirees connect with the university and each other through lecture series, luncheon, e-mails and newsletters. (May 8, 2009)

New beginnings: John Hoffmann
As John Hoffmann retires from his position with Cornell Library, he is looking forward to restoring violins, traveling to South America, spending time with family, playing in bands and consulting. (May 8, 2009)

Staff elects new members of Employee Assembly
With more than 20 percent voter turnout, Cornell's employees elected new members to the Employee Assembly and approved changes to the EA charter. (May 8, 2009)

June 8 event will recognize departing employees
To honor the dedication and hard work of the staff and faculty members who are leaving Cornell this academic year, the university is holding a celebration on the Arts Quad, June 8 from noon to 1 p.m. (May 8, 2009)

University salutes 500 office professionals
On April 22, nearly 500 administrative professionals from across campus attended the 21st Annual Jennie T. Farley Office Professionals Celebration in Bailey Hall. (May 8, 2009)

Stimulus grants boost energy research and jobs
Cornell researchers have won federal stimulus funding for three projects that will help meet the nation's future energy needs, with additional state support for one project. (May 7, 2009)

Competition is on for federal stimulus funding
Cornell has submitted 58 proposals for a piece of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the federal stimulus package, and 40 more are in the pipeline, says Vice Provost Bob Buhrman. (May 7, 2009)

Sea Grant funds five Cornell projects for 2009-10
New York Sea Grant has awarded five projects a total of $1.1 million in research funding to study PCBs, lake invaders and more. (May 7, 2009)

Two professors elected to eminent scholarly organization
Government professors Benedict Anderson, Ph.D. '67, and Peter Katzenstein have been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. (May 7, 2009)

Hopcroft, Siggia join National Academy of Sciences
John E. Hopcroft, the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science, and Eric Siggia, adjunct professor of physics, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (May 7, 2009)

Engineering celebrates diversity at awards banquet
On May 3, Diversity Programs in Engineering recognized outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, student organizations, faculty and staff with awards, dinner and music. (May 7, 2009)

Things to Do, May 8-15
Things to Do the week of May 8 include a screening of 'The Graduate,' a tribute to Mozart scholar Neal Zaslaw, Mayfest, the 'unconference' and the Game Design Showcase. (May 7, 2009)

CU in the City, May 8-15
Cornell New York City events for the week of May 8 include a forum for start-up businesses, the AmeriCoprs day of service and union leadership training. (May 7, 2009)

First four Tata scholars from India in Class of '13
Four incoming freshmen from India are the first recipients of the Tata Scholarship for Students from India, creating the inaugural class of what could eventually comprise two dozen Indian undergraduates at Cornell. (May 6, 2009)

Students take on archival research in hip-hop course
Librarians helped teach the new course Researching Hip-Hop, where students worked with primary sources and conducted original research. They showcased their new knowledge at a hip-hop fair April 29. (May 6, 2009)

Film studies grows across disciplines on campus
The Department of Theatre, Film and Dance is a focal point for a growing network of film and media studies scholars across campus, with two recent conferences and nine faculty members added to the graduate field. (May 6, 2009)

Poverty researchers kick off three-year collaboration
The Institute for the Social Sciences has kicked off its Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility theme project, a three-year effort to understand the causes and solutions to chronic poverty. (May 6, 2009)

ISS Contentious Knowledge team sums up its work
On April 29, the 2006-09 Contentious Knowledge team summarized its research on how scientific and social scientific expertise shapes public policy and becomes a focal point of social and political conflict. (May 6, 2009)

NSF grant focuses on baby talk
Assistant professor Michael Goldstein has received a $352,000 National Science Foundation grant over the next three years to learn more about how infants learn to talk. (May 6, 2009)

Skorton named Distinguished Alumnus at Feinberg
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine named Cornell President David J. Skorton the winner of its 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award. (May 6, 2009)

Lyden receives Hartwell award for cancer research
David Lyden of Weill Cornell Medical College is one of 12 winners of the Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards for his work in cancer research. (May 6, 2009)

Real estate tycoon's trust gives $42 million to CU
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced $42 million in gifts to Cornell - $40 million to the teaching hospital of Weill Cornell Medical College and $2 million to the Hotel School. (May 6, 2009)

Kleinberg wins $150,000 computer science prize
Computer scientist Jon Kleinberg has received the 2008 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences for his contributions to improving Web search techniques and studies of networking. (May 5, 2009)

Einaudi Center invests in faculty research
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies has awarded four seed grants selected from a pool 11 proposals as part of the Winter 2009 Seed Grant Competition. (May 5, 2009)

Engineering students test air motors in Duffield
The goal for the sophomore mechanical engineering students: build a motor powered only by compressed air that would pack enough punch to push a flat cart up a slight incline. (May 4, 2009)

Study to examine if depression spreads in dorms
Freshmen at three universities this fall will be asked to participate in a study to determine how roommates and social networks affect students' mental health. (May 4, 2009)

Leadership students learn how to award grants
For the fourth year in a row, a class in the College of Human Ecology is giving $10,000 to local nonprofit organizations in the Ithaca community as part of a learning experience about philanthropy. (May 4, 2009)

BR Ventures invests in company Jodange
A company based on Cornell technology that specializes in sentiment and opinion analysis is the latest to earn investment support from the Johnson School's student-run venture fund, BR Ventures. (May 4, 2009)

Biological engineering tops U.S. News rankings
The magazine also ranked Cornell Law School No. 13, and the Johnson School No. 17. Weill Cornell came in at No. 18 for research and No. 58 for primary care. (May 4, 2009)

Slope Day high spirits dispersed by heavy rain
Students celebrated the end of classes at Slope Day 2009. The Pussycat Dolls headlined the musical groups, with performances also by The Apples in Stereo and rapper Asher Roth. (May 1, 2009)

Competition inspires art from inside the brain
William Chen '09, a fine arts major in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, won the Department of Psychology's universitywide art competition by basing a work on his own thought process. (May 1, 2009)

Undergraduate research celebrated at three events
Students recently presented their research, which ranged from culinary myths of egg whites and judging sexual orientation, to the theory of children's picture books and emotional influences on gambling. (May 1, 2009)

CU tests biological ways to control alfalfa pest
Cornell researchers are spending time in the fields this spring collecting 20,000 alfalfa snout beetles. They need them to test ways to biologically control the pests, which devour alfalfa and other crops. (May 1, 2009)

Couple support Caribbean studies
Jim Irish and his wife, Andrea Glanz, both Class of 1974, returned to campus April 24. They made a gift to the Africana library's Caribbean studies collection. (May 1, 2009)

Cornell named a top 'adoption-friendly' employer
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption added Cornell to its 'Top 100 Adoption-Friendly Workplaces' list for the third consecutive year. (May 1, 2009)

Adoption program eases citizenship and travel expenses
Since Cornell's Adoption Assistance Program was implemented in 2005, 39 families have received assistance from the university to help with their adoption expenses. Here's a look at how two families benefited. (May 1, 2009)

New beginnings: Kathleen Rourke
As Rourke retires from her position as publications manager and editor for the Cornell Law School, she is 'looking forward to the next chapter.' (May 1, 2009)