Memorial service for Boon Jim Lim slated for Nov. 2
A candlelight service in memory of Boon Jim Lim '13 will be held Nov. 2 at 9 p.m. in the Clara Dickson Courtyard on North Campus. Lim died Oct. 19. (Oct. 30, 2009)

Fall workshops address adoption, money and more
Community experts will present workshops on such topics as international adoption, money and relationships, and financial and legal issues for the elderly and their caregivers. (Oct. 30, 2009)

Deadlines loom for making choices regarding benefits
Nov. 1-30 is the open enrollment period for endowed faculty and staff to enroll in or change their health and dental coverage and to enroll in Select Benefits. (Oct. 30, 2009)

University extends condolences on death of student
Vice President Susan Murphy expressed the university's condolences on the death of former architecture student Rion Wight. A community support meeting will be held Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. in 157 E. Sibley Hall. (Oct. 29, 2009)

Skorton recognizes Cornellians for 'playing your parts'
In 'Setting the Pace: 1865-2015' in Bailey Hall Oct. 23, President David Skorton honored trustees, students, faculty, volunteers and benefactors for their work in keeping the university strong. (Oct. 29, 2009)

Writing strong passwords key to securing computer
Cornell will require longer, more complicated computer passwords when the new Exchange mail server goes online in the coming months. (Oct. 29, 2009)

Panel looks at the future of program houses
A panel discussion with students and administrators addressed controversial issues surrounding the program houses at Cornell, Oct. 26 in Goldwin Smith Hall. (Oct. 29, 2009)

A 200-year-old medical mystery solved at Weill Cornell
In a lecture on the history of heart attack, Weill Cornell Medical College cardiologist Paul Kligfield recounts how he unraveled one of cardiology's historical medical mysteries. (Oct. 29, 2009)

Things to Do, Oct. 30-Nov. 6
Events this week include a community reading by Cornell and local writers, talks on computing and anthropology, jazz at Bailey Hall and video art at the Johnson Museum. (Oct. 29, 2009)

Domestic violence not just a private matter
With proper training, experts say, supervisors, union representatives or co-workers can help a victim of domestic violence while meeting the employer's responsibility to maintain a safe worksite. (Oct. 29, 2009)

Stolen NetIDs make for a big spam problem
Malicious individuals can use stolen NetIDs and passwords to send mail, hijack Cornell servers and log into or disrupt other services, including some that hold sensitive information. (Oct. 28, 2009)

CU community urged to support religious diversity
Cornell policy provides a process for employees to request reasonable workplace accommodations based on their religious beliefs and practices during the holiday season. (Oct. 28, 2009)

Researchers bring noise to virtual worlds
Computer scientists have developed a method to synthesize the sounds of cymbals, falling garbage cans and lids, and plastic water-cooler bottles and recycling bins. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Researchers discover genetic key to speciation
Cornell researchers have uncovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve. (Oct. 27, 2009)

New center to bring CU agricultural innovations to China
A Sept. 24 agreement between Cornell and China will increase Cornell researchers' understanding of real problems in China and help China benefit from Cornell's agricultural expertise. (Oct. 27, 2009)

ILR School professor proposes job creation tax cut
In an interview, ILR School Professor John Bishop discusses how his tax credit proposal would leverage billions of dollars of private resources to create jobs. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Jonathan Butcher receives young investigator award
The Biomedical Engineering Society honored Jonathan Butcher, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, with the Rita Schaffer Memorial Young Investigator Award earlier this month. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Magazine names Pinstrup-Andersen No. 1 Dane
Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the 2001 World Food Prize laureate, has been named 'the most important Dane in the world' in combating poverty by Denmark's leading development magazine. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Gift of 50 trees honors Cornell tree policies
Cornell was recently recognized as one of only 13 schools - and the first Ivy League School - by the Arbor Day Foundation's Tree Campus USA program for practicing sound campus forestry for 2009. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Cornell to lead new cancer research center
The $13 million Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis will focus on using nanobiotechnology and other related physical science approaches to advance research on cancer. (Oct. 27, 2009)

VIVO database will connect researchers nationwide
A $12.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will create VIVOweb, a multi-institutional version of Cornell's VIVO system to encourage communication between biomedical researchers. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Students demonstrate flux pinning in low gravity
A team of Cornell researchers recently tested their work on the mysterious physical phenomenon of flux pinning aboard a near-zero gravity aircraft. (Oct. 27, 2009)

ARRA funds help nanoscale facility with equipment
The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has received $1.38 million in federal stimulus funds to help with equipment upgrades. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Book: Women opt out of math fields for flexibility
In a new book, 'The Mathematics of Sex,' Cornell professors Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams discuss why women are underrepresented in the math-intensive fields of science. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Cornell breaks ground on Plantations Welcome Center
On a drizzly gray day, visitors were cheered Oct. 23 by a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cornell Plantations Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at the Mullestein Winter garden, next to Plantations Road. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Cornell Weill neurosurgeon reflects on his career
Michael Kaplitt, a neurosurgeon at Weill Cornell Medical College, talked about his career and research, which includes developing gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, in a talk on campus Oct. 20. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Skorton: CU will realize its future by way of its past
Cornell will return to a 'healthy pace' of faculty hiring by 2015, said President David Skorton in the State of the University address Oct. 23. He also emphasized that the path to Cornell's future leads out of its past. (Oct. 23, 2009)

H. Fisk Johnson speaks on 'A Crisis of Consumption'
In his Oct. 22 Hatfield Lecture, the CEO of SC Johnson urged business, government and consumers to work together to save the environment. (Oct. 23, 2009)

Part and Apart: Blacks at Cornell, 1856-1945
Historian Carol Kammen discussed the experiences of black students early in Cornell's history Oct. 15 at the Africana Studies and Research Center. (Oct. 23, 2009)

Conference examines how criminal records affect hiring
The difficulty of finding a job in the current economy when a candidate has the additional handicap of a criminal record was the focus at the Richard Netter Conference, Oct. 9 in New York City. (Oct. 23, 2009)

Innovative thinking results in savings for AAD
It started with a roll of duct tape used to stop automatic toilets from flushing too often. Such small measures, led by Alumni Affairs and Development's Julie Featherstone, have led to big savings. (Oct. 22, 2009)

NIH grants fund studies on women in science fields
Two Cornell research teams have each received National Institutes of Health grants to identify factors influencing the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral sciences and engineering. (Oct. 22, 2009)

Scholar helps classify clicks in African languages
Linguistics scholar Amanda Miller is doing research with high-speed ultrasound technology to help her and fellow researchers successfully record and classify clicks in an endangered African language. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Two students are finalists in inventors contest
Artificial tissues with an embedded vascular system and a skull base sealer were two Cornell student inventions honored as finalists in the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Chicago, Oct. 18-20. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Society of Women Engineers wins national award
The Cornell Society of Women Engineers received the Gold Level Award for Outstanding Collegiate Section at the national SWE conference held Oct. 15-17 in Long Beach, Calif. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Hospitality leaders named executives-in-residence
Hospitality industry leaders Bob Alter '73; Andy Dolce, M.S. '63; and Christian Kiefer have been named executives-in-residence at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Expert: Lincoln stretched Constitution to save U.S.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson gave a lecture Oct. 20 to launch Cornell Library's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and a new exhibition on Lincoln. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Deadlines and decisions abound for employees
Cornell faculty and staff have a number of benefits plan decisions to make in the months ahead, including life insurance policies, flexible spending accounts, and medical and dental plans. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Enrollment for group life insurance changes ends Oct. 30
Staff and faculty members currently enrolled in the Group Universal Life plan can elect additional life insurance protection equal to one times your annual salary without showing proof of good health. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Meeting on cooperation, cheating in nature offers insights
Understanding of honeybee interactions could have implications for why people act selfishly in a communal system, said Professor Kern Reeve, one of the presenters at the Oct. 16 conference. (Oct. 21, 2009)

ARRA research funding brings millions to Cornell
The Ithaca campus has received 121 ARRA research awards, totaling $99,671,305, and Weill Cornell Medical College has received 63 awards totaling $21, 997,971, creating and retaining nearly 200 jobs. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Craighead wins nano research honor from UPenn
The University of Pennsylvania's Nano/BioInterface Center has presented its annual Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology to Harold Craighead. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Things to Do, Oct. 23-29
Events this week include a concert celebrating Joseph Haydn, a free Ellis Paul show, a film on American financial collapse and conferences on autism and networks and mobility. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Israeli official: Middle East peace still elusive
In his campus visit Oct. 15, Asaf Shariv, consul general of Israel in New York, said he is still optimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (Oct. 20, 2009)

First-year student found dead in his dorm room
Boon Jim Lim '13 of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, was found dead in his bed in his Clara Dickson Hall room in the early hours of Oct. 19. (Oct. 20, 2009)

Cornell 100 mpg car makes the cut in competition
Cornell's 100+ MPG Team is one of 43 that have made it to the next stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition, contest officials announced Oct. 19. (Oct. 20, 2009)

Stimulus funds support creation of thin electronics
Cornell scientists have invented a reliable way of processing organic devices with a patent-pending process called orthogonal lithography. (Oct. 20, 2009)

New Honduran water plant celebrates groundbreaking
AguaClara, a program in civil and environmental engineering in which students design municipal drinking water plants, celebrated the groundbreaking of its fifth full-scale facility last month. (Oct. 20, 2009)

Car companies bring fuel-cell cars to campus
For Cornell's second annual Fuel Cell Ride and Drive, representatives from Toyota, GM and Mercedes-Benz publicly displayed each company's hydrogen fuel-cell car prototype. (Oct. 20, 2009)

Skorton, Fuchs announce reorganization of administration
The new structure of central university administration will streamline management and establish a more integrated team, with a projected savings of more than $2 million a year. (Oct. 20, 2009)

Research reveals key to world's toughest organism
A new study by Cornell researchers uncovers the details of how the world's toughest bacterium survives lethal radiation exposure. (Oct. 19, 2009)

Faculty Senate endorses disclosure of task force reports
The call for full disclosure of Provost Kent Fuchs' strategic planning task force recommendations came in the form of an unofficial, show-of-hands vote at the Oct. 14 Faculty Senate meeting. (Oct. 19, 2009)

CU completes test of emergency notification systems
Cornell's emergency notification system made about 5,800 voice calls in 15 minutes and delivered more than 14,000 text messages Oct. 14, as part of a test of the system. (Oct. 19, 2009)

Latham named a 'Living Legend in Nutrition'
Professor emeritus Michael Latham was honored at the 19th International Congress of Nutrition, held in Bangkok, Thailand, for his contributions to the field of nutrition. (Oct. 19, 2009)

Van Clief-Stefanon a finalist for National Book Award
Assistant professor of English Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon has been named a finalist for a 2009 National Book Award in poetry for her recent collection 'Open Interval.' (Oct. 19, 2009)

Math students to compete in modeling contest
The Cornell Mathematics Contest in Modeling, scheduled this year for Nov. 6-10, is a race to find answers to a real-world question. (Oct. 19, 2009)

CALS struts its stuff at New York Farm Days in D.C.
A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences exhibition at New York Farm Days Oct. 7 featured the college's undergraduate teaching programs that prepare leaders for the state's agricultural industries. (Oct. 19, 2009)

Cornell places seventh in 2009 Solar Decathlon
Cornell's innovative Silo House earned a seventh-place finish in the biennial Solar Decathlon competition, held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Oct. 16, 2009)

Don't make all the cuts to education, Hoffmann says
Roald Hoffmann argues that the system of funding graduate education must change, in light of cuts to university education budgets even as research funds increase. (Oct. 16, 2009)

Remembering the 1997 Cornell pumpkin on a peak
While conducting research in early 1998, Lee Kass was inspired to write this poem about the Cornell pumpkin, which mysteriously appeared atop McGraw Tower Oct. 8, 1997. (Oct. 16, 2009)

Solar Decathlon team finds a home at 'Joe's Inn'
For the nearly three weeks of the 2009 Solar Decathlon, Joe Manelski '56 offers his McLean, Va., house as a home away from home for Cornell's student team. (Oct. 15, 2009)

SC Johnson CEO to deliver 2009 Hatfield Lecture
H. Fisk Johnson '79, chairman and CEO of SC Johnson, will speak about challenges arising from the global consumption crisis at the annual Hatfield Lecture Oct. 22 in the Statler Hall Auditorium. (Oct. 15, 2009)

Library exhibition on Lincoln's presidency opens Oct. 20
The Cornell Library is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth with a new exhibition on the Lincoln presidency, opening Oct. 20 with rare documents and Civil War memorabilia. (Oct. 15, 2009)

Provost taps eight key faculty to draft strategic plan
The newly formed Strategic Plan Advisory Council will synthesize recommendations gathered from the Cornell community into a draft strategic plan. Town meetings will be held in January and February, and a draft issued in March. (Oct. 15, 2009)

Tuberculosis researcher gets boost from ARRA funds
Microbiologist David Russell was awarded more than $600,000 in federal stimulus funds as he races to better understand how the bacterium that causes tuberculosis survives inside human cells. (Oct. 15, 2009)

Endowed mental health coverage changes Jan. 1
Plans for faculty and staff will comply with recent federal legislation that mandates health plans to cover mental health and abuse treatment in the same manner as other medically necessary treatment. (Oct. 15, 2009)

Book examines Ph.D. humanities programs
'Educating Scholars: Doctoral Education in the Humanities' is a new book with first author Ron Ehrenberg that looks at attrition and completion rates in humanities Ph.D. programs. (Oct. 15, 2009)

Things to Do, Oct. 16-23
Events this week include concerts by Califone and Shonen Knife, a country music-filled comedy at the Schwartz Center, reflections from a Sudanese artist and a forum on indigenous environmental issues. (Oct. 15, 2009)

Cornell Library forms partnership with Columbia
Through a Andrew W. Mellon Foundation award of $385,000, Cornell University Library and Columbia University Library have entered into an unprecedented collaboration. (Oct. 14, 2009)

Cornell is ranked 15th best in the world -- again
For the second year in a row, Cornell has been ranked No. 15 in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings. (Oct. 14, 2009)

VanPool information session slated for Oct. 21
Cornell commuters now have another way to save on their daily transportation costs - VanPool. A drop-in information session on this new service will be held Oct. 21. (Oct. 14, 2009)

Networking event connects layoffs with CU opportunities
The Division of Human Resources held its first 'Connecting with Cornell' informal networking event to help connect laid-off Cornell employees with the HR staff who recruit for Cornell positions. (Oct. 14, 2009)

Consumers don't always equate higher prices with quality
A new Cornell study finds that while higher prices may generate a more positive view of products, a higher price tag doesn't mean consumers will necessarily buy them. (Oct. 13, 2009)

'Big Idea' business workshop begins
'The Big Idea' competition offers undergraduates the chance to win $2,500 for their business or social enterprise ideas. Its first deadline is Dec. 23. (Oct. 13, 2009)

eLab seminar series helps get businesses started
A lecture series by the Student Agencies eLab will help undergraduates develop a business idea into something worthy of venture capital. The series started Sept. 29 and continues through Nov. 17. (Oct. 13, 2009)

Parade added to Homecoming Weekend lineup
Homecoming Weekend events Oct. 16-17 will include Cornell's Homecoming Parade, showcasing student organizations and campus life. (Oct. 13, 2009)

Skorton urges optimism, perspective in employee address
President David Skorton thanked employees for 'staying the course' and continuing to accomplish goals despite a smaller workforce in his annual talk sponsored by the Employee Assembly. (Oct. 13, 2009)

Friends celebrate Yervant Terzian's 70th birthday
At a symposium and birthday party Oct. 9-11, Terzian received tributes, reminiscences and, of course, gifts, including the announcement of a $100,000 endowment for a lectureship series named for him. (Oct. 13, 2009)

Higher ed brings jobs, economic stability to county
Together Cornell and other area institutions of higher education employ more Tompkins County residents than any other business sector, contributing $1.5 billion to the county economy. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Scientists work to free Mars rover Spirit
In the past several weeks, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory finished experimentation on methods to get the rover Spirit unstuck from its location near a plateau called Home Plate. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Professor uses video games to explore facets of autism
Matthew Belmonte, assistant professor of human development, is looking for order behind the many behavioral and physiological features of autism. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Jamie Lloyd on the lookout for exoplanets
The Cornell assistant professor of astronomy works on instrumentation that searches the night skies for planets outside our solar system, called extrasolar planets. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Stimulus funding to study genetics of fruit fly
Charles Aquadro, professor of molecular biology and genetics, researches how fruit flies provide clues to humans' own genetic footprints of adaptation. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Cornell engineering named No. 4 for Hispanics
In its September issue, Hispanic Business Magazine named Cornell's College of Engineering the No. 4 graduate school nationwide for Hispanic students. (Oct. 12, 2009)

ACLU president assesses state of civil liberties
In a talk at Cornell Oct. 8, the president of the American Civil Liberties Union said that protecting civil rights has improved in the age of Obama, but that it's not yet 'mission accomplished.' (Oct. 12, 2009)

Roman Empire's recovery has lessons for today
Our economic climate may seem grim, but our situation is far better than that of Rome in the third century, assistant professor Kim Bowes told alumni at the Weill Greenberg Center in New York City Oct. 8. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Employee Celebration Day draws more than 2,300
Oct. 8 was Employee Celebration Day, and some 2,300 staff and families participated - sharing a meal, cheering for Cornell athletes and enjoying the entertainment. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Richard N. White dies at age 75
Richard N. 'Dick' White, the James A. Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering Emeritus, died Oct. 4 at the age of 75. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Science Friday taps Cornell ornithologists, vets
Ira Flatow broadcasted his show 'Science Friday' live Oct. 9 from Bailey Hall, interviewing Cornell ornithologists and veterinarians, among others. (Oct. 12, 2009)

Birds in captivity lose hippocampal mass
Being in captivity for just a few weeks can reduce the volume of the hippocampus by as much as 23 percent, according to a new Cornell study. (Oct. 9, 2009)

CU synchrotron played role in Nobel winner's work
Chemistry Nobel laureate Ada Yonath did formative work on well-diffracting ribosome crystals as a user of the Cornell synchrotron during the 1980s. (Oct. 9, 2009)

Paralyzed alumnus Ken Kunken talks about his life
Despite great obstacles, Ken Kunken '72, who was paralyzed from the shoulders down after severing his spinal cord in a sprint football accident, has created a life of meaning and purpose. (Oct. 9, 2009)

Purchasing reform could yield savings of up to $40M
President David Skorton has committed to developing sweeping changes in the way Cornell buys goods and services. Vice President Joanne DeStefano will lead the effort, which will save up to $40 million a year. (Oct. 8, 2009)

U.S. ambassador to Libya urges greater engagement
Gene Cretz, the first U.S. ambassador to Libya in more than 36 years, discussed diplomacy and U.S.-Libyan relations with about 100 students and faculty members in the Plant Sciences Building Oct. 7. (Oct. 8, 2009)

Hip-hop historian takes center stage at NYC event
Hip-hop collector, historian and author Johan Kugelberg praised the leadership of Cornell librarians during a Library Salon, held Oct. 6 at the Union League Club in New York City. (Oct. 8, 2009)

Changes to dental plan for 2010 announced
Endowed employees may enroll in or change dental plan coverage during Open Enrollment; premiums and deductibles have changed. (Oct. 8, 2009)

Cornell's Silo House in competition today
Cornell's Silo House begins competition today against 19 other entries in the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Energy's biennial contest continues through Oct. 16. (Oct. 8, 2009)

Maverick D.C. schools chancellor talks education reform
Michelle Rhee '92, chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system, returned to campus to discuss her plans to reform one of the nation's most troubled districts. (Oct. 8, 2009)

Engineering college hits diversity milestone
This year's freshman class in the College of Engineering is 37 percent female, putting the college on track to surpass a goal set five years ago to increase diversity at the college. (Oct. 7, 2009)

Test of emergency notification scheduled for Oct. 14
Cornell will test its emergency notification systems, including the siren/PA system, text and e-mail messages, and phone calls, Oct. 14 at 12:10 p.m. There is no need for action during the test. (Oct. 7, 2009)

Things to Do, Oct. 9-16
Events this week include a Literary Luncheon with Alice Fulton; dance a la Paris at the Schwartz Center; an environmental film series; and Israel's Consul General on the Mideast peace process. (Oct. 7, 2009)

Federal grant funds labor consortium at ILR School
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy has awarded a $1.6 million grant to the ILR School's technical assistance center for employers on employment of people with disabilities. (Oct. 6, 2009)

Alumna witnesses history in foreign service posts
Lynne Gadkowski '98, a public affairs officer at the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai, has seen terrorism and coups as foreign service officer. (Oct. 6, 2009)

Grant funds CU students' international public service
Metzger Grants were awarded to three Arts and Sciences students - Rachel Jacobs '10, Mara Perman '11 and Emma Tall '11 - who used the funds for service projects in the U.S. and abroad. (Oct. 6, 2009)

Toni Morrison on writing, knowledge and sin
Author Toni Morrison, M.A. '55, returned to campus Oct. 1-2 to read from and talk about her work with students and faculty and at two public events. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Students learn about writing at lunch with Toni Morrison
Eight members of Black Students United heard author Toni Morrison's views on writing at a private luncheon Oct. 2 at Taverna Banfi. The organization played a role in bringing Morrison to campus. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Steve Squyres wins Sagan medal for outreach
Squyres, principal scientific investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover mission, has received the 2009 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Self-driving car will get smarter with stimulus funding
Cornell's self-driving car - and Segways - will soon to become safer and more talented, as a test bed for new research in robotics and artificial intelligence. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Weill Institute announces Fleming research fellow
Duane Hoch, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell studying bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease, has received the 2009 Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship from Cornell's Weill Institute. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Grants available to enhance teaching and learning
New grants of up to $1,500 that enhance teaching and learning are available to faculty on a competitive basis from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Deadline to apply for spring grants is Oct. 31. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Ithaca community swarms to Insectapalooza 2009
Insectapalooza 2009 on Oct. 3 featured an arthropod zoo, live butterfly house, tours of the world-famous Cornell Insect Collection and more. (Oct. 5, 2009)

Cornell alumnus Jack Szostak shares Nobel Prize
Jack Szostak, Ph.D. '77, has received the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for research that has implications for cancer and the biology of aging. (Oct. 5, 2009)

CU to save $90M by streamlining administrative costs
Cornell expects to save at least $90 million in annual administrative costs over the next four years, making a significant dent in its projected deficit, Provost Kent Fuchs reported Oct. 1. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Design and Planning Club promotes collaboration
Students in architecture, engineering, city planning and other design-based fields are working together in Cornell's Design and Planning Club on community-based outreach projects and design competitions. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Rates will not change for endowed health plan premiums
Endowed health plan rates for 2010 will remain the same as last year's by adjusting some co-pays, deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums, Cornell's Division of Human Resources has announced. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Things to Do, Oct. 2-9
Events this week include Indian classical and jazz concerts, the fifth annual Insectapalooza, the first Economics Art Gallery exhibition, and lectures on public school reform and civil liberties. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Robert Langer '70 on three decades of biomedicine
At a Sept. 30 lecture, Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT, discussed his career as a biomedical engineer who used his knowledge of materials science to fight disease. (Oct. 1, 2009)

German exchange fellowships available
Applications are now being accepted for DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowships and the Cornell-Heidelberg Exchange Fellowship for 2010-11. (Oct. 1, 2009)

Beware of recent e-mail scam in Cornell inboxes
A sophisticated 'phishing' attempt is flooding Cornell e-mail addresses, trying to trick people into giving away their NetID and password. (Oct. 1, 2009)