Protein helps fix damaged DNA in yeast
Like a scout that runs ahead to spot signs of damage or danger, a protein in yeast safeguards the yeast cells' genome during replication, according to new Cornell research. (July 30, 2010)

Tony Shelton elected Entomological Society fellow
One of 10 new fellows, Tony Shelton will be formally recognized during the society's annual meeting, Dec. 12-15, in San Diego. (July 30, 2010)

Employees should plan with religious observances in mind
Cornell's commitment to diversity and inclusion extends to religious observances; a partial list of upcoming observances is provided here, with links to relevant Cornell websites. (July 30, 2010)

Scavenger hunt reveals history of N.Y. Harbor
On July 24, more than 260 people scrambled around Governors Island in a Cooperative Extension-New York City-organized scavenger hunt to learn about the island's history and natural beauty. (July 30, 2010)

Upward Bound engages Elmira, Groton students
High school students in Cornell's Upward Bound program, now in its third year, volunteered at Hospicare on July 22 and got in touch with nature, the concept of service and matters of life and death. (July 30, 2010)

Things to Do, July 30-Aug. 13
Events on campus July 30-Aug. 13 include two summer concerts on the Quad, a comic operetta based on Cinderella, Johnson Museum and Museum of the Earth events, farming field days and a blood drive. (July 29, 2010)

Cassini images rule out rings around Rhea
Using NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Cornell astronomer Matthew Tiscareno and colleagues searched for any material from dust to giant boulders that might be orbiting Saturn's second-largest moon. (July 29, 2010)

Qatar students share food, culture, camaraderie
Qatari Night 2010 was presented July 27 by the IthaQatar Ambassadors, a group of students from Cornell's Ithaca and Doha campuses working together since 2008 to bridge the distance between them. (July 29, 2010)

Burns chronicles 400 years of planetary science
Joe Burns was offered a challenge: review all of planetary science since 1610 ... in 4,000 words or fewer. He took it. (July 28, 2010)

Scientists unravel trait leading to better brain power
By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists believe that the neck gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a surprising role in the evolution of the human brain. (July 28, 2010)

Spitzer researchers find buckyballs in space
Possibly catching a glimpse of a rare moment in time, researchers have detected fullerenes, or buckyballs - carbon structures long thought to be likely features of the interstellar medium, but never before observed. (July 28, 2010)

New English course nods to 'Romp-n-Stomp'
Poetry and Song, a new course being taught by professor of English Roger Gilbert this fall, will explore literature through verse and music, echoing a popular 1950s course in folk literature. (July 27, 2010)

Genetics symposium honors Cornell's Harrison
Dubbed 'Rick Fest,' evolutionary biologists from around the country descended on Ithaca July 22-23 to take part in a symposium in honor of Cornell evolutionary biologist Richard Harrison. (July 27, 2010)

Education can bring peace, Skorton and Davisson say
Higher education can be a vehicle for change in the Middle East, President David Skorton and his wife, Professor Robin Davisson, wrote in recent blog from Israel. (July 23, 2010)

200 staff members explore career growth strategies
The 12th annual Staff Education Exploration Day (S.E.E.D.) was held on July 21 in the Biotechnology Building. More than 200 staff attended the event to learn strategies for developing their careers. (July 23, 2010)

Shoals class analyzes seaweed harvest sustainability
Students explore sustainable harvest in a seaweed species that also serves as habitat for 60 other species during a class at Shoals Marine Lab. (July 23, 2010)

Researchers receive $1.5M NSF grant for bee database
The project will consolidate data from 10 natural history bee collections across the United States - including Cornell's estimated 250,000 specimen collection. (July 22, 2010)

John Reppy challenges supersolid helium
John Reppy reports in a recent edition of Physical Review Letters that 'evidence' for supersolid helium may have been premature. (July 22, 2010)

Sixty Cornell graduates join Teach For America
With 60 Cornell graduates joining Teach For America in 2010, Cornell ranks third among large colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors. (July 21, 2010)

Professor-edited journal rated among top in its field
Developmental Review: Perceptions in Behavior and Cognition, a journal of developmental psychology, has been named one of the three most influential journals in its field. (July 21, 2010)

Cornell government graduates win dissertation awards
Stephen Nelson, Tariq Thachil, Karrie Koesel and Samatha Majic, all Ph.D. '09 in government, have earned top prizes for their dissertations from the American Political Science Association. (July 21, 2010)

Linguist seems to have trapdoor to Middle Earth
Wayne Harbert, professor of linguistics and director of undergraduate studies for the department, translates Old English kennings about swords from firsthand experience with blacksmithing. (July 21, 2010)

Comptroller candidate meets senior administrators
Cornell administrators gave Harry Wilson, the Republican candidate for New York state comptroller, an overview of the university when he visited campus July 13. (July 21, 2010)

Adults recall negative events less accurately than children
Children, rather than adults, make better witnesses of negative emotional events because of how their memory works, according to a new study. (July 20, 2010)

Cornell, Ithaca startup to develop new batteries
Cornell's Energy Materials Center has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Ithaca's MicroGen Systems LLC to develop 'self-charging' batteries. (July 20, 2010)

ILR students help revitalize Buffalo, N.Y., economy
Ten ILR School students are working with nonprofit groups, government, businesses and labor advocates for a summer of service learning and research in Buffalo, N.Y. (July 20, 2010)

CUAUV team wins international competition
The team's vehicle, Tachyon, beat out 23 other teams at the 13th annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International competition held July 13-18 in San Diego, Calif. (July 20, 2010)

Wang to help lead Tang-Cornell China Scholars Program
Ping Wang, associate professor of entomology, has been named associate director of the Tang-Cornell China Scholars Program, which allows Chinese scholars to further their education at Cornell. (July 19, 2010)

ILR School promotes Americans with Disabilities Act
The ILR School's Northeast ADA Center is a clearinghouse for information on the Americans with Disabilities Act, which turns 20 on July 26. (July 19, 2010)

A stroke of shovels launches boathouse renovation
A groundbreaking June 12 celebrated the $8 million boathouse renovation and a new building for rowing, which should be completed in less than a year. (July 19, 2010)

Cornell robot sets walking world record
A Cornell robot named Ranger has traveled 14.3 miles in about 11 hours, setting an unofficial world record at Cornell's Barton Hall on the morning of July 6. (July 16, 2010)

Block grant funds employ CITY youth leaders
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Binghamton, N.Y., Mayor Matt Ryan helped kick off a summer youth employment initiative, an urban farm, as part of the Community Improvement Through Youth Project. (July 16, 2010)

Ithaca community members support fences on bridges
Virtually all area residents who expressed an opinion during the open session of Ithaca's Common Council favor temporary fences on the East Hill bridges to help prevent suicides. (July 16, 2010)

Narcissists bring pluses, minuses to the workplace
The ILR School's Jack Goncalo and colleagues find that having narcissists in the workplace has its pros and cons. (July 15, 2010)

Shoals class teaches students to think like ecologists
The course, one of 14 classes being taught at Shoals Marine Lab this summer, serves as an introduction to the scientific method. (July 15, 2010)

Two projects join Center for Transformative Action
Community organizations the Life Writing Project and Veterans Sanctuary have joined the Center for Transformative Action as project partners. (July 15, 2010)

Things to Do, July 16-30
Events on campus July 16-30 include free concerts on the Arts Quad and at the Schwartz Center, lectures at Statler auditorium, outdoor movies and MacBeth performances, a SEED event and museum offerings. (July 15, 2010)

Researchers create sounds of animated things breaking
Cornell computer scientists are developing technology to synthesize the sounds that go with computer-animated images of glass and crockery being smashed. (July 14, 2010)

'Broken symmetry' may point to new superconductors
In a major step toward understanding the mysterious 'pseudogap' state in high-temperature cuprate superconductors, researchers have found a 'broken symmetry' in their electronic structure. (July 14, 2010)

Early retirement incentives offered by N.Y. state
New York state recently announced an Early Retirement Incentive program for certain participants in the New York State Employees' Retirement System or the State University of New York Optional Retirement Plan. (July 14, 2010)

University mourns death of recent graduate
Mariel Christie '10 of Clifton Park, N.Y., who graduated from Cornell this past May with a B.S. in biological sciences from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, died in Ithaca July 11. (July 13, 2010)

Benefits to be extended to employees' children
Endowed employees will be able to cover their children ages 19-26 on Cornell health/dental plans, and all employees will be able to cover them on Select Benefits medical reimbursement plans. (July 13, 2010)

Biology scholars program aids minorities in science
Students from low-income or minority backgrounds are underrepresented in biology programs across the country, but Cornell's Biology Scholars Program is helping to buck that trend. (July 13, 2010)

Junior honored with Congressional Award Gold Medal
Human ecology's Gabrielle Tan '12 participated in a number of learning experiences to win the 2010 Congressional Award Gold Medal. (July 13, 2010)

Poll: New Yorkers favor legalizing medical marijuana
The newest Empire State Poll finds New York state residents support legalizing medical marijuana and are leery of gas drilling. (July 13, 2010)

Two graduate students win health care awards
Two Cornell graduate students have won awards that total $250,000 - one for instant, accurate testing of sore throats and another for a portable, low-power ultrasound device that promotes healing. (July 12, 2010)

Vet College's oldest alumnus turns 100
Veterinarian Larry Waitz '31 turns 100 today; he's Cornell's oldest surviving veterinarian and received his DVM degree earlier than any other living veterinarian in the United States. (July 12, 2010)

Cornell listens for whales amid undersea oil clouds
Recording units on the sea floor will help Cornell researchers analyze the potential impact of oil clouds in the Gulf of Mexico on marine mammals. (July 12, 2010)

Faculty brief Congress staff on carbon sequestering
Professors Johannes Lehmann and Teresa Jordan will brief Congressional staff on carbon sequestration and how it can enhance Earth's environment at 10 a.m. July 13 in Washington, D.C. (July 12, 2010)

Institute on higher ed IT policy set for July 19-22
Cornell will welcome webmasters, computer security officers and university attorneys to the fifteenth annual Cornell University/EDUCAUSE Institute for Computer Policy and Law at the Statler Hotel. (July 12, 2010)

Cornell hosts world series of weeds July 27
Cornell will host more than 100 competitors for the 2010 Northeastern Collegiate Weed Science Contest July 27 at its Homer Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y. (July 12, 2010)

Pritzker-winning architect selected to design Gates Hall
The Morphosis architectural firm, led by Thom Mayne, has been selected to design William H. Gates Hall, a building for Computing and Information Science that will foster collaborative research and learning. (July 9, 2010)

Cornell to save at least $75 million annually by 2015
President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs have accepted the proposed actions in each area from the Initiatives Coordination Office, which was established as part of a strategy to 'reimagine Cornell.' (July 8, 2010)

CU addresses questions about temporary bridge barriers
In a follow-up to a June 17 Cornell Chronicle story, the university answers questions about a consultants' report with recommendations on suicide prevention and bridge safety. (July 8, 2010)

Study reveals state of HIV/AIDS in Middle East, North Africa
A new study led by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar researcher Laith Abu-Raddad was the foundation for a report on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa presented June 28 in Dubai. (July 8, 2010)

Climbers scale redwoods in the name of seed science
Instructors for the Cornell Tree Climbing Institute recently climbed several giant sequoias in California to collect seed cones for the University of California-Berkeley's Center for Forestry. (July 8, 2010)

Emeritus professor of music composition dies
Robert M. Palmer, professor emeritus of composition and founder of the Doctor of Musical Arts program in composition at Cornell, died July 3 at the age of 95. (July 8, 2010)

Land economist Ernest Hardy '53 dies at age 87
Land economist Ernest Hardy '53, a senior extension associate for many years in Cornell's Department of Natural Resources, died July 3 at Cayuga Medical Center at age 87. (July 8, 2010)

Researchers track moons embedded in Saturn's rings
For the first time, astronomers have tracked individual moons nestled in debris orbiting a planet. That could give scientists new clues about how planets grow around stars in young solar systems. (July 8, 2010)

Inland bird watchers: Help look for signs of oil
As oil washes ashore along the Gulf Coast, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is asking birders to keep an eye on nesting birds - not just near water, but hundreds of miles inland. (July 7, 2010)

Staff Education Exploration Day is July 21
Staff Education Exploration Day (S.E.E.D.), July 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., G10 Biotech, features new workshops designed to help Cornell employees advance in their careers as well as many exhibits. (July 7, 2010)

Surplus office supplies go to local nonprofits
Alumni Affairs and Development has recycled and redistributed office supplies gathered from recent office moves, saving $72,000 in office supply purchases and distributing the surplus to area not-for-profits. (July 7, 2010)

New Yorkers divided on how to balance state budget
Cornell's Survey Research Institute asked New Yorkers: If the state does not have enough money to balance its budget and pay for existing programs, would you raise taxes, cut state programs or borrow money? (July 6, 2010)

Rawlings, Ehrenberg to examine research universities
Hunter Rawlings and Ronald Ehrenberg have been appointed to a new National Research Council committee that will undertake a review of how the federal government can ensure the health of U.S. research universities. (July 6, 2010)

Jungian studies conference set for Aug. 10-14
More than 100 scholars, artists and clinicians will visit campus Aug. 10-14 for a joint conference of the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies and the International Association for Jungian Studies. (July 6, 2010)

CERIS sponsors institute for social studies teachers
Some 40 educators from 18 New York counties attended a Cornell Educational Resources for International Studies workshop June 27-29 on teaching world knowledge via food customs and production. (July 1, 2010)

Things to Do, July 2-16
Events on campus July 2-16 include free Arts Quad and Schwartz Center concerts, lectures by Rachel Dickinson and Jim Maas, family films, paddling at Beebe Lake and gardening at the Minns Garden. (July 1, 2010)