Extension addresses 'society's most pressing problems'
CALS Dean Kathryn Boor's lecture celebrating Cornell Cooperative Extension's centennial focused on the importance of science in everyday life and CCE's role in engaging people of all ages in its application. (June 30, 2011)

CU receives $2.5M for food safety training project
Professor Martin Wiedmann will head a national effort in collaboration with six other universities to engage thousands of children, college students, teachers and professionals in food safety programs. (June 30, 2011)

Ecotoxicologist Jim Gillett dies at 77
James W. Gillett, professor emeritus in natural resources and a pioneer in ecotoxicology, died June 20 in Ithaca. (June 30, 2011)

Balder aims to enhance AAP's presence in the Big Apple
New AAP NYC executive director Robert Balder '89 intends to expand the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's programs in New York City and foster professional development for students. (June 30, 2011)

Workshop teaches computer networking, encourages Ph.D.s
Minority computer science students learned more about Internet hardware and software and about academic careers at a recent Cornell workshop. (June 30, 2011)

Area residents comment on nets for city bridges
Tompkins County residents voiced their opinions June 28 about whether the city of Ithaca should allow Cornell to install nets under three city-owned bridges on and adjacent to campus. (June 29, 2011)

Einaudi Center announces spring 2011 seed grants
The four seed grants and four small grants were awarded to promote research on foreign policy and international development as well as international studies in general. (June 29, 2011)

New York teachers learn international food culture
More than four dozen teachers attended a three-day workshop at Cornell to get ideas on how to integrate information about international food customs and food production into their curricula. (June 29, 2011)

New Cornell institute will focus on health policy
The new Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities is designed to attract scholars from a wide array of fields related to health policy. (June 27, 2011)

Students take top prize for cassava cookies
Various Cornellians reaped prizes at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, June 11-14, including a student team who took first prize for developing cassava cookies for poor countries. (June 27, 2011)

Study: Hold union elections quickly
A new study concludes that streamlining the union certification process will reduce employee harassment, interrogation, threats and retaliation via anti-union employer campaigns. (June 27, 2011)

Food safety team to combat salmonella in tomatoes
Two Cornell experts are teaming up to tackle salmonella contamination in produce, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative through the USDA. (June 27, 2011)

CALS partners with South African university
Cornell has strengthened its presence in Africa by formalizing a research relationship with the Faculty of AgriSciences of Stellenbosch University in South Africa. (June 27, 2011)

How parents can cut the electronic umbilical cord
A new book gives parents advice on loosening the so-called electronic umbilical cord to their college-age children, along with tips for such common challenges as the freshman 15 and roommate problems. (June 27, 2011)

Library's Project Euclid wins association award
Cornell University Library's Project Euclid - which advances scholarly communication in theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics - won an award from the Special Library Association. (June 24, 2011)

Lillian Hall '83 to speak about work in Nicaragua
Lillian Hall '83, who has worked in Nicaragua for nearly three decades, returns to Cornell June 30 to discuss grassroots organizing. (June 24, 2011)

Grad Women in Science returns for 90th conference
A Cornell conference considered issues that lead to fewer women completing doctoral degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. (June 24, 2011)

Joe Thomas to return to teaching when deanship ends
L. Joseph Thomas, the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Johnson School, has announced he will return to teaching and research when his five-year term as dean ends June 30, 2012. (June 22, 2011)

Benefit concert for Japan features new organ
A benefit concert for Japanese relief efforts, featuring Cornell's new baroque organ, will be held Saturday, July 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Cornell's Anabel Taylor Chapel. (June 22, 2011)

Holst-Warhaft named Tompkins County poet laureate
Gail Holst-Warhaft, Ph.D. '92, an adjunct professor of comparative literature, biological and environmental engineering and a poetry writer, was named Tompkins County poet laureate for 2011. (June 22, 2011)

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program moves
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP, formerly the Employee Assistance Program, or EAP) is moving to Collegetown, at 409 College Ave., Suite 201, beginning July 1. (June 22, 2011)

USDA grant to build sustainable community food systems
To foster the growth of equitable, healthful and sustainable community food systems, Cornell will receive $1 million of a five-year, $5 million multistate project. (June 21, 2011)

Researchers confirm emerald ash borer in Buffalo
Cornell researchers have confirmed a new infestation of the emerald ash borer in Erie County, N.Y., for the first time. (June 21, 2011)

State's first hops specialist on tap
Cornell Cooperative Extension has hired a hops specialist to promote New York beer production while using local sources, reducing their carbon footprint and keeping jobs in the state. (June 21, 2011)

Musgrave Farm home to 50 research projects
Cornell's Musgrave Research Farm near Aurora, N.Y., is home to some 50 research projects, including biochar and organic cropping systems. (June 21, 2011)

Cornell websites, alumni relations win CASE awards
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education annual Circle of Excellence Awards has given bronze medals to two Cornell websites and a silver medal for alumni relations programs. (June 21, 2011)

CU celebrates the arts at Alvin Ailey dance theater
President David Skorton explored themes of dance and celebrated artistic director Judith Jamison's career at the Joan Weill Center for Dance and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Manhattan June 8. (June 20, 2011)

Summer scholars hosted by CALS learn about careers
The Departments of Food Science and of Plant Pathology each host about one dozen undergraduates from around the country as summer scholars to garner career interest in their fields. (June 20, 2011)

Cornell proposes 'transformative' NYC campus
Cornell's New York City footprint may soon grow larger with the addition of a new applied sciences research center and campus. The university plans to respond to a Request for Proposals for the project this summer. (June 17, 2011)

Diversity conference calls for changing the status quo
More than 200 people from area colleges, organizations and government services attended the Diversity Community Roundtable at Ithaca College, discussing ways to create inclusive workplace cultures. (June 17, 2011)

Michael Kotlikoff reappointed Vet College dean
Kotlikoff will begin his second five-year term July 1, 2012. Among his priorities will be the college's capital plan, renewing the faculty and expanding groundbreaking translational programs. (June 16, 2011)

$3.8M gift endows architecture professorship, lectures
A gift from the estate of architect Edgar Tafel, a member of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, will establish an endowed professorship in architecture and a lecture series in his name. (June 16, 2011)

New Lyme disease test improves treatment for horses, dogs
Cornell has developed a new test for Lyme disease in horses and dogs that pinpoints the time of infection, which will result in earlier intervention and more effective treatment. (June 16, 2011)

CU-produced radio show wins top SUNY award
A community radio show produced and co-sponsored by Cornell has won a top award from the State University of New York Council for University Advancement. (June 16, 2011)

Exhibit to feature Big Red apples trees silhouetted
Los Angeles artist Jessica Rath worked with Professor Susan Brown to use Cornell apple trees as a basis for a photography exhibit in Pasadena next year. (June 16, 2011)

Community design can help combat climate change
A conference at Cornell June 3 included planners and architects, discussing how compact, walker- and biker-friendly communities with high-performance buildings would help the energy, climate crises. (June 16, 2011)

Global Health Program students, faculty travel to Tanzania
For the third year in a row, 15 Cornell students are taking part in the Global Health Summer Session Program in Tanzania. (June 15, 2011)

Long-term use of vitamin E may cut COPD risk
A new Cornell study suggests that long-term, regular use of vitamin E in women 45 years of age and older may help decrease the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by about 10 percent. (June 15, 2011)

Project launches healthful juneberry as new NE crop
A Cornell project is launching interest in the Northeast in growing and using juneberries, which are even more healthful on many fronts, than blueberries. (June 15, 2011)

Suspect arrested, arraigned for June 5 assault
Cornell University Police arrested a suspect in connection with a June 5 assault on West Avenue on campus. (June 14, 2011)

Genetic engineering fast forwards evolution, says Antczak
Cornell Professor Doug Antczak '69 discussed hybrids and chimeras, real and imagined, and how some myths are coming closer to reality with the help of modern science, June 9 during Reunion. (June 14, 2011)

Study examines Amazon's elite product reviewers
A new study looks inside the hidden world of elite Amazon.com product reviewers, who supply content to the retail giant for free. (June 14, 2011)

Fish study offers 'road map' for how vertebrates make sounds
Cornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how all vertebrates, including humans, generate sound used for social communication. (June 14, 2011)

Student sculptor to pay homage to Ithaca porches
Roxanne Yamins '12 has won the Cornell Undergraduate Artist Award for 2011 from the Cornell Council for the Arts. With its proceeds, she hopes create sculptures reflecting Ithaca's front porches. (June 14, 2011)

Ten win SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
Ten staff and faculty members in Cornell's statutory colleges have been cited for excellence in the performance of their duties and named winners of Chancellor's Awards for Excellence. (June 13, 2011)

Four faculty members receive college awards
Sunn 'Shelley' Wong and Stephen Morgan have been awarded Paul advising awards, and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and John Hale have been awarded Appel fellowships for their faculty excellence. (June 13, 2011)

Billionaire philanthropist Feeney is Olin lecturer
Billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney, Hotel '56, spoke about his remarkable life June 10 in Bailey Hall as the 2011 Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecturer during Reunion Weekend. (June 13, 2011)

Skorton calls CU the 'new opportunity university'
In his State of the University Address June 11, President Skorton presented a vision of Cornell that includes access for students of talent, globalization, public engagement and faculty renewal. (June 13, 2011)

Leadership program discusses Reimagining Cornell
As participants in the Leading Cornell program, 17 staff members identified as 'high-potential' review Reimagining Cornell and the strategic plan and give recommendations to President Skorton. (June 13, 2011)

Milstein Hall on track to open in August
With 25,000 square feet of studio space and many new amenities, Milstein Hall will be ready for architecture, art and planning students when classes begin in August. (June 13, 2011)

Faculty ponder Obama's tough foreign policy decisions
The 'America and the World' Current Events Roundtable with faculty speakers June 10 during Reunion focused on the dilemmas the president faces regarding American foreign policy. (June 13, 2011)

Charles Walcott named university ombudsman
Charles Walcott, former dean of the university faculty and professor emeritus of neurobiology and behavior, has been named university ombudsman, President David Skorton announced June 13. (June 13, 2011)

Researchers explore pirouette effect in turbulence
Researchers at Cornell have discovered that seemingly random turbulent flows, which are the flow of a fluid in which velocity varies rapidly and irregularly, actually have an astonishing structure. (June 13, 2011)

Cornell recognized for work and family programs
Mary George Opperman and Lynette Chappell-Williams received a national work-life award June 13 for their 'extraordinary contributions as work-life practitioners, leaders and innovators.' (June 13, 2011)

Olin Library gets fire safety system for its 50th
Olin Library celebrated its 50th birthday June 10, with alumni on campus for Reunion, including Joel and Suzanne Wiener, who met in Olin's stacks and have been married for 50 years. (June 13, 2011)

Class of '31 recognizes youngest Reunion class
Following the legacy of their late class president Bill Vanneman, the Class of 1931 launched a new Reunion tradition by welcoming the youngest Reunion class with 'Spirit of '31 - Passing it Forward.' (June 10, 2011)

Changing upstate populations creates challenges
Scholars and civic leaders pondered how to address the challenges prompted by upstate New York's changing population at the State of Upstate New York Conference in Syracuse, N.Y., June 8. (June 10, 2011)

Workshop celebration honors legacy of Sidney Tarrow
A two-day academic conference June 3-4 at Cornell honored government professor Sidney Tarrow, upon his retirement after 40 years at Cornell. (June 10, 2011)

Andrew Tisch '71 to co-lead Cornell campaign
A devoted alumnus and supporter of the Cornell faculty, Tisch has been named co-chair of Cornell's comprehensive campaign as it continues through the university's sesquicentennial in 2015. (June 10, 2011)

Law School teams up with India law school
Cornell Law School will now have exchange programs and teaching and research collaborations with the Jindal Global Law School of O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Haryana, India. (June 10, 2011)

Class of 2012 rallies Ivy League to raise $10,000
The Class of 2012 Council has gotten the entire Ivy League to join forces to fundraise for philanthropy for first time. So far, the Ivy League has raised $10,000 for Save the Children. (June 10, 2011)

Doctors say cuts in arts funding can affect mental health
At 'The Arts and Mental Health: The Impact on the Human Spirit,' Cornell physicians discussed the role of the arts in mental health and the potential effects of arts funding cuts on well-being. (June 10, 2011)

Inaugural student sermon competition held
In an inaugural competition named for Rabbi Harold I. Saperstein '31, 14 students wrote and delivered sermons related to contemporary social justice issues this spring. (June 10, 2011)

Study: Animals and humans eat clay to rid toxins
The phrase 'eat dirt' takes on a whole new meaning when used by biologists, who have widely observed that humans, birds and mammals all engage in geophagy. (June 9, 2011)

Microbe efficiencies could make better fuel cells
Two common bacteria involved in what was thought to be only a marginally important relationship actually help each other thrive when grown together in bioreactors, say Cornell scientists. (June 9, 2011)

University photographer reaps national award
University photographer Lindsay France won a gold medal in the Individual Photographs category from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. (June 9, 2011)

Hundreds attend Hotel School's awards dinner in NYC
The Hilton family and Hilton Foundation and Drew Nieporent '77 were honored at the Hotel School's third annual Cornell Icon and Innovator Awards Dinner at the Waldorf=Astoria New York on June 7. (June 9, 2011)

Walter Lynn, former ombudsman, dies at 82
Walter R. Lynn, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and of science and technology studies, died June 6 of cancer. He was 82. (June 9, 2011)

Stacey Langwick to study law, plant biology
An assistant professor in anthropology will study plant biology and international intellectual property law to keep African healers from commercialization without remuneration with a Mellon fellowship. (June 8, 2011)

2CUL expands Southeast Asian studies collaboration
The libraries at Cornell and Columbia are expanding an existing partnership to include Southeast Asian studies; personnel and resources will be shared. (June 8, 2011)

Cornell police investigate assault on campus
President David Skorton and Vice President Susan Murphy issued a statement on a reported assault on campus that is under investigation. Facts to date indicate the attack had 'an element of racial bias.' (June 8, 2011)

President offers condolences on passing of Walter Lynn
President David Skorton offers condolences on the passing of Professor Emeritus Walter Lynn, who served as dean of the faculty and university ombudsman. He died June 6. (June 8, 2011)

Recent graduate Harsh Gosalia dies June 5
Vice Provost and Graduate School Dean Barbara Knuth offers a message of condolence on the death of Harsh Gosalia, a recent graduate with a Masters in Engineering who died unexpectedly June 5. (June 8, 2011)

Crimes borne of domestic abuse face long prison terms
The Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell calls for legal system reforms regarding survivors of domestic violence who are convicted of crimes when protecting themselves from abuse. (June 7, 2011)

U.S. politics stem from Jefferson vs. Hamilton, expert says
Speaking in New York City June 2, Professor Robert Hockett showed how much of the U.S. political structure and national policy stems from the conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. (June 7, 2011)

Student lands three grants to study nerve disorders
Ph.D. candidate Christopher Blackwood has garnered three fellowships in three months to support his research in neurodegenerative disorders, which disproportionately affect minority communities. (June 7, 2011)

Vet and Qatar colleges focus on Qatar's food safety
Cornell's Veterinary College and Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar are joining forces to mitigate food contamination and keep food clean, from production to consumption, in Qatar. (June 7, 2011)

Students build bamboo nurseries in Haiti
Several Cornell students are spearheading a project that has planted some 15,000 square feet of bamboo nursery in Haiti for fuel, housing, crafts and environmental restoration. (June 3, 2011)

SRI International to manage Arecibo Observatory
Vice Provost Robert Buhrman has issued a statement congratulating SRI International for being selected by the NSF to manage the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for the next five years. (June 3, 2011)

April and May were the wettest on record
While some cities in the Northeast endured dry spells, nine cities broke their records for rain in April and May, reports Cornell's Northeast Regional Climate Center. (June 3, 2011)

Structural deficit to be nearly erased in 2012, VP says
Vice President for Planning and Budget Elmira Mangum explains how years of rolling deficits are being eliminated. (June 2, 2011)

Provost affirms decision on support of Africana Studies
Provost Kent Fuchs issued a statement June 2 that affirms his decision to increase funding to recruit faculty, provide resources for a Ph.D. program, and move administration to the College of Arts and Sciences. (June 2, 2011)

Research needed to improve developing country food chains
For food production to benefit poor people in developing countries and be environmentally sustainable, much more research is needed, says a Cornell researcher. (June 2, 2011)

Workshops to highlight potential of X-ray science
The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source will host six workshops throughout June to explore new science at the hard X-ray diffraction limit. (June 2, 2011)

Reunion 2011 to feature 'Spirit of '31' ceremony
Cornell will honor its first-ever 80th Reunion class and philanthropist Chuck Feeney '56 will give the annual Olin Lecture June 10 in Bailey Hall, as part of Reunion 2011 weekend, June 9-12. (June 2, 2011)

Two staff members recognized for dedicated service
Two staff members, one from the College of Veterinary Medicine and one from Gannett Health Services, were recognized recently for their excellence with a George Peter Award for Dedicated Service. (June 2, 2011)

Things to Do, June 3-Aug. 5
Events on campus as Cornell heads into summer include Olin Library's 50th birthday, an exhibition honoring the career of Zevi Blum, a lecture on fly fishing, and several free lectures and concerts. (June 2, 2011)

Atkinson Center announces venture fund awards
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future chose 10 interdisciplinary projects to receive academic venture funds for spring 2011. The awards were announced May 29 and total $662,509. (June 1, 2011)

$3 million grant will improve crops in developing countries
The Gates Foundation has given Cornell a $3 million grant to use genomics to develop more crop varieties for smallholder farmers in developing countries. (June 1, 2011)

Portable ultrasound now available for horses
UltrOZ Elite Therapy System is a wearable, therapeutic ultrasound system for horses.The technology was developed by George Lewis, a Cornell medical ultrasound researcher and former graduate student. (June 1, 2011)

WCMC-Qatar researchers decode date palm genome
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have identified a region of the date palm genome linked to gender, making it possible to quickly and easily identify male and female trees. (June 1, 2011)

Ag station sows science literacy in Geneva
Professors from Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station are working with third graders in Geneva in a hands-on science program to teach elementary school students about plant science. (June 1, 2011)

Hwang recognized for leadership in statistics
Jiunn Tzon Hwang, professor of mathematics, has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association for outstanding contributions and leadership in statistical science. (June 1, 2011)

Book charts economic trends of upstate New York
'Upstate New York in Profile' is a new free chart book from Cornell outlining key demographic, economic, social and opinion trends. (June 1, 2011)

Urban Eden class plants in Ithaca and Geneva
Students in Cornell's Creating the Urban Eden course gave the horticulture hall in Geneva a landscape makeover this semester. (June 1, 2011)