Cybertools, database will help analyze languages
A new generation of cybertools developed at Cornell and a Sinhala language data archive at Cornell allow researchers to better study language acquisition in children. (Oct. 31, 2011)

Mom can buffer effects of stress on teen's memory
Chronic stress in childhood can hurt children and teens physically, mentally and emotionally. However, having a sensitive, responsive mother can reduce at least one of these harmful effects, says a new study. (Oct. 31, 2011)

'Green' class projects help airport reap award
Class projects with suggestions for a greener local airport helped the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport earn the 2011 Airports Going Green award from the Chicago Department of Aviation. (Oct. 31, 2011)

Public Service Center celebrates 20 years
The Public Service Center has excelled at embedding service learning and community involvement in the fabric of the Cornell experience, said Robert Harrison, chairman-elect of the board of trustees. (Oct. 31, 2011)

Professor Emeritus John M. Anderson dies at 94
John Maxwell Anderson, professor emeritus of zoology at Cornell, who taught here from 1952 until 1979 when he retired, died Oct. 25 at age 94. (Oct. 31, 2011)

Tester receives special achievement award
Jeff Tester, Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems at Cornell, received the Special Achievement Award of the Geothermal Resources Council Oct. 26 in San Diego. (Oct. 28, 2011)

'The Hard Man' depicts life of Scottish gangster
'The Hard Man,' an account of Johnny Byrne's early life as Glasgow's most notorious gangster, will have its U.S. premiere Nov. 3-6 at Cornell's Risley Theatre. (Oct. 28, 2011)

Former Bush speechwriter defends waterboarding
Marc Thiessen, former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, defended waterboarding and other 'enhanced interrogation techniques' in his talk on campus Oct. 27. (Oct. 28, 2011)

Nabokov seminar gets a lesson in butterflies
Vladimir Nabokov's passion for science and art is kept alive via a cross-departmental collaboration in the course Reading Nabokov, which includes a lecture and demonstration at the Cornell Insect Collection. (Oct. 28, 2011)

Cornell submits NYC Tech Campus proposal Oct. 28
On Oct. 28, Cornell will submit its proposal to build a world-class technology campus in New York City. In partnership with Technion, the campus promises to spur economic development in the city. (Oct. 27, 2011)

USDA funds $2.3 million study of organic grains
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has funded a $2.3 million study to enhance the market value of organically grown heritage wheat, emmer, spelt and einkorn. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Researchers suspend, image single DNA molecules
Scientists in the Craighead lab have figured out how to stretch out tangled strands of DNA from chromosomes, line them up and tag them to reflect different levels of chemical modification. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Kenyan livestock farmers receive insurance payouts
In the midst of a drought-induced food crisis affecting millions in the Horn of Africa, an innovative insurance program for poor livestock keepers made its first payouts Oct. 21. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Cornell donates computers to Tioga County schools
Cornell Computer Reuse Association has donated 40 computers to Tioga County Central Schools. (Oct. 27, 2011)

ILR film examines disabled teens and work
'What Works?,' a documentary produced by the ILR School, explains how collaboration between schools, businesses and students with disabilities pays off with jobs for teens. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Grant will help arXiv e-print management go worldwide
The Simons Foundation has provided a $60,000 planning grant to develop a structure through which institutions that benefit from and support the online e-print arXiv can participate in its governance. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Art has the power to mend broken communities
Artist Lily Yeh described community art as a method to help mend broken communities Oct. 24 as part of the 40th anniversary of the Cornell-affiliated Center for Transformative Action. (Oct. 27, 2011)

CARE auction, other events, raise $13,000
The Emergency Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees Fund has raised more than $13,000 from recent events to help staff members and faculty with emergency-related needs. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Things to Do, Oct. 28-Nov. 4
Events this week include a symposium on university-industry food partnerships, a talk by the former CEO of Lockheed, and Insectapalooza. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Assemblies Update, Week of Oct. 24
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Study analyzes film of imperial woodpecker
Cornell researchers and colleagues analyzed a 1956 film of the largest woodpecker species that ever lived. Their findings are published in The Auk, and the cover illustration was painted by a grad student. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Your phone as counselor: Smartphone monitors stress
Your smartphone knows where you go and how fast, while its microphone hears your voice. Soon, your phone may use these capabilities to measure the stress in your life and help you deal with it. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Transistors are made from natural cotton fibers
Juan Hinestroza has helped develop transistors using natural cotton fibers, which could lead to smarter, highly functional clothing and perhaps even cotton-based circuits and computers. (Oct. 26, 2011)

New grad program trains wildlife conservationists
Cornell and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have teamed up to offer a new shared doctoral program that will train the next generation of wildlife conservation scientists. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Three grants will help sweeten N.Y. apple crop
Researchers have received three grants to reduce apple tree losses and enhance production efficiency among growers. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Researchers test garden tunnels at schools
Cornell is helping six New York state schools use high tunnels to grow their school gardens and studying how they benefit the schools' educational programs. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Sophomore takes leadership role in national FFA
Ken Quick Jr. '14 has been named the next national eastern region vice president of the Future Farmers of America. (Oct. 26, 2011)

CIT releases revised computer security guide
The eBook, 'Computer Security at Cornell,' will help you protect your identity and the university's data. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Gangster movies offer views of capitalism, exclusion
In a campus talk, Professor Sabine Haenni described how gangster films of the 1930s critiqued capitalism and its modes of exclusion in the United States, and incorrectly portrayed America abroad. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Native bees are better pollinators than honeybees
Native bees are better pollinators and more plentiful than honeybees, finds entomologist Bryan Danforth, who is involved in two big projects to further study native bee populations. (Oct. 24, 2011)

New test can precisely pinpoint food pathogens
Using a genomic approach, a Cornell team has developed a test that can precisely pinpoint the exact nature and origin of food-borne bacteria with unprecedented accuracy. (Oct. 24, 2011)

ERL researchers surpass scientific milestones
Cornell scientists have surpassed two major scientific milestones toward proving the technology of a novel, exceedingly powerful X-ray source called the Energy Recovery Linac. (Oct. 24, 2011)

New York's 4-H program becomes more research-based
4-H at Cornell has been relocated to Cornell's Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research to give the program even stronger connections to research. (Oct. 24, 2011)

$1.72M grant to study twins' genomes and gut bacteria
Cornell microbiologist Ruth Ley, principal investigator of a new $1.72 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, will study links between genes, gut bacteria and genes. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Law professor's economic plan 'touches a nerve'
A paper published Oct. 10 and co-authored by law professor Robert Hockett, advances a 'way forward' for the U.S. economy and has received widespread acclaim. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Cornell iGEM team wins gold
The Cornell iGEM team won gold for creating a new molecular chip capable of synthesizing biopharmaceutical drugs and jet fuels at markedly lower cost; now they'll go to the world championships. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Law School to host conference on water scarcity
Cornell Law School will host a three-day conference Nov. 4-6 to examine the growing water shortage crisis in the Mediterranean basin. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Graduate student Bobby Mozia dies
President Skorton offered condolences on the loss of graduate student Bobby Mozia, who died Oct. 22 of natural causes. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Panel debates place of liberal arts in the work world
Princeton students argued that pre-professional education is better for getting jobs; Cornell students argued for a liberal arts education, Oct. 22, as part of the Connect all-day conference. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Architecture reflects founders different visions
Historian and Cornell lecturer Carol Kammen described Oct. 20 how Cornell's early architecture reflected the different visions Ezra Cornell and Andrew White had as Cornell founders. (Oct. 24, 2011)

NYC Tech Campus drives for sustainable net-zero impact
The proposed New York City Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island will utilize solar and geothermal power to harvest as much energy as it consumes. In the parlance of energy experts, it will be 'net-zero energy.' (Oct. 24, 2011)

'Cornell Now' expands fundraising goal to $4.75B
The fundraising campaign will build on its successes and support the strategic plan's priorities as the university approaches its sesquicentennial in 2015. (Oct. 22, 2011)

Skorton: 'Cornell is poised to flourish and lead'
Four years before its sesquicentennial, Cornell is poised to expand its reach, enhance its academic prowess and extend its leadership, President David Skorton said in his State of the University Address Oct. 21. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Talking across differences is key, diversity leaders say
Recently formed diversity offices aim to help students become skilled in interacting across differences, their leaders said at a panel discussion, 'Varied Voices: Diversity and Access,' Oct. 21. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Huttenlocher talks up NYC tech campus for trustees
Dan Huttenlocher made the case for a Cornell New York City tech campus at an academic presentation during Trustee-Council Weekend, Oct. 21. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Jeff Hancock tackles ethics in social media
In a talk to alumni Oct. 21, Jeff Hancock shared his research into the veracity of online communications and what scientists can extract from it. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Panel: On sustainability, CU is showing how it can be done
Cornell demonstrates 'a way forward' in sustainability, said panelists at a discussion Oct. 21 during Trustee-Council Weekend. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Ithaca-Weill collaborations boost research
Collaborations between researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Ithaca campus yield results that might otherwise be impossible, and make Cornell more attractive to graduate students. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Former provost discusses future of humanities
Cornell's unique combination of strengths in the humanities alongside its strengths in the sciences also gives it unique challenges, said former Cornell provost Don Randel. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Indian architect is example of working in many worlds
Architecture professor Mary Woods discussed the work of Indian architect Brinda Somaya, from an earthquake-stricken village to new information technology campuses, Oct. 21 in Statler Hall. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Milstein architect Koolhaas speaks on 'Progress'
Architect Rem Koolhaas toured the recently completed Milstein Hall Oct. 20 with members of his firm, OMA, and gave a public lecture in Bailey Hall on trends in modern architecture. (Oct. 21, 2011)

New humanities building to be gateway to Arts Quad
A new humanities building will soon provide a gateway to the Arts Quad, President David Skorton announced Oct. 21 at the Trustee Council Annual Meeting, to recognize the vitality and importance of the humanities at Cornell. (Oct. 21, 2011)

Astronomer Squyres becomes NASA aquanaut
Astronomer Steven Squyres, who helped lead the Rover missions to Mars, is one of six crew members on a 13-day undersea NASA training mission off Key Largo to simulate an asteroid mission. (Oct. 20, 2011)

Skorton optimistic on economic development council
At an Oct. 19 meeting of the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council, which he co-chairs, President David Skorton expressed optimism for the economic future of New York state. (Oct. 20, 2011)

NYC Tech Campus partnership generates excitement
Cornell and the Technion have received numerous expressions of support from entrepreneurs and academics in their partnership bid for the New York City Tech Campus. The proposal is due Oct. 28. (Oct. 20, 2011)

Things to Do, Oct. 21-28
Events on campus this week include alumni filmmakers presenting their work, a student-produced play about immigration, artist Lily Yeh, music and poetry, and Trevor Pinch on Robert Moog. (Oct. 20, 2011)

Assemblies Update, Week of Oct. 17
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Oct. 20, 2011)

Endowed health rates to rise moderately
Endowed health plan rates and medical and pharmacy co-payments will increase moderately for 2012; the open enrollment period for endowed health and dental plans and for Select Benefits is Nov. 1-30. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Survey on staff work experience to be distributed
Cornell staff members will be asked next week to participate in a confidential universitywide survey about various aspects of their work experience. The survey takes about ten minutes to complete. (Oct. 19, 2011)

'Excellence is an attitude,' says Lee Pillsbury '69
Lee Pillsbury '69, speaking as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor, stressed that going after what you want with a proactive attitude will help you achieve success. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Eroding resources triggers 'global auction'
Sustainability advocate Mathis Wackernagel, a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor, stressed Oct. 18 that many countries fail to take resource scarcity into account when making economic decisions. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Q and A with Stephen Ashley on the Far Above campaign
Stephen Ashley '62, MBA '64, a university trustee and co-chair of Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell, talks about the campaign. This is the final interview in a series with the campaign co-chairs. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Center for Transformative Action celebrates 40 years
The Center for Transformative Action is celebrating its 40th anniversary as an incubator of social change. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Researchers watch how 'heavy fermions' get less heavy
By 'tuning' the behavior of 'heavy-fermion' materials, we may learn more about how superconductivity works, according to new Cornell research. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Human resources forum focuses on Workday software
Workday, a new and easy-to-use human resource management/payroll system targeted to launch in July 2012, was the focus of a human resources streamlining forum Oct. 14. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Adults can't tell when kids are lying or misinformed
Adults have difficulty determining when a child is lying or repeating misinformation he or she has gathered from interviews, according to a Cornell study. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Kiln to make Kenyan village energy independent
With the first continuous slow pyrolysis unit built at a U.S. university, a research team are on the cusp of harnessing the power of organic material to fuel an entire village in Kenya. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Researchers attack a very, very bad stink bug
Researchers have received almost half a million dollars to fight the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, which has the potential to destroy New York's crops. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Coffman gets mentoring award from women's group
Professor Ronnie Coffman was honored with the 2011 Mentoring Award from the Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Oct. 18. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Scholar to explore role of memory in politics
Scholar Enzo Traverso will explore the role of memory in modern politics in 'Historical Time and the Politics of Memory,' Nov. 8, 4:30 p.m., in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Shared child care gave rise to human altruism
During her first visit as an A.D. White professor, Sarah Hrdy asserted in a public lecture Oct. 17 that altruism among humans stemmed from having more than just parents help with child care. (Oct. 18, 2011)

U.S. military interventions require more caution
International relations scholar Robert Keohane, speaking on campus Oct. 13, stressed that the United States needs to exercise great caution when it considers military interventions around the world. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Cornell, Technion will partner in NYC Tech Campus
Cornell and The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have announced a new partnership to create a world-class applied science and engineering campus in New York City, as outlined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Words of psychopaths reveal their predatory nature
Words can be a window on the soul, and computers are learning to peer through that window. A new Cornell study shows that computer analyses can identify the speech patterns that psychopaths tend to use. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Multiphoton endoscope could minimize biopsies
Researchers in Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical College are pushing the limits of multiphoton microscopy by shrinking the microscopes so they can be inserted safely into a patient's body. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Hod Lipson collaborates on Eureqa project
Using a Cornell-developed software called Eureqa, scientists have demonstrated that a computer can analyze raw experimental data from a biological system. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Honey compound is a natural preservative
Microbiologist Randy Worobo has discovered an antimicrobial compound from honey that could be a promising candidate as a natural preservative to prevent food-borne illness and food spoilage. (Oct. 17, 2011)

ILR receives $3 million to study U.S. census data
A $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation-Census Research Network will help ILR's Labor Dynamics Institute investigate U.S. census data. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Dr. Oz and Cornell find peer mentors improve teen diets
Professor John Cawley and Dr. Mehmet Oz of TV fame find that peer mentors in at-risk high schools help students improve their diet and exercise regimens. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie: Disneyland exhibit goes nano
The new Nanooze Lab at California's Disneyland allows guests to explore the very, very small. The Nanooze project was founded by Cornell Professor Carl Batt. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Two faculty invited to engineering symposium
Rajesh Bhaskaran and Jonathan Butcher are among 65 researchers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's third Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium, Nov. 13-16. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Student Performance Laboratory debuts at the Schwartz
The play 'Followthrough' by Benjamin Hennessy '13 on Oct. 21 is the first in a series of student-run performance events and projects at the Schwartz Center. (Oct. 17, 2011)

NYC gala celebrates 40 years of outdoor education
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cornell Outdoor Education Oct. 14-15, participants in New York City walked the Highline walking, had adventures in Central Park and a banquet at the Cornell Club. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Support arts, humanities and science collaborations
A sustained collaboration between the 'two cultures' of the arts/humanities and that of science need to be supported as much as possible, said former Cornell Provost Don Randel, Oct. 14. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Boor addresses Colombian government, business leaders
Dean Kathryn Boor talked about global agriculture in a keynote address, Oct. 6; she shared the stage with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Trustees unanimously endorse Cornell's NYC Tech Campus
As Cornell finishes preparing a proposal for a New York City tech campus, the board of trustees voted unanimously to endorse the plan during a special meeting Oct. 12. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Researchers get $4.5M for next generation grapes
Cornell has received $4.5 million to make grape breeding more efficient and to develop new disease-resistant, cold hardy generations of grapes. (Oct. 14, 2011)

'University Courses' pilot promotes 'one Cornell'
'University Courses,' piloted this fall, draw upon faculty interest in interdisciplinary study and collaborative teaching, and promote the 'one Cornell' idea in Cornell's strategic plan. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Conference looks at role of liberal arts majors
A conference Oct. 22 on campus will draw alumni back to talk about the changing role of liberal arts majors in the job market. It is planned by students for students. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Researchers work to take the errors out of the cloud
A Cornell team of computer scientists plans to develop methods for improving the reliability of cloud computing. (Oct. 13, 2011)

$3.45M for new technologies to study birds, other species
A gift and a grant totaling $3.45 million will help the Cornell Lab of Ornithology develop new computer technologies to better understand the movements and behaviors of birds and other species. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Q and A with Bob Appel on Cornell's fundraising campaign
In the third in a series of interviews with Cornell's campaign co-chairs, Robert Appel '53, trustee emeritus and presidential councillor, talks about the Weill Cornell campaign. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Auditorium completes Milstein; Koolhaas to visit
A new 257-seat auditorium in Milstein Hall, opening Oct. 20, offers state-of-the-art design and technology and will be the center of activity for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Society for the Humanities hosts sound conference
Visiting and faculty fellows and leading scholars in sound studies will take part in a conference, 'Sounding Cultures: From Performance to Politics,' Oct. 14-15 at the A.D. White House. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Tarrow gets Mellon fellowship to study rights in war
Professor Emeritus Sidney Tarrow will use $32,400 from the Mellon Foundation to explore when and how rights are protected or abused under conditions of modern warfare. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Domestic partners to be included in health benefits
Unmarried couples - whether opposite- or same-sex, in which one partner is an endowed faculty or staff member - will have the same access to Cornell's health and dental insurance, as of Jan. 1. (Oct. 13, 2011)

NYC teachers to attend science workshop
The Cornell Science Sample Series gives New York City-area teachers hands-on instruction from Cornell faculty and graduate students to help them bring scientific concepts alive in the classroom. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Nobel laureate puts the squeeze on hydrogen
Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann, professor emeritus of chemistry, recounted his work on putting hydrogen under pressure, as part of the Local Legends of Chemistry lecture series, Oct. 6. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Things to Do, Oct. 14-21
Events on campus this week include a grand opening reception for the new wing at the Johnson Museum, lectures on sustainability, evolution and parenting, and British folk musician Brian Peters. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Assemblies Update, Week of Oct. 10
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Oct. 13, 2011)

Library digitization projects span multiple millennia
Six new grants have been awarded to Cornell faculty to digitize content of enduring value. Projects range from hip-hop posters to ancient Greek coins. (Oct. 12, 2011)

CU backs launch of 'Silicon Alley 500' in NYC
Cornell joins NYC-based tech star Next Jump as its exclusive academic partner to help launch a unique recruiting event to lure the East Coast's top minds and leading companies to the Big Apple. (Oct. 12, 2011)

Extension's Marcellus Shale Team wins award
The Cornell Cooperative Extension Marcellus Shale Team will receive the 2011 community and economic vitality award from Cornell's Community and Rural Development Institute Oct. 18. (Oct. 12, 2011)

Researcher offers toil-free tip to plant tulips
A Cornell researcher has discovered a much simpler way to plant tulip bulbs: Loosen the dirt two inches deep, drop bulb and then top it with mulch. (Oct. 12, 2011)

New pub to open in the Straight in spring 2012
A late-night entertainment venue in Willard Straight Hall's Ivy Room will open in spring 2012, according to the Student Assembly and the Office of the Dean of Students. (Oct. 12, 2011)

Ornithology lab provides sounds for movie 'The Big Year'
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology provided audio and video recordings of birds to producers of the Hollywood comedy 'The Big Year,' starring actors Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. (Oct. 12, 2011)

Most vertebrates descended from ancestor with 'sixth sense'
A landmark study finds that the vast majority of 65,000 living vertebrate species descended from a common ancestor that had a well-developed system for detecting electrical fields in the water. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Janet McCue co-writes intro to classic book
Cornell librarian Janet McCue has co-written an 80-page biographical introduction to a classic outdoors text whose author had many Cornell ties. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Different ages need different risk messages, research finds
From emergency evacuation notices to how many vegetables to eat, people need good information to make good choices. Professor Valerie Reyna explains that risk messages must be tailored to different age groups. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Workshop teaches students to respond to struggling peers
'Notice and Respond: Friend 2 Friend' is designed to help students to consider their role in Cornell's support network and offer ways they might respond when peers show signs of distress. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Endowment up nearly 20 percent in the 2011 fiscal year
The final numbers are in: Cornell's long-term investments jumped for a second year in a row. The total value rose 19.9 percent to $5.35 billion. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Cornell and Ithaca City schools hold resource fair
Some 600 teachers in the Ithaca City School District attended the Resource and Networking Fair at Ithaca High School Oct. 7 to learn about Cornell resources they can use in their classrooms. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Managers: Collaboration is key to IT streamlining
Collaboration among those with a stake in Cornell's information technology is going to be the key to streamlining it successfully, said project managers speaking at an Oct. 6 forum. (Oct. 11, 2011)

College of Human Ecology unveils new building
The new 89,000-square-foot Human Ecology Building debuts as a 'green' facility loaded with high-tech labs, studios, galleries and more. (Oct. 11, 2011)

ILR study finds workforce agreements effective
Community workforce agreements have expanded job opportunities for returning veterans, women and minorities, according to ILR research. (Oct. 10, 2011)

Visiting African students reflect on their visit
Eight students from the University of the Free State in South Africa reflected on what they observed and learned toward the end of their visit to Cornell, Oct. 5. (Oct. 10, 2011)

Easy money could lead to worse financial crisis
Professor Peter Katzenstein said Oct. 5 that the financial crisis of 2008 was a foregone conclusion considering the economic climate, and he predicts a possible worse crisis in the future. (Oct. 10, 2011)

Extension trains Roosevelt Island grounds crew
Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC Urban Environment Program has trained the grounds maintenance staff of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. on horticultural issues. (Oct. 10, 2011)

NYC Library Salon pays tribute to birth of photojournalism
Alumnus Stephen Loewentheil talked about Mathew Brady and the birth of photojournalism during the Civil War at a Cornell Library Salon in New York City Oct. 5. (Oct. 7, 2011)

Law students draft new South Sudan constitution
Cornell law students drafted a new constitution for the new Republic of South Sudan under the tutelage of law professor Muna B. Ndulo. (Oct. 7, 2011)

Conference explores risks and brain mechanisms
The Third Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, on campus Sept. 22-23, explored the connections between risky decision-making and brain mechanisms. (Oct. 7, 2011)

NYT reporter digs deep to report on drilling boom
Ian Urbina, reporter for The New York Times, says he finds difficult-to-obtain documents, which readers can view, to support his stories on the natural gas drilling boom. (Oct. 7, 2011)

Lecturer: Biopolitics views humans as animals under the law
In an Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture Sept. 27, Rice University's Cary Wolfe asserted that biopolitics is an area in which the body, both human and non-human, is the object of political power. (Oct. 7, 2011)

Q and A with Andrew Tisch on the Far Above campaign
In the second in a series of interviews with Cornell's campaign co-chairs, Andrew Tisch '71, member of the board of trustees and co-chair of Loews Corp., talks about philanthropy. (Oct. 6, 2011)

CU joins elite center to improve college STEM teaching
Cornell has accepted the invitation to join an elite national organization that aims to produce better university teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. (Oct. 6, 2011)

One-quarter of takeout eateries accept online orders
A new Cornell study finds that about one-quarter of U.S. takeout restaurants surveyed accept online orders, saving labor costs associated with counter service. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Runoff key to reducing certain toxic aquatic blooms
Local efforts to control nutrient runoff could stave off toxic cyanobacterial blooms around the world despite a warming climate, according to a Cornell researcher's article in Science magazine. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Leuenberger to create course at Israeli university
Christine Leuenberger will return to Israel as a Fulbright specialist to create a new course that will engage diverse students via videoconferencing. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Things to Do, Oct. 7-14
Events on campus this week include an open house for the new Cornell Intercultural Center, 'Ask an Editor,' filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky, and a colloquium talk on the arts by former Provost Don Randel. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Students build new resource for design field
The new Design Library, designed and managed by students in design and environmental analysis, has opened to provide a resource center that has more than just samples and materials. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Panelists: DREAM Act is key civil rights fight
Panelists at an Oct. 3 discussion titled 'DREAM Act: A Pipe Dream or Eventual Reality?' explored the passage of legislation that would provide a path to legalization for undocumented youth. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Assemblies Update, Week of Oct. 3
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Oct. 6, 2011)

Museum's new wing expands storage, programming
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art celebrates its new wing Oct. 15 with a public opening reception. The wing adds programming and office space and doubles the museum's previous storage capacity. (Oct. 5, 2011)

Labor Dynamics Institute to study labor market
The ILR School's new Labor Dynamics Institute will create and make accessible new data on the dynamics of labor markets. (Oct. 5, 2011)

New book tells all on growing potatoes
Two faculty members - and one of their dads - have joined forces to publish 'The Complete Potato Grower's Guide: What Every Grower and Gardener Needs to Know.' One of the authors will give a talk Oct. 13. (Oct. 5, 2011)

Black male students develop mentoring program
A new student group, SWAG (Scholars Working Ambitiously to Graduate), formed a peer-mentoring program to address low graduation rates of Cornell's African-American male students. (Oct. 5, 2011)

Open house to celebrate diversity programs
An open house will celebrate the opening of two diversity units - the Cornell Intercultural Center and the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives - and recognize three new diversity leaders. (Oct. 5, 2011)

Extension gives NYC students science support
CAUSE, a Cornell program in New York City, prepares low-income, minority high schools students with college-readiness science skills. On Sept. 27, the students presented their research projects. (Oct. 4, 2011)

John Alexander is Entrepreneur of the Year 2012
John Alexander '74, MBA '76, a founder of the CBORD Group Inc., has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2012. (Oct. 3, 2011)

New center will deepen public engagement, learning
Academic leaders have announced the creation of the new Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research and have named Richard Kiely as its director. (Oct. 3, 2011)

DARPA and NSF grants to clean up private networks
Hakim Weatherspoon of computer science has received a National Science Foundation Early Career Award. The research aims to fix glitches in supposedly perfect private fiber-optic networks. (Oct. 3, 2011)

A new home for the Big Red Bands
By spring 2013, the Cornell Big Red Bands hope to have a home of their own - a new 6,400-square-foot facility behind the Schoellkopf Crescent. Groundbreaking is expected to occur in 2012. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Peter and Nancy Meinig to co-chair sesquicentennial
Cornell Board of Trustees Chairman Peter Meinig '61 and wife Nancy '62 together will lead the university's efforts to celebrate its 150th anniversary, in 2015. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Cornell fiscally strong despite market volatility
Cornell University's endowment is holding steady despite the current volatility in the equity markets, according to A.J. Edwards, Cornell's interim chief investment officer. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Forum links scientists on sustainability challenges
The Second Annual Young Social Scientists' Sustainability Research Forum, which took place Sept. 29, promoted dialogue between junior natural and social scientists working on sustainability issues. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Four faculty named 2011 PECASE winners
Cornell scientists Salman Avestimehr, David Erickson, John C. March and Kyle Shen are recipients of this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Beimfohr Lecture to feature speakers on faith, society
The Alan T. and Linda M. Beimfohr Lecture series will bring intellectuals to campus to address issues related to faith in a pluralistic society. Historian John Sommerville will give the inaugural talk Oct. 12. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Ithaca officials view revised net designs
Cornell architects have revised designs for the tensile steel mesh net systems the university has proposed to install on seven area bridges. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Science, humanities wed to explore rice domestication
An upper level undergraduate course and symposium take an interdisciplinary look at the origins and spread of domesticated rice. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Jeff Lehman '77 receives high honor from China
Former Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman '77, dean of the School of Transnational Law at Peking University, was one of 50 people to receive the People's Republic of China Friendship Award. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Game victory, dinner highlight Employee Celebration
Highlights of the fall 2011 Employee Celebration include a Big Red win over Wagner and a chicken barbecue and pasta dinner at Barton Hall. (Oct. 3, 2011)

Found in New York at long last: nine-spotted ladybugs
After three decades of being lost, the nine-spotted ladybug, New York's official insect, has finally been found in New York state - rediscovered first by a citizen scientist on Long Island July 30. (Oct. 3, 2011)