Cornell e-News - December 2005


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December 2005

2005: Images from a memorable year at Cornell University
2005 was an event-filled year for Cornell University, from the arrival of Gulf Coast students fleeing Hurricane Katrina, to the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas, to the biggest surprise of all, the sudden resignation of President Jeffrey Lehman. It was also a year of sadness, with the deaths of two of Cornell's most celebrated professors, Hans Bethe and Urie Bronfenbrenner.

Tulane father-daughter Katrina survivors bid fond farewell to 'gracious,' 'amazing' Cornell Tulane University musicologist John Joyce and daughter Maggie, an undergrad at Tulane, are returning to the New Orleans campus after spending the semester at Cornell. "To get here and get an ID card instilled such stabilization." New search for ivory-billed woodpecker is in full swing in the Big Woods of Arkansas The Lab of Ornithology has launched a new search for the elusive bird. "Our big hope and goal is to find a roost hole or preferably a nest hole," said John Fitzpatrick, director of the lab. "That's our holy grail."	Sloppy Slope Jolt perks up annual ice cream competition in food science The assignment: Develop an ice cream flavor reminiscent of a campus landmark. The winning flavor is a "mixture of the indulgence of Slope Day and the caffeine-filled study sessions that all Cornell students partake in at the libraries." CU Wind Ensemble reaches out to young musicians in Costa Rica Children at a small rural music school in Costa Rica will receive like-new instruments and one-on-one lessons when the ensemble tours there in January. The ensemble has collected more than 80 donated instruments.