December 2007
The year in review: Photos from 2007
During the year, we celebrated the bicentennial of the birth of Cornell's founder, Ezra Cornell; we led new academic and research initiatives around the world; and we made our voice heard as a national advocate for sustainability. Meanwhile, work and planning continued on the Comprehensive Master Plan, the West Campus House System, the Life Sciences Technology Building, Milstein Hall and the Physical Sciences Building. And we welcomed to the campus leaders in religion, politics and literature. Little surprise, then, that Cornell was named the "Hottest Ivy" by Newsweek. Enjoy this look back at some of our favorite images from 2007.
Our gratitude at year's end
Through your time, your support and your encouragement, you have helped Cornell stay true to its mission. Thanks to you, we are extending higher education to "any person ... any study," generating new knowledge and discoveries that positively impact the world, and providing environments for education and research that enhance creativity and collaboration. We celebrate the year's achievements and look forward to working together on the challenges ahead.
Best wishes for a happy new year,
Charles D. Phlegar, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
Lacrosse honors ... Faculty Work-Life Survey ... Testing 1-2-3 ...
Student inventions ... Law School in China ... Wilson Lab is 40 ...
Psych 101 live in Qatar ... Distinguished writers ... ILR in Bali
PEOPLE:
Vice provosts leave posts ... Professor rewrites Rwandan laws ...
Fulbright awards ... Bathrick retires ... The Einaudi family legacy
RESEARCH:
Coral reefs in danger ... Preventing heart arrhythmia ...
Using biomechanics of sperm for nano-robots ... Fighting TB ...
Cutting carbon footprint ... Observing synapses in real time
OUTREACH:
Kazakhstan workshop ... Upward Bound ... Karen culture ...
Computers for Afghanistan ... Helping uninsured New Yorkers ...
International speakers bureau ... CU Winds in Costa Rica
CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources
CAMPUS:
Men's lacrosse coach and team named best of 2007
Faculty Work-Life Survey shows equitable salaries for CU men, women
Cornell focuses on multilevel emergency preparedness
Human Ecology students invent innovative products for seniors
Law School readies exchange program with Peking University
Wilson Synchrotron Lab looks ahead to 'big science'
Writers Denis Johnson, Mark Doty, Paul Lisicky to teach this spring
ILR members participate in U.N. climate change conference in Bali
PEOPLE:
With an open heart, open mind, Robert Harris returns to teaching
David Wippman accepts deanship at University of Minnesota
Team led by Robert Summers is updating Rwanda's code of contract law
Fulbright awards take Cornellians around the world
Raconteur David Bathrick closes a CU career and retires to Germany
Roberto Einaudi carries on family legacy from Cornell to Rome
RESEARCH:
International study warns global warming is destroying coral reefs
Embryonic cells implanted in damaged hearts prevent arrhythmia
Researchers aim to use sperm biomechanics to power nano-robots
Weill Cornell receives $2.4 million to fight tuberculosis
CU team says county can cut its carbon footprint by two-thirds
Weill Cornell scientists observe synapses in real time
OUTREACH:
Kazakh officials attend CU workshop on administrative reform
CU and area schools to collaborate on U.S.-funded summer program
Southeast Asia Program seeks to help preserve Karen culture
Computers and textbooks go to Afghanistan vet school
Cornell chosen to help tackle crisis of uninsured New Yorkers
International students form speakers bureau for area schools
CU Wind Ensemble returning to Costa Rica
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