July 2006

Skorton takes the helm; gets a warm welcome from all
Just hours into his new job as Cornell's 12th president, David Skorton talked about leadership, Cornell's role in the community, the importance of diversity and how much he still has to learn about his new home. The Cornell Chronicle followed the new president through his first week on the job, as he met the staff, the media and local leaders. He also participated in an intercampus conference for Weill Cornell neurosurgeons and biomedical engineers in Ithaca, and visited legislators in Washington.

CAMPUS:
Surgeons, engineers partner ... Master plan ... CUErgopods ...
Med college ranking ... Design program ranking ... CAPS visit ...
Using biofuels ... WCMC-Q interpreters ... Rawlings honored

PEOPLE:
New Rhodes professor ... Tolani professor ... Hotel dean ...
ILR intern in Asia ... Toorawa wins fellowship ... Hockey heroes ...
Alum is World Lacrosse champ ... Remembering Joel Porte

RESEARCH:
Immigration survey ... Cracking satellite codes ... Plum pox virus ...
Women smokers at risk ... Computer-generated hair ... Bt cotton ...
Rewilding redux ... Sharply tuned nanostrings ... Hotel discounts ...
Light amplifier on a chip ... Connecting word sound, meaning

OUTREACH:
Labor law win ... ILR initiative ... Chemistry informs humanities ...
Growing Up in Cities program ... Geneva summer science camp ...
Protecting local natural areas ... Teaching about plant breeding ...
Chinese high schoolers earn credit this summer

ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Martha's Vineyard reunion ... Google Takes Manhattan ...
Regional and club events

CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources

Cornell neurosurgeons, biomedical engineers form partnerships

Cornell's Comprehensive Master Plan Web site is up and running

Cornell students develop podcasts with tips on using computers comfortably

Skorton congratulates NY-Presbyterian Hospital on ranking

Magazine ranks Cornell's interior design program third in nation

Visit from Peking University delegation affirms CAPS-Beida cooperation

Pilot project converts CU Farm Services vehicles to biodiesel

New Qatar program trains medical interpreters

Research scholars program named in honor of Hunter Rawlings

Pioneering educator Robert Moses named Rhodes professor

IMF analyst Eswar Prasad named to Cornell's Tolani Professorship

New dean of the Hotel School starts his term

Helen Yang '07 returns from ILR School's internship in Beijing

Professor wins $195,000 Mellon Foundation fellowship

Two former Big Red skaters join NHL's Ottawa Senators

Alum takes Team Canada to World Lacrosse championships

Joel Porte, renowned professor of American Studies, dies at 72

Most New Yorkers want to restrict immigration, survey shows

Cornell sleuths crack secret codes of Europe's Galileo satellite

Plant scientists detect presence of plum pox virus for first time in N.Y.

Female smokers face double the risk for lung cancer

Computer-animation breakthrough: Making hair look realistic

Bt cotton in China fails to reap profit after seven years

CU researchers fault proposal to stock plains with wild animals

Sharply tuned nanostrings work at room temperature

Hotels that resist discounting fare best in good times and bad

Researchers create broadband light amplifier on a photonic chip

CU study finds connection between sound and meaning in words

Students in Labor Law Clinic win arbitration case

ILR School announces new upstate NY labor relations initiative

High schoolers on campus learn how chemistry informs humanities

Young people in New York City program work to make change

CU partners with Geneva schools for summer science camp

CU and Finger Lakes Land Trust help to protect local natural areas

Susan McCouch teaches high school students about plant breeding

Chinese high schoolers arrive, launching new Summer College program

11th Annual Martha's Vineyard Big Red Reunion
On Aug. 8, Cornell alumni of all ages are invited to attend this gathering from 5 to 7 p.m. RSVP: 617.236.1969, or sef14@cornell.edu for more information.

Google Takes Manhattan via Ithaca
On Aug. 29, the Cornell Entrepreneur Network (CEN) Metro New York and the Cornell Metro New York Regional Office present "Google takes Manhattan via Ithaca," featuring Kurt Abrahamson '83, director of sales operations for North American sales at Google Inc. Visit www.cen.cornell.edu for more information.

Cornell regional and club events
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