July 2009
By summer's end, what looks like several pieces of a car on the floor of Upson Hall's GM Laboratory will become a full-size, fuel-efficient, plug-in hybrid vehicle. A group of Cornell students is working overtime to make that happen. They're part of Cornell's 100+ MPG Team, participating in the international Progressive Automotive X Prize Competition to design, build and race a car that gets the equivalent of 100 miles to the gallon. The winners will share a $10 million prize.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
CALS dean to step down ... 'Reimagining CU' ... Skorton webcast ...
Indian students arrive ... Summer humanities ... Recalling Apollo 11
PEOPLE:
Einaudi director named ... Microsoft fellowship ... Top cadet ...
Presidential awards ... Saudi appointment ...
Remembering George John Staller, L. Sanford Reis
RESEARCH:
Lab on a chip ... Saving citrus plants ... Ivory-billed woodpecker ...
Beijing air quality ... Prostate cancer ... Resurrection ecology
OUTREACH:
Big Red travel team ... Digital collections ... Tomato blight help ...
Rwanda trip ... Interfaith visit to Turkey ... Bangladesh project
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Share your story online ... Young alumni raise $166,000 ...
Power of financial aid ... Cornell's global citizens
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
CALS picnic ... Freshman send-offs ... Literature and culture ...
Golf outings ... Palo Alto presentations ... Boston alumnae dinner
CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources
CAMPUS:
Susan Henry to step down as dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences
"Reimagining Cornell" update stresses that all options are on the table
Most alumni ever participate in webcast with President Skorton
First class of Indian agriculture students looks to take expertise home
School of Criticism and Theory offers debate, diversity and bonding
Astronomers recall moon landing and look to future of spaceflight
PEOPLE:
Fredrik Logevall to lead Einaudi Center for International Studies
Rafael Pass named one of five Microsoft research fellows
Army cadet Carolyn Evans '10 places in top 2 percent of regiment
Jiwoong Park, Derek Warner receive Presidential Early Career Awards
University Registrar David Yeh takes post at Saudi university
Economist George John Staller dies in Ithaca at 82
Cornell benefactor L. Sanford Reis dies at 101
RESEARCH:
Vintners may use "lab on a chip" to measure water stress in grapevines
Plant pathologists aim to save citrus from ruinous "greening"
Search yields no ivory-billed woodpecker, but a wealth of information
Air quality improvements in Beijing could inform environmental policies
Weill Cornell discovery may lead to improved prostate cancer diagnosis
Ecology professor hatches century-old eggs to study evolution
OUTREACH:
Track coach leads "travel team" to Kenya and Olympian Kip Keino
Library's Mellon grant aims to build black schools' digital collections
Disease that caused Irish potato famine is devastating tomatoes
Students train teachers in English, technology during trip to Rwanda
Interfaith delegation explores religious, educational sites in Turkey
CU receives more than $5.5 million from USDA for Bangladesh project
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Why I Give: Share stories and photos with alumni and friends online
Challenge for young alumni raises more than $166,000
Financial aid made Cornell possible for Stephanie Palacios '09
Campaign supports opportunities for students to be global citizens
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
CALS alumni potluck picnic and wine tasting, Aug. 9
Raphael Vineyards, Peconic, N.Y. Speakers: Anna Katharine Mansfield, faculty member in enology, and Jim Alves '01, president of the CALS Alumni Association. Bring a dish to share and your own nonalcoholic beverage. Information: Robert Snook, rsnook9@aol.com, 516-628-8709, or visit the alumni events calendar.
Freshman send-offs throughout August
Join Cornellians in sending off new students to their first semester on the Hill. Visit with friends, meet new people, and share your memories and advice with the Class of 2013. Visit the events calendar to find a send-off event near you.
African American Literature and American Culture Today, Aug. 5
Cornell on the Road and the Cornell Club of St. Louis present Professor Gerald Early, Washington University, and Cornell's Ken McClane. Center for Humanities, Washington University, McMillan Hall, Throop Drive, St. Louis, Mo. Information: Francine Darling, francine.darling@cornell.edu, 607-254-7147, or visit the alumni events calendar.
Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament, Aug. 6
Renaissance Golf Club, Haverhill, Mass. Hosted by: David Southworth '81. Open to Hotel School alumni, guests and Cornell alumni with Hotel School alumni sponsor. Golf fee: $50 for cart, greens, bag gratuity and practice range. Information: Catherine Kilian Tang '80, c.tang3@verizon.net, 617-327-5881, or visit the alumni events calendar.
Johnson School student and alumni summer golf networking, Aug. 9
Noon, Cornell's Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, Warren Road. $54 for golf (pay on the day of the round; must register online seven days in advance). To schedule your foursome, contact Todd Mazurek, MBA '07, at tmazurek@tickets.com. Post-golf gathering at 7 p.m., Associate Dean Doug Stayman's house, 1 Parkway Place, Ithaca.
Summer interns present 'what I learned' in Palo Alto, Aug. 12
Brief presentations by 10 Cornell students on "what I learned this summer at work," 6 p.m. at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, Calif. Information: Shannon Murray, shm4@cornell.edu, 650-755-9711, or visit the alumni events calendar.
Boston Cornell Alumnae Dinner Connection, Sept. 15
Join Cornell alumnae at 6:30 p.m. at The Elephant Walk in Waltham, Mass. Information: Beth Silverman, bzs2@cornell.edu, 978-697-2591, or visit the alumni events calendar.
CORNELL LINKS:
Cornell Alumni Magazine: http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/
Reunion! It was a glorious weekend in Ithaca, and record crowds enjoyed such events as a "Romp and Stomp" revival, an Iroquois social, and a unique Olin lecture/discussion with President David Skorton and Indian industrialist Ratan Tata '59. It's all in the July/August 2009 issue, with a bonus slide show online.
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