June 2007
Campus welcomes classes ending in 2 and 7 at Reunion Weekend
Thousands of alumni and their families and friends returned to campus June 7-10 to hear lectures, attend concerts and connect with classmates. Read about President David Skorton's State of the University address on sustainability, President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes' take on "Ezra Cornell's Unreasonable Vision" and astronomer Jim Bell's Olin lecture. View Chronicle Online's slide show and read coverage of the panel discussions on "The University of the Future" and "The Cornell Experience 50 Years Apart." And in case you missed it last month, listen to a student group's hip-hop version of "Da Alma Mada."
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
Automotive X Prize ... Johnson School interim dean ... Lipchitz sculpture ...
CNF turns 30 ... LibeCast ... Financial reorganization ... Archaeological dig ...
EWISE conference ... Philippines rice course ... New research facility opens
PEOPLE:
Rawlings on higher ed commission ... NCAA champ ... Academy honors ...
Nanotech on national radio ... Diving coach ... Philanthropic Tata family ...
Top architect ... Climate change training ... A fish story ... Start-up success
RESEARCH:
An apple peel a day ... Electric fish duets ... Why superb starlings cheat ...
Predicting nitrogen needs ... Cleaning toxic waste ... Insecticide risks ...
Orange cauliflower study ... Defending against Alzheimer's ... Stuttering study
OUTREACH:
ILR tackles climate crisis ... Hands-on nano ... New Visions ...
Investing in CherryPharm ... Breastfeeding campaign ... Operation READY
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Economics chair endowed ... Institute leader ... ExxonMobil gift ...
In case you missed it: CU announces $450M in campaign gifts
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
The big deal with small business ... The 'scoop' on sports ...
'Better Than Beethoven' ... Red hot hockey
CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources
CAMPUS:
CU team will compete in X Prize competition to build 100-mpg car
Joe Thomas named interim dean for Cornell's Johnson School
Lipchitz's icon of 20th century sculpture regains its place on campus
Cornell NanoScale Facility reflects on past, looks to future of nanoscience
Webcasting initiative to highlight Cornell University Library
Division of Finance and Administration announces functional reorganization
Students dig into Iroquois culture in summer archaeology field course
Panelists talk family, 'success' at women and engineering conference
New rice course in Philippines attracts host of Cornell students
CU celebrates opening of East Campus Research Facility
PEOPLE:
Hunter Rawlings appointed to chair N.Y. higher ed commission
Junior Rayon Taylor wins 2007 NCAA championship in triple jump
CU's Emr and Durrett elected to National Academy of Sciences
Scientists talk up nanotechnology on NPR's 'Science Friday'
Four-time Olympian Veronica Ribot-Canales named diving coach
Tata family receives Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Gilbert Delgado named university architect
Al Gore trains two Cornellians to present 'inconvenient truths'
Alumnus Ian Kiraly '07 catches record-breaking striped bass
Professor's company wins Green Chemistry award
RESEARCH:
An apple peel a day might keep cancer at bay, study finds
Electric fish conduct electric duets in aquatic courtship
Researcher finds female starlings cheat on mates for sake of offspring
On-farm research shows farmers that they can use less nitrogen
Helping chlorine-eating bacteria clean up toxic waste
$2.5 million awarded to CU to study insecticide risk on humans
Discovery in orange cauliflower may lead to more nutritious crops
Antibodies could defend against Alzheimer's, Weill Cornell researchers show
Birdsong study gives clues to human stuttering
OUTREACH:
Global Labor Institute tackles climate crisis with trade unions
Journalists get their hands on nano at Kavli workshop
New Visions gives area high school seniors a semester at Cornell
Sour power cherry drink gets economic boost from venture fund
Getting the word out: Babies are born to be breastfed
'Operation READY' helps families of deployed soldiers
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Don Opatrny '74 endows economics chair
Prominent molecular biologist leads new institute
ExxonMobil Foundation gives $565,000 matching gift to Cornell
Cornell University announces $450 million in campaign gifts
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
'The Big Deal With Small Business'
Join the Cornell Atlanta Business Entrepreneurial Network for "The Big Deal With Small Business," featuring Terri L. Denison '84, district director for the Georgia office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The event takes place July 12 at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., 600 Peachtree St. N.E., Suite 2100. The evening includes a buffet dinner, presentation, networking, dessert and coffee. Cost is $35 per person in advance or $45 at the door. Limited space. Sign up early to ensure your spot. For more information, contact Dan Berler at dberler@qore.net.
Get the 'scoop' on Big Red hockey and football
Come for a tour of the new Big Red ice hockey and football facilities July 19 at 7 p.m. Hear the coaches share their perspectives, and then top it off with a scoop of ice cream. Cost is $30 per person or $75 per family. For more information, contact Scholarship Chair Beth Prudence '88 at 266-5480 or at bprudence@tompkinstrust.com. Parking and shuttle service details will be sent to all who register.
'Better Than Beethoven'
Catch the world premiere of the musical based on the life of composer Felix Mendelssohn. Book, music and lyrics by Jacqueline Gerstein Bassan '75. Opening night is July 21 at the Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood, Calif. For tickets, go to http://www.plays411.com/btbmusical.
Red hot hockey
Don't miss the revival of one of the fiercest rivalries in college hockey when the Big Red men's hockey team takes on the Boston University Terriers at Madison Square Garden! Tickets are on sale now for the Nov. 24 matchup, with seating in the Cornell section available through the Cornell Athletics ticket office.
CORNELL LINKS:
Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell: http://www.campaign.cornell.edu/
Cornell alumni: http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/
Alumni events calendar: http://aadserv5.aad.cornell.edu/world/cal/external/default.cfm
Cornell Alumni Magazine: http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/
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Cornell home page: http://www.cornell.edu/
Search Cornell: http://www.cornell.edu/search/
Campus Events Calendar: http://www.cornell.edu/events/
CornellCast: http://www.cornell.edu/video/
Chronicle Online: http://www.news.cornell.edu/
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Big Red sports: http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/
CyberTower: http://cybertower.cornell.edu/
Cornell Adult University: https://www.sce.cornell.edu/cau/
The Cornell Store: http://www.store.cornell.edu
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