November 2007
Fans cheer hockey team at Madison Square Garden
About 13,000 rabid Cornell hockey fans helped to sell out New York City's most-famous indoor sports venue Nov. 24. And despite Cornell's 6-3 loss to Boston University, the fans enjoyed turning venerable Madison Square Garden into "Lynah East."
10th anniversary of the great pumpkin prank, and we still don't know whodunit
October 2007 marked the 10th anniversary of one of the grandest pranks ever perpetrated on the Cornell campus: Somehow, someway, in the dark hours of Oct. 7 or 8 of 1997, someone managed to place a hollowed-out pumpkin atop the McGraw Tower spire. The rest is history -- and still something of a mystery.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
DARPA challengers ... Programming champs ... ILR dual degree ...
CUWiki ... Beehive Crunch ice cream ... BOLD program ...
NCAA recertification ... Hotel trade show ... Sustainability grade ...
Business law institute ... Surveillance as art ... Child-care center
PEOPLE:
Marshall scholar ... Keeton House dean ... Buzz Spector film ...
Wansink at USDA ... CALS alumni awards ... Intel fellows ...
McCandliss, Malliaras honored ... Professor of the year ...
Remembering Sam Leonard, Ben Nichols, Keith Steinkraus
RESEARCH:
Lead and IQ link ... Controlling sodium ... Trauma's effects ...
Atomic-level microscopy ... 3D tumor models ... Horse herpes ...
College students and weight ... The first chocoholics ...
West Bank barrier ... Disabilities report ... Arecibo testimony
OUTREACH:
Connecting in Asia ... Addressing Africa's food crisis ...
Tutoring Native American teens ... Explaining Medicare options ...
Report informs U.S. bird policy ... Teaching sustainable strategies
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Ticket to Cornell ... Endowment investment ...
Reflections on the $1 billion campaign milestone
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Hockey heads to Florida ... Cornell Cares Day
CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources
CAMPUS:
CU's self-driving car meets the DARPA challenge, making final six
Fast-thinking students win regional programming contest
ILR begins dual degree program with European partner
Student creates a "Wikipedia" for Cornell
Beehive Crunch licks the competition in annual ice cream contest
BOLD program develops business leaders who value diversity
University begins NCAA recertification study
Annual trade show a magnet for Hotel School alumni
University's sustainability grade rises to a B
Clarke Business Law Institute created at Cornell Law School
Surveillance as art at the Johnson Museum
Cornell breaks ground on new child-care center
PEOPLE:
Michael Barany '08 wins Marshall Scholarship
Professor Jefferson Cowie named dean of Keeton House
Upcoming film is an open book on Spector's art
Wansink accepts 14-month appointment at USDA nutrition policy center
CALS honors outstanding alumni and faculty/staff
Two Cornell Ph.D. candidates receive Intel fellowships
Weill Cornell psychologist Bruce McCandliss honored for research
Malliaras wins Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists
T. Michael Duncan is New York's Professor of the Year
Birth control pill pioneer Sam Leonard dies at age 101
Ben Nichols, professor emeritus and former Ithaca mayor, dies at 87
Professor Emeritus Keith H. Steinkraus dies at age 89
RESEARCH:
CU study: Even minute levels of lead affect brain function in children
Researchers' discovery may lead to hypertension treatment
Trauma earlier in life may affect response to stress years later
New technique makes atomic-level microscopy 100 times faster
By growing 3D tumors, researcher develops realistic cancer models
Researchers uncover clues to horse herpes and neurological disorders
Most college students wish they were thinner, study shows
In search of wine, ancients become earliest chocoholics
Cornell sociologist to study impact of West Bank barrier
ILR report connects disabilities, employment and poverty
Don Campbell, Planetary Society urge Congress to save Arecibo
OUTREACH:
Skorton and team meet alumni and forge friendships in Asia
CU addresses crisis in food and health in sub-Saharan Africa
American Indian Program volunteers tutor young Native Americans
New resource helps users sort through Medicare drug plan options
President Bush uses CU recommendations in strategy to conserve birds
Honor society students teach children about sustainable strategies
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Ticket to Cornell: Scholarship aids first-generation students
Cornell's CIO discusses endowment investment strategies
Reflections on the $1 billion campaign milestone
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Men's hockey in southwest Florida
Catch up with the Big Red men's hockey team as it competes in the eighth annual Everblades College Classic. Last year, nearly 300 alumni and guests supported Big Red hockey at this tournament. Games are Friday, Dec. 28, and Saturday, Dec. 29, at Germain Arena, 1100 Everblades Parkway, Estero, Fla. Tickets start at $16 and can be purchased from the Cornell Ticket Office (607.254.BEAR), through Ticketmaster or at the door. A Cornell hospitality area will be located above section 115. For more information, go to
http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/rss/view_event.cfm?id=2532.
Cornell Cares Day
Cornellians everywhere will take time out Jan. 5, 2008, to respond to needs in their communities. Cornell Cares Day is sponsored by Cornell's Public Service Center, and events are scheduled to take place in 23 locations around the world. For information about serving alongside Cornellians in your area, go to the events calendar or check with the Public Service Center.
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/
Get involved: http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/volunteer.cfm
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.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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