January 2007
Back from India, meetings left Skorton impressed and optimistic
During a 10-day, four-city tour of India, President David Skorton met and consulted with the country's prime minister and president, as well as with other leaders in government, industry and education. Skorton said the meetings left him impressed and optimistic, and he was particularly struck by the warmth of his meetings with Cornell alumni in India.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
Interview with board chair Peter Meinig ... Trustees set tuition, re-elect Meinig ...
Ezra's bicentennial ... Skorton at grand rounds ... A 'C' of books ... Team Cuisine ...
Undefeated swimmers ... Women's hot hoops ... Campaign blueprint ...
Weill Greenberg Center officially opens ... ACM team heads to Japan
PEOPLE:
Roberson honored ... Law professor looks at 9/11 cases ... Kenney leads library ...
Barazangi on peak oil ... Award-winning architect ... Honors for Strogatz, Moon ...
Schafer makes hockey history ... Remembering Hagfors, Kirkwood, Lyson, Shen
RESEARCH:
Pursuing Alzheimer's ... Food and mood connection ... $14.2M for COPD study ...
Endangered fish saved ... $10M for biofuels research labs ... Avian flu study
OUTREACH:
Peace Corps recruits ... Getting to know Europe ... Adopting biodiesel fuel ...
'Lost boy' of Sudan ... Orchestra travels to Berlin ... Student trip to Louisiana ...
Students learn computing by teaching kids
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Laguna looks at Milstein Hall ... Men's hockey hits the road ... Pan Asian banquet
CORNELL LINKS:
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CAMPUS:
In an interview, board chair Peter Meinig reflects on high expectation, unity
Trustees vote to increase endowed tuition 5.5 percent, re-elect Meinig chair
Cornell celebrates Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday
Skorton delivers his first grand rounds lecture at Weill Cornell
'Big Red C': Book sculpture decorates New York City loft
Team Cuisine: Students that cook together, bond together
Men's swimming has first unbeaten dual-meet season in 60 years
Women's basketball team off to best Ivy start ever
A blueprint for ensuring that Cornell remains a 21st century model
Medical college ushers in new era for patients with Weill Greenberg Center
Cornell team heading to Japan computer programming contest
PEOPLE:
ILR's Quinetta Roberson recognized as a top scholar
Law School's James Henderson to investigate 9/11 illness lawsuits
Anne Kenney named interim university librarian
Geologist says world oil production peak is 'way ahead' in future
Alumnus honored by Popular Science for innovative stadium design
Steve Strogatz receives American Math Society honor
Frank Moon wins mechanical engineering Lyapunov Award
Mike Schafer is winningest hockey coach in Cornell history
Obituaries for faculty members:
Tor Hagfors, Gordon Kirkwood, Thomas Lyson, Shan-Fu Shen
RESEARCH:
Alzheimer's disease is focus of several collaborative efforts
Food and mood: The sad are twice as likely to eat comfort food
Weill Cornell gets $14.2 million grant for genetic study of COPD
For first time, a fish on endangered species list has recovered
$10 million grant will help revamp biofuel research labs
Avian flu virus unlikely to spread through water systems, study shows
OUTREACH:
Cornell led Ivies in 2006 Peace Corps recruiting
EU Commission funds local effort to get to know Europe
CU and local transportation officials adopt biodiesel fuel
A 'lost boy' of Sudan speaks to Weill Cornell audience
Cornell Symphony Orchestra presents concert in Berlin
Student work trip to Louisiana helps farmers and ranchers
CU students will learn about computing by teaching kids
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
"A Look at Milstein Hall" in Laguna Beach, Calif.
On Feb. 4, Matt Witte '79, managing partner of Marwit Capital, and Dean Mohsen Mostafavi will talk about the long-awaited building and its impact on the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. The event is sponsored in partnership with AAP, the Alumni Association of Orange County and the Western Regional Office. To register, go to: http://cen.cornell.edu, or contact Shannon Murray at shm4@cornell.edu.
Cornell men's hockey hits the road
Come to a Big Red hockey game in your town -- at RPI in Albany (Feb. 10) and at Dartmouth (Feb. 23). For more information, contact: Robert Lynk '54, DVM '61 (RPI tickets), thelynks@midtel.net, or Nancy Tierney, Cornell Club of New Hampshire, nstierney4@aol.com.
Cornell Asian Alumni Association Pan Asian Banquet, New York City
On Feb. 24 at 6 p.m., come to this lively event featuring a traditional 10-course Chinese lunar year banquet at the Peking Park Restaurant, New York City. Proceeds go to help support the China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) program. For more information contact: Natalie Louie, nel2@cornell.edu, 212.381.0604, or Barbara Naylor, bsn6@cornell.edu, 607.255.4173.
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