November 2006
Big Red Band leads Sy Katz '31 Parade down Fifth Avenue
In keeping with the tradition Seymour Katz '31 started more than three decades ago, the Big Red Marching Band made its biennial pilgrimage down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue following the Cornell-Columbia football game, Nov. 11. The parade -- from St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street to the Cornell Club on 44th -- was led by President David Skorton and Faith "Happy" Reichert '25, who was celebrating her 105th birthday.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
Peres visits ... 'Superman' tribute ... $30M for engineering scholarships ...
$15M gift for Hotel School ... Bright business ideas ... Tuition costs
Time capsule unearthed ... ILR-Law School collaborations ...
Johnson named VP ... Campus Code of Conduct ... Volleyball champs
PEOPLE:
Rhodes Scholar ... Gov's transition team ... Student bloggers ...
Thomas to lead Bodleian ... CALS honors alums, faculty ...
Clark Professors named ... Meet CU's farrier ... Howard Evans profile ...
'Postcards From Mars' ... Remembering David Wyatt, David Williams
RESEARCH:
Adaptable robot ... Spinal cord research ... Asteroid discovery ...
Arecibo funding in jeopardy ... Responding to anti-depressants ...
Teraflop supercomputer ... Bee evolution ... Mindless eating ...
Harnessing surface tension ... Bonuses beat merit raises
OUTREACH:
Weill and Tanzania ... New Epcot nano exhibit ... Dining buys local ...
Training Jordanians ... Promoting teen health ... Nutrition in NYC
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Phonathon ... Cocktails in Chicago ... 'Mars' in NYC ... Hockey in Florida
CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources
CAMPUS:
Shimon Peres calls science and technology the key to peace
'Actor -- Superman -- Hero': Cornell honors Christopher Reeve '74
Alumni Irwin and Joan Jacobs give $30 million gift for engineering scholarships
$15 million gift will support entrepreneurship at Hotel School
Bright business ideas garner awards at undergraduate competition
Why tuition costs so much: Three Cornell experts explain
Time capsule from 1925-26 unexpectedly unearthed; reinterred Nov. 11
Two programs and a course link ILR and the Law School
Johnson named VP for government and community relations
Cornell seeks feedback on Campus Code of Conduct revision
Volleyball team sweeps Princeton to win consecutive Ivy titles
PEOPLE:
Genevieve Quist, ILR '05, wins Rhodes Scholarship
Cornellians Rawlings, Moore named to N.Y. governor-elect's transition team
Sarah Thomas accepts position as Bodley's Librarian at Oxford
Student bloggers share their Cornell experiences online
CALS honors outstanding alumni and faculty
Trustees name six as J. Thomas Clark Professors
One of world's top farriers passes on his craft at Cornell
For Howard Evans, the whole world is a classroom
Jim Bell presents 'Postcards From Mars' in art book about space
Thailand historian David Wyatt dies at 69
Scholarship fund is memorial to David B. Williams
RESEARCH:
Researchers build robot that discovers itself and adapts to injury
Weill Cornell finding brings researchers closer to repairing injured spinal cords
Asteroid observations stress Arecibo's role in identifying threats
NSF recommends significant cuts for Arecibo; astronomers remain optimistic
Weill Cornell discovery may explain why many do not respond to antidepressants
Cornell Theory Center joins consortium for teraflop supercomputer
Discovery pushes bees' evolutionary history back 35 million years
Paul Steen harnesses surface tension for a walk on the ceiling
Cutting down on 'mindless eating' is focus of new book
Study shows bonuses boost performance 10 times more than merit raises
OUTREACH:
Tanzania's first lady visits Weill Cornell to discuss an affiliation to fight HIV/AIDS
CU-developed exhibit gives Epcot visitors a view of the nano world
Cornell Dining triples purchases from local farmers
Jordanian scientists in Bridging the Rift project come to campus for training
Cornell's ACT for Youth involves communities to promote teen health
Cornell Cooperative Extension student interns help nourish Brooklynites
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Philadelphia/Delaware Cornell Annual Fund Phonathon
Join us for an evening of food and fun talking about Cornell with fellow alumni. Middle Atlantic Regional Office, 74 Pottstown Pike, Eagle, Pa., 6:30-9:30 p.m. Contact Carolyn Caswell '90, cdd22@cornell.edu, 610.458.1846, or Sonja Watkins Kelly, swk5@cornell.edu, 607.255.1271.
Cornell Club of Chicago First Annual Alumni Business Networking Cocktail Hour
On Dec. 6, join Chicago Cornellians for this networking event at 330 N. Wabash Ave. (formerly One IBM Plaza), 40th Floor, Chicago, Ill. Contact Ryan Folger, rfolger@tollbrothersinc.com.
Postcards from Mars: Spirit and Opportunity Roam the Red Planet
On Dec. 11, hear James Bell, Cornell associate professor of astronomy, discuss his recent book, "Postcards from Mars," and the most ambitious mission of robotic space exploration ever attempted. Cornell Club of NY, New York City, 6 p.m. Contact Beau Saul, jbs15@cornell.edu, 607.255.6012.
Cornell Hockey in Florida
Join Florida alumni when Cornell, Maine, New Hampshire and Western Michigan square off in a two-day tournament at Germain Arena (formerly TECO Arena) in Estero. Contact Tom Murphy, tlm33@cornell.edu, 727.384.2727, or Jill Welch, jsw3@cornell.edu, 607.255.1989.
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