November 2009
More than 12,000 Cornell hockey fans converged on New York City's Madison Square Garden to cheer on the Big Red, as the team skated to a 3-3 tie against defending NCAA national champion Boston University, Nov. 28. The Big Red fans got revved up at several alumni events before the game, including the Rinkside Rally with President David Skorton and coach Mike Schafer '86.
Freshman Brittany Jaso is one of 320 students in Ithaca and 58 at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar taking part in the largest-ever objective study of the sleep patterns of individual college students -- a demographic that sleep researcher Jim Maas calls "perhaps the most sleep-deprived segment of our population." Maas' study has two goals: to provide baseline data on how much and how well students sleep; and to test whether Psych 101 students improve their sleep habits.
In a letter issued Nov. 6, Provost Kent Fuchs announced that the 20 strategic planning task force reports are now available to the Cornell community. Summaries of the reports are posted online, and full reports can be read in the Office of the Dean of Faculty in Day Hall.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
West Campus deans ... Mangum named VP ... Sustainability event ...
Minority alumni speak ... Russia in NYC ... Shakespeare graffiti ...
Real estate competition ... Computer programming team
PEOPLE:
Basu is top India economist ... A.D. White Professor named ...
Skorton is Goldman Sachs adviser ... Nabokov book published ...
Remembering Carl Leopold, Esther Dotson
RESEARCH:
Food stamps ... Cancer weak link ... Health decisions ...
Chemotherapy delivery ... Horse genome sequenced ...
Moving nanostructures with light ... Resonating feathers woos mate
OUTREACH:
Fungi returned to China ... Specialty crops ... Library alliance ...
Hemlock pest predator ... Bridge to Latin American researchers ...
Low-income students tutored for SATs ... Grant boosts small farms
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Giving despite economy ... Scholarships more important than ever ...
Share your story
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Venture capitalists ... Innovation for entrepreneurs ...
Cayuga's Waiters sing ... Glee Club, Hangovers ... Scholarship lunch
CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources
CAMPUS:
Ornithologist, philosopher named West Campus house professor-deans
UNC's Elmira Mangum named vice president for budget and planning
Global sustainability conference draws 2,400 students, professionals
Minority alumni encourage students to have passion, drive for careers
Trip to New York City offers students a window into Russian culture
Graffiti splatters set of the Schwartz Center's 'Romeo and Juliet'
CU launches -- and wins -- first real estate case competition
Cornell team wins regional computer programming competition
PEOPLE:
Kaushik Basu named chief economist in India's Ministry of Finance
Choreographer William Forsythe named A.D. White Professor-at-Large
David Skorton to help steer $500 million Goldman Sachs initiative
Out of the fire: Nabokov's final work published despite controversy
Plant biologist, conservationist Carl Leopold dies at 89
Art history professor emerita Esther Dotson dies at 91
RESEARCH:
Half of U.S. children will use food stamps at some point, study shows
Vet College researchers identify a weak link in cancer cell armor
Many lack numerical skills to make health care decisions, study finds
WCMC neurosurgeons deliver chemo directly into malignant brain tumor
Sequenced horse genome -- from CU mare -- provides clues to diseases
Moving a silicon nanostructure with pressure of a milliwatt of light
South American bird woos mate with resonating feathers, experts say
OUTREACH:
Smuggled to Cornell 70 years ago, fungi collection returns to China
CALS receives nearly $850,000 to improve New York's specialty crops
Library alliance with China strengthens scholarship across continents
Entomologists release hemlock pest's predator to mitigate infestation
Web site will link Latin American researchers with opportunities
Tutors prepare low-income high school students for SATs
New grant enhances program to help budding farmers
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Alumni giving rate increases despite poor economy
Find out why scholarships are more important than ever
Share your story: Why do you give to Cornell?
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
CEN San Francisco: 'The Role of the Venture Capitalists,' Dec. 3
For those forming a team seeking capital, hoping to join a high-velocity startup or wanting to understand more about venture capital. Includes gourmet box lunch and presentation, 11:50 a.m.-1 p.m., 425 Market St., San Francisco, $20. Register online. Assistance: Allison Shirley, 607-254-7176 or allison.shirley@cornell.edu.
CEN Boston: 'Innovation for Entrepreneurs: Eureka! Ranch,' Dec. 9
Partners from Eureka! Ranch, the nation's top innovation services firm, talk in Boston, Dec. 9, about how to find, filter and fast-track innovations fundamental for survival in today's global marketplace. Featuring Bruce Hall and Doug Brownstone '79; moderated by Tom Hall '84. Register online ($20). Assistance: Allison Shirley, 607-254-7176 or allison.shirley@cornell.edu.
Cayuga's Waiters performance, San Diego, Jan. 8
Come hear Cornell's oldest a cappella group, Cayuga's Waiters, sing classic favorites and playful versions of current songs. Details to be determined. Information: Sean Sanders '88, ssanders24@hotmail.com or 858-259-4549.
Cornell Glee Club and the Hangovers, Washington, D.C., Jan. 9
The Cornell Glee Club and the Hangovers will perform at Terrace Theatre, Kennedy Center, 2700 F St., Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Purchase tickets through the Kennedy Center Web site or by telephone: 800-444-1324. Sponsorships of $100 or more include two complimentary seats in a prime location and recognition in the playbill. Sponsor tickets must be reserved through Gil Keteltas '86, gs.keteltas@verizon.net.
Cornell Club of Sarasota-Manatee Scholarship Luncheon, Jan. 14
Frank Robinson, director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, is the guest speaker at the luncheon at Michael's on East, US 41 and Bahia Vista St. in Sarasota, Fla. Area freshmen, scholarship holders and their parents will be guests. Social reception: 11:30 a.m.; lunch: 2 p.m.; Robinson's presentation follows. Contact Allison Archbold, aarchbold@aol.com or 941-952-9581 for a reservation form.
CORNELL LINKS:
Cornell Alumni Magazine: http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/
Wise Men Speak. The documentary film "The Philosopher Kings" presents life lessons from an unusual source: university janitors. At Cornell, the filmmakers found two such sages in Jim Evener and Gary Napieracz. Also: Acclaimed journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn '81 have published "Half the Sky," a book about the plight of women in the developing world. Read an excerpt and learn the story behind their commitment to this important subject. It's all in the November/December 2009 issue.
Ezra magazine: http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/
There are 45,000 Cornell alumni living and working in the New York City metro area, hundreds of students in many colleges and programs, as well as many faculty members and staff. It is an ever-expanding universe of Cornelliana embracing many academic courses and visiting lecturers and more than 300 events a year. Read about it in the winter issue of Ezra, to be published in mid-December.
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