October 2009
Looking toward the university's sesquicentennial in 2015, President David Skorton blended Cornell's past with a vision for the future in his Oct. 23 State of the University address. He described how the four pillars on which Cornell was built -- classical and contemporary inquiry, innovative thinking, student access to education and public engagement -- will remain relevant in the future. He also said Cornell must return to a healthy pace of hiring "hundreds of bold and brilliant" faculty over the next five years.
The assistant professor of English was nominated for her most recent book, "Open Interval," a collection of poems drawing on the intersections of astronomy and mathematics, history, literature and lived experience. She is one of five 2009 nominees for poetry. Award winners, chosen by a panel of authors in each category, will be announced Nov. 18 at a ceremony in New York City.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
CAMPUS:
Strategic planning update ... Stimulus funding ... Cancer institute ...
Engineering diversity ... X Prize car competition ... Solar Decathlon ...
Gift of campus trees ... Library collaboration ... Toni Morrison
PEOPLE:
Nobel Prize winner ... Sagan medalist ... Student inventors ...
Latham honored ... Fleming fellow ... Terzian celebration ...
Hockey jerseys retired ... Remembering Richard White
RESEARCH:
Endangered language ... Autism study ... Simulating sounds ...
Fruit fly reproduction ... Consumer opinion ... Mars rover update ...
Women in the sciences ... Teen attitudes toward smoking
OUTREACH:
Tax proposal ... China agreement ... Economics of higher ed ...
Metzger grant ... Balkan scholars ... Hip-hop historian in NYC ...
New York Farm Days ... Clean water in Honduras
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Fundraising record broken ... Alumnus gives for budget relief ...
Help students realize their dreams
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Future leaders ... Alumni reception in Seoul ... Private equity ...
Sales 2.0 success ... Cornellians connect ... Red hot hockey
CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources
CAMPUS:
Provost taps eight key faculty to draft Cornell's strategic plan
Recovery Act funding brings millions to CU for research and jobs
National Cancer Institute funds Cornell-led $13M research center
Engineering college reaches diversity milestone for women, minorities
100+ MPG Team makes the cut in Automotive X Prize competition
Cornell's Silo House places seventh in 2009 Solar Decathlon
Gift of 50 trees honors campus forestry efforts
Cornell Library forges landmark collaboration with Columbia's library
Toni Morrison discusses writing, knowledge and sin
PEOPLE:
Alumnus Jack Szostak shares Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
Squyres wins Sagan medal for giving public a window into Mars mission
Two students reach finals in national Collegiate Inventors Competition
Professor emeritus Michael Latham named a 'Living Legend in Nutrition'
Fleming fellowship researcher will study roots of Legionnaires' disease
Family, Friends of Astronomy celebrate Yervant Terzian's 70th birthday
Hockey to retire jersey numbers of Nieuwendyk and Dryden
Professor emeritus Richard White dies at 75
RESEARCH:
Scholars aim to save endangered African languages by identifying clicks
Matthew Belmonte uses sci-fi video games to explore facets of autism
Computer scientists generate noise for use in virtual worlds
Scientists find genetic key that prevents two species from reproducing
Study finds consumers don't always equate higher prices with quality
Rover team works to get Spirit unstuck, as Opportunity trucks along
NIH awards more than $2 million to Cornell to study women in sciences
WCMC: Teen attitudes toward smoking influences drinking, drug use
OUTREACH:
ILR Professor John Bishop proposes tax credit to create American jobs
Agreement with China may help Cornell share agricultural advances
Higher education in region brings jobs and economic stability to county
Metzger Grant recipients provide public service abroad
Center connects U.S. and Balkan scholars of culture and language
Hip-hop collector, historian takes center stage at NYC Library Salon
CALS struts its stuff at New York Farm Days in Washington, D.C.
AguaClara breaks ground on water plant to serve 2,000 in Honduras
FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
Annual Fund breaks fundraising record in tough year
Seth Klarman '79 gives $5 million to budget relief
Within Reach, Without Limits: Help students realize their dreams
ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Developing Future Leaders: What School Hasn't Taught Us, Nov. 4
Christine Duvivier, MBA '82, will talk about the expected shortage of highly skilled workers and how companies need to broaden their search for talent. Register online ($20). Information: Allison Shirley, 607-254-7176 or allison.shirley@cornell.edu.
All-alumni reception in Seoul featuring President Skorton, Nov. 4
The Cornell Club of Korea is hosting an all-alumni event in Seoul at the Hotel Novotel Seoul Ambassador Gangnam. Reception and dinner. Information: Amy Jacobson, amy.jacobson@cornell.edu.
A look at private equity, San Francisco, Nov. 6
Ashu Agrawal '99, M.Eng. '99, principal, Francisco Partners, discusses private equity. Register online ($20); includes gourmet box lunch. Information: Allison Shirley, 607-254-7176 or allison.shirley@cornell.edu.
Bridging the Sales and Marketing Chasm, Nov. 12 in Palo Alto
Pelin Wood Thorogood '90, M.Eng. '91, MBA '94, explores the success metrics critical to Sales 2.0. Register online ($20); includes gourmet box lunch. Information: Allison Shirley, 607-254-7176 or allison.shirley@cornell.edu.
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Red hot hockey in NYC, Nov. 28
Cornell men's hockey faces defending national champion Boston University at Madison Square Garden. Information: www.alumni.cornell.edu/bigred. Questions? Jessica Raha '99, jessica.raha@cornell.edu.
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/
The fall issue of Ezra features a cover story on creative writing at Cornell.
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