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With poems at the ready, Cornell writers join New York City poetry celebration

Three Cornell graduate student writers and a Weill Cornell M.D. read their original verse as part of the sixth annual Poem in Your Pocket Day, April 17 in New York City's Bryant Park. (April 18, 2008)

World Trade Organization insider provides rare close-up look at how body settles far-reaching trade disputes

The WTO needs to revamp the way it resolves its disagreements, says Yasuhei Taniguchi, a 1964 Cornell Law graduate, in a speech at the Berger/Cornell International Law Journal symposium. (April 18, 2008)

Walter T. Federer, father of Cornell's statistics department, dies at 92

Cornell Professor Emeritus of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology Walter T. Federer, who is credited with founding Cornell's original statistics department, died April 14. He was 92. (April 18, 2008)

Five faculty members receive Provost's Awards for Distinguished Scholarship

The $30,000 awards recognize outstanding tenured faculty early in their careers for distinguished research and scholarly achievements, combined with their continuing commitment to Cornell. (April 17, 2008)

How campus researchers helped to rescue a rain forest

Researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Sciences at Cornell are doing what many thought was impossible: reviving a rain forest that was demolished 50 years ago. (April 17, 2008)

Communicators are key to getting Cornell's messages out to the world, Skorton says

President Skorton attributes increase in student applications not only to faculty, teaching excellence and research, but also to student word-of-mouth and the work of Cornell's communications staff. (April 17, 2008)

Cornell mourns Stephen H. Weiss '57, Board of Trustees chairman emeritus

Stephen H. Weiss '57, a presidential councilor and a board-elected member of the Cornell Board of Trustees for 24 years, including eight as chair, died on Wednesday, April 16, at age 72. (April 17, 2008)

Partnership agreement will bring $2.3 million annually to Arecibo Observatory for outreach, education

Puerto Rican Governor Anibal S. Acevedo Vila and Arecibo Observatory officials signed an agreement to expand outreach and education to schoolchildren through the Angel Ramos Visitor Center.

Mellon fellowships will aid Cornell professors' research on welfare reform and Roman burial practices

Professor of classics and history Eric Rebillard and Anna Marie Smith, professor of government, have received fellowships for 2008-09 to support extradisciplinary training for their research projects. (April 16, 2008)

A chance discovery in Mexico leads Cornell scientist to rewrite fossil history of shell-breaking crab

Cornell paleontologist Greg Dietl's chance discovery of a 69 million-year-old crab fossil shows that shell-breaking crabs lived 20 million years earlier than scientists thought. (April 16, 2008)

How to gauge your needs for life insurance

The special open enrollment period for long-term care and life insurance ends May 2. Paul Bursic, director of Benefit Services, provides a framework for estimating the amount of life insurance you should have. (April 16, 2008)

Local businesses form a network focused on disabilities to get a competitive edge

Business representatives from all over central New York as well as staff from Cornell and the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce met April 2 to inaugurate the Business Leadership Network of CNY. (April 16, 2008)