Brian Wansink, Cornell's John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing, will take a leave of absence to serve as the executive director of the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion until January 2009. (Nov. 20, 2007)
Mann Library has been awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant by the National Science Foundation to make digital scientific data available to other academic and government repositories. (Nov. 20, 2007)
Two historically fierce rivals -- the Cornell and Boston University hockey teams -- face off at Madison Square Garden Nov. 24. The game will be broadcast online for a fee and via satellite. (Nov. 20, 2007)
Even amounts of lead in the blood well below the current federal standard are linked to reduced IQ scores in children, finds a new six-year Cornell study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. (Nov. 20, 2007)
Cornell and Ithaca-area communities can help others cope with the oncoming cold by contributing new and used outerwear to the 15th Annual 'Share the Warmth' campaign through Dec. 2. (Nov. 19, 2007)
Cornell researchers report that rapes, sudden deaths of loved ones, life-threatening accidents and other such traumas may result in long-term changes in the stress response in some people, even if they don't have post-traumatic stress disorder. (Nov. 19, 2007)
Students, staff and faculty in Cornell's American Indian Program are helping high school students in LaFayette Central Schools to succeed, with a weekly tutoring program. (Nov. 19, 2007)
Samuel Leeson Leonard, Cornell professor emeritus of zoology, died Nov. 12. He is known for discovering that estrogen could be used as a contraceptive -- the finding that led to the creation of the birth control pill. (Nov. 19, 2007)
Michael Clarkson in computer science and Rajeev Dokania in electrical and computer engineering have received prestigious Intel Foundation Fellowships. (Nov. 19, 2007)
To the editor:The Oct. 18 article in the Cornell Chronicle by intern Sam Warren '07, "Martin Bernal revisits 'Black Athena' controversy in lecture," is a valiant effort by a young scholar of limited experience to…
'If what happened in Burma happens in Pakistan, we will face a greater threat from fundamentalists, which will be a greater danger,' warned Mansoor Alam, former Pakistani ambassador, speaking on campus, Nov. 14. (Nov. 16, 2007)
Speciosa Wandira, vice president of Uganda from 1994 to 2003, gave an unusually blunt appraisal about the state of her country and her region while speaking on campus Nov. 14. (Nov. 16, 2007)
