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University Lectures series brings to campus anthropologist Marshall Sahlins and historian François Hartog

Anthropologist Marshall Sahlins and historian Francois Hartog will deliver free public lectures at Cornell this month as part of the University Lectures series. (March 6, 2007)

World Food Prize laureate honored

Soil scientist and Cornell alumnus A. Colin McClung was honored on campus March 1 for his contributions to converting the Brazilian Cerrado from wasteland into highly productive cropland. (March 6, 2007)

Cornell Law School honors alumna 'Princess Pat' of Thailand with scholarship and exchange program

Cornell Law School and the Thai Bar Association have forged a scholarship and exchange program honoring Cornell alumna, Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol. (March 6, 2007)

Cheyfitz speaks up for academic freedom in Ward Churchill case

Cornell's Eric Cheyfitz defended academic freedom in recent testimony in the case of controversial Native American scholar and activist Ward Churchill's threatened dismissal from the University of Colorado at Boulder. (March 6, 2007)

Thurston Avenue Bridge to be closed March 12 through most of August

Thurston Avenue Bridge will close to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic at 7 a.m., March 12, and remain closed until students return in August. (March 5, 2007)

'Electronic gridlock' that blocks higher temperature cuprate superconductors is imaged by Cornell researchers

Superconductivity sometimes can, it seems, become stalled by a form of electronic 'gridlock.' A possible explanation why is offered by new research at Cornell. (March 5, 2007)

Temple Grandin to speak on autism March 13

Renowned author and animal scientist Temple Grandin returns to Cornell as a Rhodes Class of '56 Visiting Professor. Free tickets are available for her lecture. (March 5, 2007)

Despite allure of Internet surveys, old-fashioned, face-to-face interview still best, Stanford expert says

The quality of survey work over the past decade has declined as the Internet has become an increasingly seductive tool for quick, cheap data collection, said Stanford's Jon Krosnick in a campus lecture. (March 5, 2007)

From loans to bus fares, students engage Skorton on their concerns

About 30 students peppered Cornell President David Skorton with questions at a casual gathering sponsored by the student assemblies in Uris Auditorium Feb. 28. (March 1, 2007)

Inspired by personal experience, law student Lanvers wins fellowship to advocate for children with diabetes

Cornell law student Charlotte Lanvers has been awarded a Skadden Fellowship, which will support her legal work on behalf of California schoolchildren with diabetes. (March 1, 2007)

Cornell Library celebrates 100 years as federal depository

March 1 is the 100th anniversary that Cornell University Library has been serving as a federal depository library, housing more than 285,000 federal documents from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. (March 1, 2007)

Library exhibition celebrates Ezra Cornell's 200th birthday

'I Would Found an Institution: The Ezra Cornell Bicentennial' exhibition opens March 8 in the Hirshland Gallery of Carl A. Kroch Library. (March 1, 2007)