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ROTC dog-tag ceremony brings closure to a family, 35 years after death in Vietnam

U.S. Army PFC Douglas Jay Crawford, killed in action in Vietnam in 1971, received a final homecoming on Feb. 23 when Cornell University's U.S. Army ROTC presented his long-lost identification tags to his surviving family members…

President Rawlings announces Feb. 28 discussion for Cornellians concerned by stabbing

Cornell President Hunter R. Rawlings will host an informal discussion for concerned members of the Cornell community on Tuesday, Feb. 28, to address issues of concern and other responses to this past weekend's campus stabbing…

Q&A: Larry Walker calls for a 'Manhattan Project' for energy in biofuels

Kevin Stearns/University PhotographyBehind Professor Larry Walker is a large bale of switchgrass, one of several possible alteernative fuel sources. Copyright © Cornell UniversityIn his State of the Union speech last month, U.S…

Africana library supports wide research

The library at the Africana Studies and Research Center is named in honor of John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998), the distinguished historian who was instrumental in establishing the Cornell's Africana curriculum in the 1970s. The…

From anti-slavery collections to papers of early black alumni, library collections support Africana studies year-round

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections This 1986 photo of students at the Urban Day School in Milwaukee, Wis., is from the records of the Institute for Independent Education. Copyright © Cornell University February is Black…

From fly flight and black holes to world hunger, AAAS meeting covers deadly serious to fun of science

ST. LOUIS -- There were plenty of reasons to camp out inside the cavernous America's Center convention hall in St. Louis last weekend. They included in-depth discussions on biological imaging, black holes and the evolution of the…

Two Cornell-related PBS documentaries to air on local stations

Two documentaries "Alpha Phi Alpha Men: A Century of Leadership" and "Cornell: Birth of the American University," both Cornell-related, will air on local PBS TV stations beginning this weekend. "Alpha Phi Alpha Men" is a history…

Cornellian Melody Davidson brings home the gold

Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press Melody Davidson, Cornell's women's ice hockey head coach and coach of the Canadian women's ice hockey team at the 2006 Olympic Games, goes over a play with team member Danielle Goyette before the…

Cleaning up in New Orleans, archiving in Vermont and mapping Panama: How Cornell students spent their winter break

Cornell students participated in group study projects including cleaning out flooded houses in New Orleans, archiving local political history in Vermont and studying sustainable development along the Panama Canal.

Cornell student named by USA Today as one of nation's top undergraduates

Cornell undergraduate Kevin Hwang '07 was named to the All-USA College Academic Team by USA Today in its Feb. 15 issue. Among other accomplishments, Hwang was noted for founding The Triple Helix: The National Journal of Science,…

Clicking in class helps lecturers from appearing remote by using student remotes as instructional tool

Kevin Stearns/University Photography Caitlin Fitzgerald '06 answers a question Feb. 17 in lecturer Bert Fulbright's Physics 208 class by pressing a button on one of the 200 response boxes installed in Rockefeller B. Copyright ©…

Cornell Hillel awards Tanner Prize to Abby Joseph Cohen '73 and husband, David '73

Cornell Hillel's Board of Trustees has announced that the 2006 Tanner Prize will be awarded to Cornell alumni Abby Joseph Cohen '73 and her husband, David M. Cohen '73, for their significant contributions to the Jewish people and to Cornell. (February 21, 2006)