Two Cornell University Nobel laureates spoke at the Triple Helix conference, Nov. 19. Triple Helix is an undergraduate organization founded at Cornell last year that now has 13 chapters and publishes a journal to bridge gaps among science, ethics, society and law. (November 22, 2005)
Six Cornell University professors have received monetary awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, administered by Cornell's universitywide Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise (EPE) Program.
Douglas Parker '56, LLB '58, author of "Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse," entertained Nash fans in Kroch Library Nov. 11 with reflections on the poet's life and art. (November 22, 2005)
Cornell University Library is among several large academic research libraries that now operate their own publishing offices to produce high-quality scholarly publications, either by working with local researchers or by partnering with other publishers. (November 17, 2005)
More than 80 chief collection development officers, representing the nation's largest research libraries, met at Cornell in October for the "Janus Conference on Research Library Collections: Managing the Shifting Ground between Writers and Readers." (November 17, 2005)
Recognized for his breakthrough biomedical research in the area of inflammation, Weill Cornell Medical College scientist Dr. William A. Muller has been selected by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to receive a 2005 NIH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award, worth $2.1 million.
The wooden hand levers and foot pedals of the Cornell Chimes' playing stand are a demanding physical workout for the players, known as chimesmasters, performing thrice-daily concerts high up in McGraw Tower. (November 17, 2005)
The Cornell campus is facing a winter of challenge as energy costs soar. Over the next few weeks, Chronicle Online will be presenting stories showing the extent of rising costs and how the Cornell community can help to keep them under control. (November 16, 2005)
Freeman Hrabowski, a leading expert on improving the academic performance of African-American students in math and science, will be in Ithaca Sunday, Nov. 20, to deliver a Sage Chapel address at Cornell University and be the featured participant in a Community Forum on Education and Society in downtown Ithaca. (November 16, 2005)
A federal agency and four start-up businesses are the first tenants at the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park, in Geneva, N.Y., which was dedicated Nov. 16. (November 16, 2005)
In his keynote address at the 2005 Beijing Forum, Cornell President Hunter Rawlings suggests a "two-way street" for educational exchange with China. Former President George H.W. Bush, in remarks before the speech, salutes Cornell. (November 16, 2005)
The video and sound engineers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library - billed as the world's largest archive of animal sounds and associated video - are in the process of digitizing their entire collection.
