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No road closures planned, but parking is limited for inauguration

There are no road closures planned during ceremonies surrounding the inauguration of David J. Skorton on Sept. 7. Weather permitting, participants will gather on Ho Plaza Thursday afternoon and then proceed to the Arts Quad for…

Cornellia, the fiberglass cow, has been stolen (again)

Bad moos: Cornellia, the life-size fiberglass mascot that was stolen and then returned in 2003, is missing again. She and her calf were stolen sometime between 6 p.m., Aug. 29, and 6 a.m., Aug. 30, from the Cornell Dairy Store…

Harold Craighead returns to directorship of Nanobiotechnolgy Center

Harold Craighead, the Charles W. Lake Jr. Professor of Engineering and professor of applied and engineering physics, has returned to the post of director of the Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC).Craighead was the first…

Two graduate students named Heinz scholars

Two Cornell students have received 2006 awards from the Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research program, Cornell's Center for the Environment announced. They are: Jason Andras, a doctoral student in ecology and…

More gym classes don't mean more exercise or weight loss, Cornell study finds

As childhood obesity has increased, many states are increasing their physical education (PE) requirements. Yet, increasing time spent in gym class does not appear to increase overall physical activity or prevent childhood obesity…

New student radio station Slope Radio to launch Sept. 4

Slope Radio, a new radio station produced by students at Cornell, is set to launch its inaugural broadcast via the Internet on Sept. 4.Shows will be aired on the station's Web site at http://sloperadio.com/, and operations are…

Skorton elected vice chairman of the Business-Higher Education Forum

Cornell President David J. Skorton has been elected the incoming vice chairman of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF). As vice chair, he will become the chair after a two-year term. Skorton was elected by BHEF's membership…

Black Enterprise names Cornell one of nation's best colleges for African-Americans

Cornell has once again been named one of "50 Best Colleges for African Americans" by Black Enterprise magazine.The university, which has been on the list every year since it was first published in 1999, was ranked 26th this year…

Cornellians win top honors in national book-collecting contest

Two Cornell students garnered top honors in the first Collegiate Book-Collecting Championship, a national competition sponsored by Fine Books and Collections magazine. Daniel McKee and David Rando, who tied for first place in the…

Welcome Weekend serves picnic on the quad

The Cornell community welcomed new students with a communal outdoor meal Aug. 24 on the Arts Quad.Picnic on the Quad, a new Welcome Weekend event this year, brought hundreds of students, faculty and staff together for lunch on…

Engaged young people can make the world better, locally and globally, says Farah Hussain

Farah Hussain '05, a local youth and sustainability activist with a worldwide vision, believes that young people have what it takes to solve the world's most-pressing problems. "Some people only see youths' negative attributes,"…

Metal sculptor Joel Perlman '65 makes enduring, monumental art

Joel Perlman, BFA '65, was 14 when he decided to become a sculptor. He was a scrappy scholarship kid at Fieldston School in the Bronx then, hard hit by the recent, sudden death of his father from a heart attack at 47.To help…