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Alison 'Sunny' Power reappointed dean of Graduate School

Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced the reappointment of Alison "Sunny" Power as dean of the Graduate School for a three-year term. The appointment, which was approved by the Cornell Board of Trustees at its September…

Kent Fuchs is reappointed dean of College of Engineering

Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced the reappointment of W. Kent Fuchs as the Joseph Silbert Dean of the College of Engineering for a second five-year term.

Solar flares cause GPS failures, possibly devastating for jets and distress calls, Cornell researchers warn

Strong solar flares cause Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to fail, Cornell researchers have discovered. Because solar flares -- larger-than-normal radiation "burps" by the sun -- are generally unpredictable, such…

Call him 'David' -- Skorton delivers message of inclusiveness in first employee address

Jason Koski/University PhotographyDavid Skorton chats with CIT employees Shelley Ruth and Greg Busby following his address in Statler Auditorium, Sept. 25.Just call him "David."In his first full address to Cornell staff in…

Poe collection covers writer in life and death

A collection of writings by Edgar Allan Poe -- along with a jagged wooden fragment of his coffin -- will be on display at Cornell University Library just in time for Halloween.The new exhibition, "Nevermore: The Edgar Allan Poe…

Author Francis Moore Lappe asserts that food choices can help promote 'living democracy'

Through their food choices, Americans can work toward a kind of "living democracy," in which consumers can reintroduce their values into the marketplace, author Francis Moore Lappé said in a talk Sept. 20 in G10 Biotech Building…

Symposium, celebration to honor retiring geologist Bryan Isacks

The story, says Cornell geologist Bryan Isacks, is usually pretty much the same. People study geology because they have a certain set of characteristics: They love physics and the outdoors; they're adventurous and curious.

Unheated greenhouse project offers growers hopes of profitability from longer growing season

Cornell researchers are working to extend the growing and selling seasons by as much as 10 weeks. Their method is a so-called high tunnel project using unheated greenhouses to grow various crops to see how practical they are for…

Cornell Law School student James H. Morris, 22, dies following auto accident near his Illinois home

James Hunter Morris, a Cornell Law School student, died Sept. 16 from injuries received in an automobile accident near his family's home in Carbondale, Ill. He was 22.A second-year law student at Cornell, Morris was associate…

Using synthetic DNA, Cornell researchers fashion low-cost, biodegradable hydrogels for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Molecular Bioengineering Lab/Cornell UniversityDNA chains that attach to one another along part of their length can self-assemble into branching structures including crosses, T's and Y's. In the presence of enzymes that connect…

Conference to examine Chinese-North Korean relations

Cornell's East Asia Program will host "Limits of the 'Lips and Teeth' Alliance: The Antinomies of the Chinese-North Korean Relationship," a two-day international conference, Sept. 29-30, on the Cornell campus.Two sessions of the…

Cornell launches $3.3 million NSF program to build 'critical mass' of women faculty in engineering and sciences

Jason Koski/University PhotographyLeaders of the ACCEL program within the Provost's Office will be, from left, Provost Biddy Martin; Shelley Correll, associate professor of sociology; Marjolein van der Meulen, associate professor…