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Journalist-authors tell harrowing tale of kidnapping in Iraq -- and the grassroots struggle for release

After Micah Garen '94 was kidnapped with his translator, Amir, from a market in southern Iraq on Aug. 13, 2004, it was largely the work of his now-fiancée Marie-Helene Carlton and the grassroots efforts she led across the world…

Sunny side up: Cornell's solar house landscaping wins national award

The Cornell student-designed and -built solar house has won a student 'Award of Honor' from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for its functional landscape.

Arch of progress

Lindsay France/University PhotographyNew steel arches are positioned and attached to abutments in the cliffs on the site of the Thurston Avenue Bridge on Friday morning, Sept. 15. The bridge is scheduled to remain closed to all…

Beach plum jam, anyone? Cornell develops line of crop plants away from the dunes to make sure you get your fill

Krishna Ramanujan/Cornell ChronicleHorticulture graduate student Rebecca Harbut harvests beach plums at Cornell Orchards.It's harvest time at Cornell Orchards, and beach plums (Prunus maritima), commonly found on coastal dunes,…

Anurag Agrawal receives ecology award

Anurag Agrawal, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has received the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) George Mercer Award for his 2004 paper, "Resistance and Susceptibility of Milkweed: Competition, Root…

Federal, state partnership could improve U.S. population estimates, Cornell demographer tells Congress

The U.S. Census Bureau could improve the quality of its population estimates by working more closely with a partnership of local, state and federal officials, Warren Brown, a leading Cornell demographer, testified to a U.S. House…

'Natural democracy' -- putting life of planet ahead of profits -- is advocated by Professor Eric Cheyfitz

While the West views nature as an entity that should be controlled and dominated and that is in opposition to culture, traditional Native American philosophies view nature as kin, inseparable from humans, to be treated with…

Two innovative Cornell engineers, Manohar and DeLisa, selected for NAE's 'Frontiers of Engineering'

Two members of the Cornell College of Engineering faculty have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's 12th annual Symposium on the Frontiers of Engineering, Sept. 21-23, at Ford Research and…

Coming back home to a rebuilt Bailey Hall

The newly refurbished and renovated Bailey Hall is ready for prime time, the building itself having been inaugurated with classes, symposiums and a concert since reopening in August.

Symposium to honor Professor Arthur Ruoff's 50 years at Cornell

Being married to a university for 50 years is an occasion to celebrate, so the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) and students of Arthur Ruoff, the Class of 1912 Professor of Engineering, have organized a…

Law school faculty to celebrate colleague's book release with a debate

Cornell Professor Gregory Alexander's latest accomplishment is cause for celebration -- and debate -- at the Cornell Law School.The publication of Alexander's new book, "The Global Debate Over Constitutional Property: Lessons for…

Mu Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. celebrates 30th anniversary Sept. 16 at Cornell

Ithaca's Mu Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. will have a public dedication ceremony of a sitting stone to recognize students of color, particularly women, and to commemorate the chapter's 30th anniversary on…