If you have ever lost a computer file, you know backup systems are crucial. But usually they come at a price: Either they slow down the system during the day, or they waste energy by requiring that computers be left on. Staff members in the Division of Facilities Services solved both problems, and if other departments follow their example, Cornell could save some $1.5 million a year in energy costs. (December 14, 2005)
It's so common that it's almost a cliché: To start a high-tech company, you need to team a scientist with a business person. Associate Professor Rajit Manohar has found a way to increase the speed of computer chips. When he described his idea to business consultant and neighbor John Lofton Holt, Achronix Semiconductor was born. (December 14, 2005)
On Dec. 12, officials from Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Nature Conservancy and other agencies held a press conference at a hunting lodge outside of Brinkley, Ark., to announce that a new search for the Ivory-billed woodpecker was now in full swing. (December 13, 2005)
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings will be part of a select group of university presidents participating at the U.S. University Presidents' Summit in Washington, D.C., in January. Rawlings was invited to attend by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, who are hosting the summit. (December 13, 2005)
In a memo to the Cornell University faculty Dec. 9, faculty members of the Presidential Search Committee provided a short update on the search process. (December 13, 2005)
Sam Leonard, who turned 100 on Nov. 26, played a role in one of the most significant medical advances of last century -- the birth control pill -- that liberated women's attitudes toward sex and launched the swinging '60s. (December 13, 2005)
Tulane University musicologist John Joyce and his daughter, Maggie, an undergrad at Tulane, are returning to that New Orleans campus after spending the semester at Cornell. (December 13, 2005)
Susan Henry, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dec. 12. Many of the Indian visitors were affiliated with the new Knowledge Initiative in Agriculture, an agreement between India and the United States. (December 13, 2005)
Cornell E-News, a new monthly electronic newsletter for alumni, parents and friends of the university, is the result of a collaborative effort between the Division of Alumni Affairs and Development and the Division of University Communications. (December 13, 2005)
Author and educator Sandy Grande lectured on democracy and colonialism as it relates to both current events and the history of American Indians in "At the Crossroads of Democracy and Sovereignty: The Indigenization of America," Dec. 1 at Cornell. (December 13, 2005)
With the holiday season now in full swing, the 2005 Cornell United Way Campaign is well on its merry way to meeting its goal of $627,000. (December 13, 2005)
