The professor of population genetics has been named the first Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences. The award supports 'outstanding, innovative faculty life sciences research at Cornell.'
In a Jan. 14 commissioning ceremony, Christopher Cady, Kyle Hollenbeck, Blair MacDonald and Eric Stickel were sworn in, and officers Anthony Tostanoski and Scott Salino were promoted to sergeant. (Jan. 15, 2009)
Two FMLA entitlements related to the military are new for Cornell employees: a qualifying military exigency leave and a military caregiver leave. The provisions take effect Jan. 16. (Jan. 15, 2009)
The Cornell community celebrated the dedicated service of Dennis Osika '64, director of the Grounds Department, and of Richard McDaniel, M.P.A. '74, M.B.A. '78, vice president for risk management and public safety. (Jan. 15, 2009)
A vigil for Nicholas Kau, a student who died Jan. 10 in New York City, will be held Jan. 16 in Manhattan, and funeral services will be Jan. 17. A campus memorial service is being planned for next week. (Jan. 15, 2009)
William J. Lynn III, J.D. '80, has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama for deputy defense secretary, the No. 2 position at the Pentagon. (Jan. 14, 2009)
Shon R. Hiatt, a Ph.D. student in organizational behavior and strategy in Cornell's ILR School, has received a Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship in Entrepreneurship. (Jan. 14, 2009)
ILR freshman Alyssa O'Connor has a ticket for the presidential inauguration and for a ball as a student in a five-day program sponsored by the University Presidential Inaugural Conference. (Jan. 13, 2009)
Chen, who comes from the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, started in January as director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (Jan. 12, 2009)
