Jonathan Butcher delivers young investigator lecture

The Biomedical Engineering Society honored Jonathan Butcher, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, with the Rita Schaffer Memorial Young Investigator Award earlier this month. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Pinstrup-Andersen named No. 1 Dane for fighting poverty

Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the 2001 World Food Prize laureate, has been named 'the most important Dane in the world' in combating poverty by Denmark's leading development magazine. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Skorton: Cornell will realize its future by way of its past

Cornell will return to a 'healthy pace' of faculty hiring by 2015, said President David Skorton in the State of the University address Oct. 23. He also emphasized that the path to Cornell's future leads out of its past.

Innovative thinking results in bottom-line savings for AAD

It started with a roll of duct tape used to stop automatic toilets from flushing too often. Such small measures, led by Alumni Affairs and Development's Julie Featherstone, have led to big savings. (Oct. 22, 2009)

Enrollment for group life insurance changes ends Oct. 30

Staff and faculty members currently enrolled in the Group Universal Life plan can elect additional life insurance protection equal to one times your annual salary without showing proof of good health. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Harold Craighead wins research honor from UPenn

The University of Pennsylvania's Nano/BioInterface Center has presented its annual Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology to Harold Craighead. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Student inventions -- artificial tissue networks and a skull base sealer -- honored in competition

Artificial tissues with an embedded vascular system and a skull base sealer were two Cornell student inventions honored as finalists in the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Chicago, Oct. 18-20. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Benefits deadlines and decisions abound for employees

Cornell faculty and staff have a number of benefits plan decisions to make in the months ahead, including life insurance policies, flexible spending accounts, and medical and dental plans. (Oct. 21, 2009)

CU completes test of emergency mass notification systems

Cornell's emergency notification system made about 5,800 voice calls in 15 minutes and delivered more than 14,000 text messages Oct. 14, as part of a test of the system. (Oct. 19, 2009)