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Planning students participate in urban forum in Indonesia

Three city and regional planning graduate students traveled to Indonesia in December, to participate in the third annual Urban Social Forum and conduct research for community projects in Java.

Largest dog genetic study informs human diseases

Cornell researchers have completed the largest genetic study of dogs to date, comprising the genetic analysis of 4,200 dogs. The study investigated 180,000 genetic markers.

With treatments, AIDS survival rates in Haiti equal to U.S.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that the survival rate of treated Haitian AIDS patients is equal to American patients, despite poverty and economic and political obstacles.

Using Facebook when you can't see the faces

Visual content on social media sites present challenges to blind users. Cornell researchers suggest that the technology used on Facebook and other social media sites should be adapted to improve accessibility.

Bamboo-based build brings safe classroom to Dominican Republic

A versatile architectural technology created by a Cornell design professor has been adopted by sustainability-minded students to build bamboo-based hurricane- and earthquake-resistant structures.

Garrett to receive Distinguished Alumna Award from Virginia

Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett will receive the University of Virginia's 2016 Distinguished Alumna Award April 29. She is a 1988 graduate of the UVA School of Law.

New Century for the Humanities Celebration launches

The College of Arts and Sciences is launching a semester-long celebration of the arts and humanities with marquee events, speaker series and panel discussions, and a celebration for Klarman Hall.

Employee celebration draws 2,200 to dinner and athletics events

Cornell employees, retirees and their families enjoyed the 2016 Winter Employee Celebration Jan. 23, with a winning Cornell women's basketball game and dinner.

MLK Lecture Feb. 3 features Black Lives Matter co-founders

Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, and Janaya Khan of BLM Toronto will speak Feb. 3 at the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture.

University Counsel James Mingle to retire June 30

University Counsel James Mingle has announced his retirement from Cornell following 20 years of service, effective June 30.

Lecture series exploring inequality begins Feb. 8

The College of Art and Sciences’ Program on Ethics and Public Life hosts a semester-long, in-depth lecture series on inequality starting Feb. 8. Lectures are Mondays at 4:30 p.m., Goldwin Smith Hall.

Leland Pillsbury named Entrepreneur of the Year for 2016

Venture capitalist Leland C. Pillsbury ’69 has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2016. He will be honored April 14-15 at Cornell’s annual entrepreneurship Celebration conference in Ithaca.