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Ishion Hutchinson wins Whiting Writers' Award

Assistant professor of English Ishion Hutchinson has received a 2013 Whiting Writers’ Award for his debut poetry collection “Far District: Poems.”

Spirited Cornell-JPL agreement opens opportunities

Cornell President David Skorton and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 8 making Cornell the California lab’s latest strategic partner.

ILR to study teens with disabilities in $32.5M effort

The ILR School’s Employment and Disability Institute is leading the research and implementation of a $32.5 million federal award to improve education and career outcomes for low-income children with disabilities.

To criticize is to be aware, alive, creative: A.O. Scott

The New York Times's chief film critic, A.O. Scott, delivered the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture on campus Nov. 7.

Assemblies Update, Week of Nov. 4

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Skorton: Hard work ahead for campus sustainability

While Cornellians reported that the university’s carbon footprint strategies were working, the campus still had a long road to meet its sustainability goals by 2050.

Before cells, biochemicals may have combined in clay

Tiny spaces in a gel of clay mixed with seawater may have protected and enhanced the evolution of early biomolecules.

Smithsonian's Monfort urges sustaining biodiversity

In a lecture on campus Nov. 6, the Smithsonian's Steven Monfort discussed preservation efforts to save species and predicted more collaborations with Cornell scientists.

As crop indicators, weeds spread in warmer world

Weeds, those unwanted, unloved and annoying invasive plants that farmers and gardeners hate amid their plantings, are expanding to northern latitudes, thanks to rising temperatures.

Real estate leaders gather for Cornell conference in NYC

Cornell students traveled to New York in early October to attend More than 300 students, faculty, and professionals attended the 31st annual Cornell Real Estate Conference in New York City, Oct. 10-11.

Buffet dish sequences may prompt healthier choices

As diners belly-up to a buffet, food order matters. When healthy foods are offered first, eaters are less likely to desire the higher calorie dishes later in the line, says a new Cornell behavioral study in the online journal PLOS One.

Things to Do, Nov. 8-15

Events on campus this week include Cornell Library's 'Remembering Lincoln at Gettysburg,' the Alloy Orchestra at Cornell Cinema, a coffee research program and a book talk with Aaron Sachs.