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Stretched, ordered DNA molecules could bring insights into disease

Scientists in the Craighead lab have figured out how to stretch out tangled strands of DNA from chromosomes, line them up and tag them to reflect different levels of chemical modification. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Drought-stricken Kenyan livestock farmers receive first insurance payouts

In the midst of a drought-induced food crisis affecting millions in the Horn of Africa, an innovative insurance program for poor livestock keepers made its first payouts Oct. 21. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Computer donations boost technology education in <br />Tioga County schools

Cornell Computer Reuse Association has donated 40 computers to Tioga County Central Schools. (Oct. 27, 2011)

ILR documentary on disabled youth entering job market has TV premier Oct. 30

'What Works?,' a documentary produced by the ILR School, explains how collaboration between schools, businesses and students with disabilities pays off with jobs for teens. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Grant will help arXiv e-print management go worldwide

The Simons Foundation has provided a $60,000 planning grant to develop a structure through which institutions that benefit from and support the online e-print arXiv can participate in its governance. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Art has the power to mend broken communities, says renowned artist

Artist Lily Yeh described community art as a method to help mend broken communities Oct. 24 as part of the 40th anniversary of the Cornell-affiliated Center for Transformative Action. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Auctions, other events raise $13,000 for the CARE Fund

The Emergency Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees Fund has raised more than $13,000 from recent events to help staff members and faculty with emergency-related needs. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Things to Do, Oct. 28-Nov. 4

Events this week include a symposium on university-industry food partnerships, a talk by the former CEO of Lockheed, and Insectapalooza.

Assemblies Update, Week of Oct. 24

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. (Oct. 27, 2011)

Researchers create transistors from natural cotton fibers

Juan Hinestroza has helped develop transistors using natural cotton fibers, which could lead to smarter, highly functional clothing and perhaps even cotton-based circuits and computers. (Oct. 26, 2011)

Ken Quick '14 takes on leadership role in national Future Farmers of America

Ken Quick Jr. '14 has been named the next national eastern region vice president of the Future Farmers of America. (Oct. 26, 2011)

1930s gangster films diversified conceptions of 'American-ness,' argues professor

In a campus talk, Professor Sabine Haenni described how gangster films of the 1930s critiqued capitalism and its modes of exclusion in the United States, and incorrectly portrayed America abroad. (Oct. 26, 2011)