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Spacecraft and comet fated for Valentine's Day rendezvous

Cornell has received a 2011 ENERGY STAR CHP (combined heat and power) Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for the campus's highly efficient CHP system. (Feb. 8, 2011)

'Global leader' Eboo Patel to present MLK lecture Feb. 21

On Feb. 14, the Stardust spacecraft and the comet Tempel 1 will meet. In the heat of the moment, astronomers hope, Tempel 1 will be cajoled into yielding a few more clues about her background. (Feb. 8, 2011)

Grad student fights to protect rare lemur in Madagascar

Eboo Patel of the Interfaith Youth Core, an institution building the global youth movement, will present Cornell's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture in Sage Chapel, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.

Choices -- not discrimination -- determine women scientists' success, researchers say

Graduate student Erik Patel has traveled 15 times to Madagascar in his quest to study the rare silky sifaka lemur and as director of a nonprofit he founded to protect the snowy white creatures. (Feb. 7, 2011)

Four N.Y. companies receive JumpStart grants

It's not discrimination, but rather differences in resources attributable to career and family-related choices that set women back in science fields, Cornell researchers say. (Feb. 7, 2011)

Cornell ranked No. 5 for Web presence by research group

JumpStart assists New York state small businesses in developing and improving through university collaborations. (Feb. 7, 2011)

Five Cornell scientists to speak at AAAS

A research group in Spain has ranked Cornell the No. 5 university in the world for its Web presence, which includes electronic access to scientific publications and other academic material. (Feb. 7, 2011)

Education and threat of civil lawsuits could curb irresponsible online posting, says scholar

Five Cornell scientists in disciplines ranging from crop improvement to robotics will present their research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, Feb. 17-21. (Feb. 7, 2011)

Professor's poetry paired with grad's films explore American and racial identity

With the Web broadcasting every reckless mistake and rumor, a visiting information privacy expert offered ways the law could protect against irresponsible online posting, Feb. 3. (Feb. 7, 2011)

Eames-Sheavly stresses need to 'celebrate the ordinary'

Associate professor and poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Emilie Stark-Menneg '06 presented a multimedia performance of film, poetry and music Feb. 3 that explored race and American identity. (Feb. 7, 2011)

The world could run completely on wind, water and sun, says speaker

Marcia Eames-Sheavly, gardener, artist, lecturer, reminded more than 100 attendees of the Feb. 3 Soup and Hope to slow down and help others to do the same. (Feb. 7, 2011)

CU aims to bolster food security in India with $9.6M grant

A Stanford energy expert said that we have the technology to power the entire world on wind, water and sun within 40 years. He spoke at the Feb. 3 Ezra Round Table discussion. (Feb. 7, 2011)