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Blog sorts info: The good, the bad and the ridiculous

A new Cornell Cooperative Extension blog, written by a Cornell professor and a consumer scientist, tries to help consumers decipher good science information from bad.

CU marks 10 years of diversity efforts by planning for future

Lynette Chappell-Williams reviews past accomplishments of the Office of Workforce Diversity and Inclusion and future plans.

Engineering professor Kenneth Torrance dies at 69

Torrance, the Joseph C. Ford Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, died suddenly Feb. 15 as the result of a heart attack. (Feb. 23, 2010)

CU's first-prize, student-built sub takes dip in Teagle pool

The Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team presented its robot Nova before an audience of students, team advisers and others on Feb. 21.

Jimmy Smits chats with acting students, Latino students

TV and stage star Jimmy Smits, MFA '82, spent the afternoon of Feb. 22 working with two acting classes and speaking with Latino students. (Feb. 23, 2010)

Dust in the wind -- and the atmosphere -- affects climate and habitation, Mahowald says

Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, said the concentration of dust in the atmosphere could affect global systems including climate, precipitation and vegetation.

Acoustic maps of ocean noise reveal how shipping traffic affects whales

Chris Clark discussed his state-of-the-art acoustic animations and the difficulties facing whales Feb. 21 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Diego.

Cloned gene being used to develop aluminum tolerant crops, Kochian says at AAAS

Leon Kochian and colleagues have cloned a unique sorghum gene that is being used to develop sorghum lines that can withstand toxic levels of aluminum in the soil, a consequence of acidic soils. (Feb. 22, 2010)

Park and Bindel are named Sloan fellows

Jiwoong Park, assistant professor of chemistry, and David Bindel, assistant professor of computer science, have been named 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for outstanding early career success. (Feb. 22, 2010)

Ehsan Afshari receives early career award from NSF

The five-year, $400,000 award will fund Afshari's ongoing research into circuits that can generate signals at terahertz frequencies.

Marc Robinson wins Nathan Award for dramatic criticism

Yale University professor Marc Robinson has won this year's George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, administered by Cornell's Department of English. (Feb. 22, 2010)

Waste management system has accidental discharge

In testing for the University Waste Management Facility project, a system malfunction resulted in a discharge of wastewater into a sanitary sewer. The team is taking corrective actions. (Feb. 22, 2010)