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Slope Day 2009 road closures and TCAT bus route changes

To accommodate the annual Slope Day event, Cornell will close some roads and TCAT will modify several bus routes. Some changes go into effect April 30.

Controversial Employee Free Choice Act debated at ILR

Labor and employment attorneys debated the Employee Free Choice Act as part of Union Days events at the ILR School April 16. (April 30, 2009)

Five student workers receive library's top award

Rachael Moxley '09, Matthew Stukus '09, Annie Kearns '09, William Chen '09 and Kristen Alldredge '09 have won $500 for exceptional performance, leadership and library service to campus.

Good governance is crucial for Africa to go forward, says philanthropist Ibrahim

Responsible governance on the African continent is possible - and crucial - said Mo Ibrahim, a philanthropist, 'accidental businessman' and the 2009 Bartels World Affairs Fellow, in a lecture April 27. (April 28, 2009)

Analysis of Flickr photos could lead to online travel books

Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos. Their research provides a new way to automatically organize, label and summarize large-scale collections of digital images. (April 28, 2009)

Cornell leaders to host lunch-hour discussion on diversity

Cornell leaders, including President David Skorton, will set up tables on Ho Plaza over the lunch hour Tuesday, April 28, to host informal discussions with the community about diversity at the university. (April 27, 2009)

George P. Hess named Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow

The professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology is one of 210 fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Also inducted was novelist and Cornell alumnus Thomas Pynchon. (April 27, 2009)

Large-scale research project will examine electoral rules

Government professor Christopher J. Anderson is co-investigator for an international collaborative research project that will examine elections in Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. (April 27, 2009)

Diversity initiative brings two student groups together to debate abortion

The University Diversity Council's Breaking Bread initiative brought together student pro-choice and pro-life groups for dinner and a discussion on abortion to help the groups find common ground. (April 27, 2009)

Saudi prince hopes Obama will end region's conflicts

Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States from 2005 to 2007, traced the more than 80-year relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in an April 23 lecture. (April 24, 2009)

Students elect Asa Craig to the board of trustees

Cornell's student body have elected sophomore Asa Craig as its representative to the Cornell Board of Trustees. He will serve a two-year term beginning July 1. (April 24, 2009)

Five Cornellians win Cook awards for improving the campus climate for women

Judith Appleton, Krystal Bruyer, Keesha Hayes, Melissa Thomas-Hunt and Judy Virgilio are the recipients of the 2009 Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards, which were presented April 23.