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Hotel School junior dies of injuries sustained following gorge fall

Keith O'Donnell '09, a junior in the Hotel School, died Sept. 13 from head injuries he received after falling about 30 feet into Cascadilla Gorge on Sept. 8. (Sept. 18, 2007)

Cornell Legal Information Institute posts previews of Supreme Court cases

For the third year in a row, the Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute has posted detailed previews of the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming cases at its LII Bulletin Web site. (Sept. 17, 2007)

Patrick Wright, director of ILR School's human resource center, named first William J. Conaty Professor

Patrick Wright, director of the ILR School's Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, has been named the first William J. Conaty Professor of Strategic Human Resources. (Sept. 17, 2007)

Weill Cornell participates in clinical trial that uses patients' own stem cells to repair damaged hearts

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical is participating in Phase II clinical trials that use patients' own stem cells to repair hearts damaged by severe coronary artery disease. (Sept. 17, 2007)

Cisneros tries to make peace with the creative process

Novelist and poet Sandra Cisneros spoke Sept. 13 at Cornell as part of the Creative Writing Reading Series. (Sept. 17, 2007)

The bounty of trees celebrated at this year's Judy's Day

The theme of this year's Judy's Day event, Sept. 16 at Cornell Plantations, was the bounty of trees, and activities included music, storytelling, games and hands-on crafts. (Sept. 17, 2007)

Cornell study finds full-spectrum lighting has no effect on restaurant sales

A test of full-spectrum lamps in a local restaurant found no support for the idea that full-spectrum light changes diners' behavior, according to a new report issued by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research. (Sept. 14, 2007)

God and the Constitution: The under-remembered controversy of 1787-88

In celebration of Constitution Day, Sept. 17, Chronicle Online excerpts 'The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness' by Professors Isaac Kramnick and Laurence Moore. (Sept. 14, 2007)

Arecibo telescope's global users converge on nation's capital to plan threatened observatory's scientific future

More than 70 astronomers gathered on Capitol Hill Sept. 12-13, not to talk about the demise of a major national research facility, but to plan for its scientific future. (Sept. 13, 2007)

Barely conscious for five years, brain-injured patient regains critical skills following deep brain stimulation

A man with a severe head injury who spent more than five years in a minimally conscious state is now communicating and recovering his ability to move after his brain was stimulated with pulses of electric current. (Sept. 13, 2007)

Cornell to host wilderness medicine conference

Faculty and students from Weill Cornell Medical College and wilderness medicine experts from around the country will converge in Ithaca Sept. 26-28, for the inaugural Northeast Wilderness Medicine Conference. (Sept. 13, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Weathering storms of controversy

Cornell University's lack of church affiliation made it suspect in some quarters. Ezra Cornell's young university, said its critics, was a godless cesspool of vice. (Sept. 13, 2007)