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Calling Cornell Class of 2006: Taking part in Senior Survey promises rewards

All Cornell seniors are being invited to participate in a senior survey to give Cornell administrators feedback about their college experience. All members of the Class of 2006 have been officially notified via an e-mail that…

Math community should have its own news service, journalist Sara Robinson asserts at campus colloquium

"The current state of math in the media is abysmal," said math journalist Sara Robinson at an applied mathematics colloquium April 14 at Cornell University. What the math community needs, she said, is an independent mathematical…

'Bringing Technologies to the Marketplace' is theme of 2006 engineering alumni conference

Technology leaders, venture capitalists and intellectual property experts who have been successful in getting their products to market in today's environment will share their experience with students, faculty and other aspiring…

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter '84 to speak May 7

Syndicated columnist, commentator, attorney and best-selling author Ann Coulter '84 will visit Cornell for a talk sure to please conservatives and confound liberals, May 7 at 6 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. Ticket holders for the…

From language to engineering, Cornell and China have ties that bind, Rawlings notes in speech

The man who revolutionized the Chinese language, Hu Shih, a 1914 Cornell graduate, and a number of other notable Chinese alumni are part of a century-long association between Cornell and China. Robert Barker/University…

Cornell plans how to seed New York Harbor, planet's most urban estuary, with oyster reefs, wetlands, bird-nesting isles

The Manhattan area has the most urban estuary on the planet. So imagine it with oyster reefs, shoreline wetlands in Harlem, public waterfront for small boats, bird-nesting islands and thriving populations of striped bass and…

'The End of Poverty' is topic of Iscol lecturer Jeffrey D. Sachs, April 21

Pre-eminent American economist Jeffrey D. Sachs will deliver the 2006 Jill and Kenneth Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture Friday, April 21, at 4:30 p.m. in the David L. Call Auditorium in Kennedy Hall. His talk, "The End…

Mark Klempner '97 to talk about his book of Dutch Holocaust rescuers' stories, 'The Heart Has Reasons'

A family connection to the Holocaust and a desire to meet people willing to risk their lives to save others has resulted in a book by Mark Klempner '97, "The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage." …

Galaxies are born inside dark matter clumps, Cornell study of Spitzer Space Telescope data shows

Try mixing caramel into vanilla ice cream -- you will always end up with globs and swirls of caramel. Scientists are finding that galaxies may distribute themselves in similar ways throughout the universe and in places where…

Cornell's new Office of Research Integrity and Assurance helps researchers navigate through tangle of protocols and guidelines

For research scientists, the landscape of government regulations, ethical guidelines and accountability standards is changing more quickly than ever, making the task of staying up-to-date with forms and protocols a constant…

Arch T. Dotson, professor emeritus of government, dies at age 85

Arch T. Dotson, Cornell University professor emeritus of government, died April 6. He was 85. Dotson joined the Cornell faculty in 1951 and, among many other duties, served as chair of the government department from 1969 to 1976…

Grant aids quest for vaccines for animal infectious diseases

Bettina Wagner, assistant professor of population medicine and diagnostic sciences and a veterinary immunologist in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, has been awarded $344,000 over three years as part of a $2.1…