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Thurston Avenue Bridge will be closed to northbound traffic beginning March 20 for $8 million widening project

The city of Ithaca begins construction March 20 on a major project to widen Thurston Avenue Bridge linking North Campus with Central Campus at Cornell. Construction on the $8 million project is expected to span more than 18…

From chemistry to camera: In retirement, fine art photography becomes second career

James Burlitch, who retired as professor of chemistry and chemical biology in 2004, is an expert in inorganic materials. But the materials that have stolen his heart recently are fine art photographs that he shoots around the…

Teaching compassion: America's artistic elite bring lessons of life, art to future Cornell M.D.s

Although it's not part of her formal job description, Debra Gillers, associate dean for academic affairs at Weill Cornell Medical College, saw a need to create the Humanities in Medicine program. "Our students are mostly in their…

'Digging for the Truth': Josh Bernstein's passion

He braves crocs in the Amazon to find the real Temple of Doom. He dives Alexandria Harbor seeking Cleopatra's palace. Using Homer as a guide, he sails the Aegean Sea in Odysseus' wake.

Raptors and Rangers choose Cornellians to lead them

Two Cornell University alumni were picked to manage prominent sports teams recently. Bryan Colangelo '87 was chosen as president and general manager of the Toronto Raptors this March. The team, currently fourth in the Atlantic…

CU in the City: Dogs, athletes and activists

NEW YORK -- During February, Cornellians in New York City participated in the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) Dog Show, celebrated the Lunar Year of the Dog and learned about the incomes of the super rich. Veterinary College…

Letter to the editor: Response to Bailey Plaza design

To the editor: A new, public open space is greatly needed to replace what was correctly described as an "eyesore" in the recent Cornell Chronicle article ("Bailey Hall pedestrian plaza plan draws praise and concern," Feb. 16)…

New Arecibo receiver triggers quiet revolution that could discover 20,000 galaxies and 1,000 pulsars

When the Arecibo L-Band Feed Array (ALFA) was installed on a misty April morning two years ago, it promised to bring phenomenal new sensitivity to the Arecibo Observatory. Now, well into an ambitious series of comprehensive sky…

Cornell gets Cooke Foundation grant to aid transfer of high-achieving community college students

Cornell University and seven other colleges and universities have received grants totaling $6.78 million from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to launch programs designed to help high-achieving, low-income community college…

Letter to the editor: Response to Bailey Plaza design

A new, public open space is greatly needed to replace what was correctly described as an "eyesore" in the recent Cornell Chronicle article ("Bailey Hall pedestrian plaza plan draws praise and concern," Feb. 16). Driven by…

Woodchucks and chickens, flu and cancer, occupy Hillary Clinton's Vet College briefing

It's not every day (surely) that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) gets startling briefings on the state of woodchuck health. Clinton was at Cornell to attend an evening meeting of the Democratic Rural Conference of New York State.

Moving loons change their tunes

Bird experts believed for years that once a bird learned songs, the calls stayed relatively fixed throughout their lives, but a new study of loons, streamlined fish-eating water birds, calls those beliefs into question. (March 7, 2006)