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More than 500 attend Office Professionals Celebration

Vice Presidents Mary Opperman and Susan Murphy expressed appreciation for the work of Cornell's office professionals at the annual celebration, which was held April 27. (April 28, 2011)

Students sponsor event for 'de-stressing'

Student organizations shared their services and provided stress-reducing activities at the second Caring Community Celebration, held April 26 in Willard Straight Hall. (April 28, 2011)

VP: IT budget savings must not come at expense of service

At a forum April 22 on IT administrative streamlining, Chief Information Officer Ted Dodds outlined key areas for IT budget savings but said they must not come at the expense of service. (April 28, 2011)

Ernest F. Schaufler, professor emeritus of horticulture, dies

Ernest F. Schaufler, a professor emeritus of horticulture who worked in the Cornell Cooperative Extension program as the 4-H club specialist in ornamental horticulture, died at 87. (April 28, 2011)

Cutting 'food miles' doesn't necessarily make 'cents'

A new Cornell study shows that it doesn't always make good economic sense or is environmentally viable for multi-product industries to focus heavily on local sales. (April 28, 2011)

Cornell birding team breaks national record

Team Sapsucker from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology set a new national record on April 22 for the highest number of bird species identified in a 24-hour period.

Cornell presents sustainability award to county initiative

Cornell will present its second Partners in Sustainability Award to the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative at the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce April 29. (April 28, 2011)

Student research on generation differences helps inform Cornell's recruiting efforts

Students in Staffing Organizations classes conduct intergenerational research that could inform Cornell's faculty and staff recruitment and retention efforts. (April 28, 2011)

Chip satellites -- designed to blow in the solar wind -- depart on Endeavour's final launch

Stamp-size satellites, developed at Cornell, are getting a test run aboard the space shuttle Endeavour when it launches April 29. They are designed to blow in the solar wind and collect data. (April 27, 2011)

Cornell poet describes thinking outside the humanoid box

Poet Joanie Mackowski described her efforts to challenge herself and write about non-humans in her poetry, speaking April 25 at this semester's final Literary Luncheon. (April 27, 2011)

Language reveals mysteries of human mind, expert says

Linguist Gillian Ramchand explained how language is used to better understand human cognition when she gave a humanities lecture April 14 on campus. (April 27, 2011)

Theater critics blame the Internet for demise of their field

In New York City March 28, a panel of theater critics, who honored this year's recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award from Cornell, blamed the Internet for the demise of theater criticism. (April 27, 2011)