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Big Red women hockey players mentor local girls

The Cub Club in Ithaca pairs young girls with young adult women to give the younger girls role models for success. For both the big and little "sisters," the benefits go beyond just the hockey rink. (Nov. 24, 2010)

Student-support team wins award for exemplary service

On Nov. 20 Alice Green accepted Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service's 2010 Jack Lewis Award for Exemplary Service to Community Members in Crisis on behalf of Cornell's Student Crisis Management Team.

NYC Council Speaker Quinn announces new food strategy in speech at Food and Finance H.S.

In a Nov. 22 tour of the Food and Finance High School, a partner school with Cornell, Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council, toured the aquaponics lab and rooftop garden. (Nov. 24, 2010)

NYC Class of '07 alumni bond over breakfast

A speaker series for the Class of 2007 connects prominent alumni with their younger peers to share their strategies for success - along with their reasons for staying connected to Cornell. (Nov. 24, 2010)

Faculty panel sees old patterns and new possibilities in digital culture

A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Study: Midwest farm drainage systems partly to blame for Gulf of Mexico dead zones

The tile drainage systems in upper Mississippi farmlands - from Minnesota to across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio - are the biggest contributors of nitrogen runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, reports a new study. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Baroque organ debuts to full houses in Anabel Taylor

The first public performances of a new baroque organ on Nov. 21 packed Anabel Taylor Chapel twice, it marked the culmination of a nearly 10-year project that involved more than 100 people on two continents. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Professor emeritus offers natural history show and tell

Howard Evans, professor emeritus of biomedical sciences, gives biweekly talks on campus about natural history, from antlers and fossils to rocks and minerals. He also speaks at area public schools. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Junior wins award in South Korea

Dae-Gyeong Kim '12 has won the Best Proposal Prize at the Second Model Asian Union, held Nov. 8, in Incheon, Korea for his presentation on political integration in Asia. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Visiting lecturer addresses living the ethical life with others

The arguments we have throughout our lives help form our ethical consciousness, anthropologist Webb Keane said in his Nov. 9 Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Milkshakes and locker-room dances bond Big Red's most successful field hockey team

Six seniors have just wrapped up their playing careers as the class with the most wins in Cornell field hockey history. Over four years, they compiled a 41-22 record overall and 20-8 in the Ivy League. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Architects submit initial analysis of bridges

An architecture firm hired to improve the safety of gorge bridges has assessed the conditions on each bridge and laid out an approach for the project. (Nov. 22, 2010)