The $30,000 awards recognize outstanding tenured faculty members early in their careers for distinguished research and scholarly achievements, combined with their continuing commitment to Cornell.
Study shows that populations geographically close to historical slave trade routes and ports have more African ancestry than more distant or inland Latin Americans, who show more Native American influences. (May 6, 2010)
City and Regional Planning professor Susan Christopherson is studying the economic effects of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling on rural communities in the region. (May 6, 2010)
Kerry Shaw, Cornell professor of neurobiology and behavior, has received a prestigious fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. (May 6, 2010)
The Triple Helix, founded by Cornell students in 2004, is now at 27 schools worldwide and has a new online journal to supplement the semiannual print journals focusing on science, society and law. (May 6, 2010)
During the Jewish Diaspora, rabbis maintained a sense of community by developing eruvim - ritual boundaries around communities, said a Jewish scholar May 4 in an Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture. (May 6, 2010)
Daniel C. Ralph, the Horace White Professor of Physics, has been named the L.B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility starting July 1. (May 6, 2010)
Stephen Wicker, professor of electrical and computer engineering, addressed privacy concerns on Capitol Hill; Andrew Myers, associate professor of computer science, tackled security issues. (May 6, 2010)
A new Leading Change workshop gives Cornell leaders work-planning tools to use when the number of staff members in their department has been reduced or their workload or priorities increased. (May 6, 2010)
A new feature on the Employee Essentials Web page makes it easier for Cornell staff and faculty members to indicate their race/ethnicity, so that Cornell can meet its federal reporting requirements.
Events this week include brass quintet from Austria, biking challenge, original student films, Mother's Day breakdance, ICO office discussion, university-industry partners and two bookstore events.
Professor Andrew H. Bass has been named associate vice provost for research, effective June 1. Bass, professor of neurobiology and behavior, will review the animal care program, among other tasks.
