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Skorton reaffirms commitment to local affordable housing

President Skorton reaffirmed the university's commitment to local affordable housing at a Feb. 16 event hosted by Better Housing for Tompkins County.

Weeklong program to help improve students' research

The weeklong program will teach faculty to help improve students' research. (Feb. 19, 2010)

Milstein Hall on track; will be a model of sustainable design

The structural steelwork of Paul Milstein Hall will take shape starting in April; the facilities expansion for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning is on schedule to open in August 2011. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Bill Gordon, father of Arecibo Observatory, dies at 92

Gordon was the Walter R. Reed Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell in 1958 when he began designing the radio telescope to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and nearby space.

Bits On Our Minds to showcase future of robotics

Students will display projects ranging from robotics to digital music to social media at the annual BOOM exhibition on March 3. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Abrams' legacy collected in print, multimedia and online

'M.H. Abrams at Cornell University,' with text and multimedia materials on the career and legacy of the influential scholar, joins an online digital archive of biographies and department histories. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Whalen donates scrapbooks to help preserve Cornell past

Mike Whalen donated Cornell student scrapbooks and other memorabilia, including a photo of William Bowler, one of two Haitian students in 1869, to Cornell University Library. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Mellon Mays fellowship applications due March 12

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, aimed at boosting the number of faculty members from historically disadvantaged groups in higher education, has issued a call for applications. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Things to Do, Feb. 19-26

Events this week include: Temple Grandin; Johnson Museum events; lectures on digital privacy and foreign policy; a poetry reading; a Gallic band performance; and a Schumann recital. (Feb. 18, 2010)

Admissions office celebrates decade of success as leadership changes

As Cornell's Office of Admissions and Enrollment celebrates a record number of applications, senior officials are looking back at a decade of achievement under its current leadership.

From the new dean: CIS has more legs to stand on

An interview with Dan Huttenlocher, the new dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, on the future of Cornell's Computing and Information Science programs. (Feb. 17, 2010)

Chief investment officer announces he will leave Cornell

After three-and-a-half years at Cornell, James Walsh announced he will leave his position as chief investment officer. So far in fiscal year 2010, Cornell's endowment performance is up 10 percent. (Feb. 17, 2010)