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Cornellians scour, mulch, sort, shovel and hammer in 21 cities on Cornell Cares Day

Dozens of Cornellians in New York City - and hundreds in 20 other cities - helped improve their communities as part of Cornell Cares Day, Jan. 9. (Jan. 11, 2010)

New Human Resources Web site is easier to use

The new Web site, created in partnership with University Communications, has been redesigned for the benefit of different audiences - from job seekers to employees to supervisors and retirees. (Jan. 11, 2010)

'Robotic scientist' will run experiments too complex for humans -- to understand addiction

An artificial intelligence that can automatically plan and execute experiments may soon provide new insights into the biology of addiction to drugs and alcohol. (Jan. 8, 2010)

Huttenlocher tapped for MacArthur Foundation Board

Daniel Huttenlocher, dean of the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, has been named to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Board of Directors.

Researchers find genetic differences between lethal and treatable forms of leukemia

Chemical codes that control the behavior of normal and malignant cells have been identified and may lead to more precise treatment for people with leukemia.

New superconductivity mechanism found in iron compound

Cornell researchers have discovered electronic liquid crystal states in an iron-based, high-temperature superconductor.

CU deploys experimental TeraGrid resource for MATLAB

The Cornell Center for Advanced computing has deployed A 512-core parallel cluster running the scientific language MATLAB as an experimental resource on the TeraGrid. (Jan. 7, 2010)

Medical students learn about health care system and reform

Weill Cornell Medical College offers an innovative program to teach medical students and residents about the ways patient care is managed and paid for in the U.S. and abroad. (Jan. 7, 2010)

Stimulus funding to help search engines learn on the job

New research aims to create search-engine software that can learn from users by noticing which links they click and how they reformulate their queries when the first results don't pay off. (Jan. 7, 2010)

Novakovic named to federal dairy industry committee

Andrew M. Novakovic, the E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics at Cornell, has been named to a new federal Dairy Industry Advisory Committee for a two-year term. (Jan. 7, 2010)

Grace Kiyabu '10 published in national literary magazine

Grace Kiyabu's essay on cooking and relationships has been published in the fall 2009 issue of The Collegiate Scholar, an online publication.

CALS' growth chambers get a green makeover that will save $156K a year in energy costs

A new grant will help upgrade 26 decades-old growth chambers with 21st-century lighting and control technology. The makeovers are expected to save $156,000 annually in electricity costs.