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Ashkin receives Guggenheim fellowship

Assistant professor of art Michael Ashkin has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation supporting his upcoming solo sculpture exhibition in Vienna, Austria. (April 30, 2009)

PBS film examines career of CU renegade Tommy Gold

A PBS documentary, 'Renegade Genius: The Story of Tommy Gold,' airing in May and June, profiles the late Cornell professor.

CU-developed apple varieties tested at 30 N.Y. orchards

Thirty apple orchard owners around New York state are growing new apple varieties developed at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva to test whether the apples should be commercialized. (April 30, 2009)

The labyrinth is abloom: Open house is May 2

Professor Bill Miller's Herbaceous Plant Materials class planted a more ambitious labyrinth with more than 14,000 bulbs of daffodils, tulips and muscari topped with pansies. (April 30, 2009)

Slope Day 2009 road closures and TCAT bus route changes

To accommodate the annual Slope Day event, Cornell will close some roads and TCAT will modify several bus routes. Some changes go into effect April 30.

Controversial Employee Free Choice Act debated at ILR

Labor and employment attorneys debated the Employee Free Choice Act as part of Union Days events at the ILR School April 16. (April 30, 2009)

Five student workers receive library's top award

Rachael Moxley '09, Matthew Stukus '09, Annie Kearns '09, William Chen '09 and Kristen Alldredge '09 have won $500 for exceptional performance, leadership and library service to campus.

Good governance is crucial for Africa to go forward, says philanthropist Ibrahim

Responsible governance on the African continent is possible - and crucial - said Mo Ibrahim, a philanthropist, 'accidental businessman' and the 2009 Bartels World Affairs Fellow, in a lecture April 27. (April 28, 2009)

Analysis of Flickr photos could lead to online travel books

Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos. Their research provides a new way to automatically organize, label and summarize large-scale collections of digital images. (April 28, 2009)

Cornell leaders to host lunch-hour discussion on diversity

Cornell leaders, including President David Skorton, will set up tables on Ho Plaza over the lunch hour Tuesday, April 28, to host informal discussions with the community about diversity at the university. (April 27, 2009)

George P. Hess named Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow

The professor of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology is one of 210 fellows to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Also inducted was novelist and Cornell alumnus Thomas Pynchon. (April 27, 2009)

Large-scale research project will examine electoral rules

Government professor Christopher J. Anderson is co-investigator for an international collaborative research project that will examine elections in Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. (April 27, 2009)