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Things to do: Week of Jan. 16

Editor's picks for events the week of Jan. 16 include a Glee Club concert and a performance by a noted hammered dulcimer player. (Jan. 16, 2009)

New online Physician Referral Center links Cornell employees to doctors

Cayuga Medical Center's new Physician Referral Center Web site can help match Cornell staff members' needs and health plans with local doctors. (Jan. 16, 2009)

Cornell Employee Celebration is Feb. 14

Tickets are on sale through Feb. 6 for the annual winter event, which features Cornell athletic events and a community dinner in Barton Hall among other events. (Jan. 16, 2009)

Andrew Clark named the first Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences

The professor of population genetics has been named the first Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences. The award supports 'outstanding, innovative faculty life sciences research at Cornell.'

New Cornell Police officers commissioned

In a Jan. 14 commissioning ceremony, Christopher Cady, Kyle Hollenbeck, Blair MacDonald and Eric Stickel were sworn in, and officers Anthony Tostanoski and Scott Salino were promoted to sergeant. (Jan. 15, 2009)

Family and Medical Leave Act provisions take effect Jan. 16

Two FMLA entitlements related to the military are new for Cornell employees: a qualifying military exigency leave and a military caregiver leave. The provisions take effect Jan. 16. (Jan. 15, 2009)

Longtime employees Osika and McDaniel retire

The Cornell community celebrated the dedicated service of Dennis Osika '64, director of the Grounds Department, and of Richard McDaniel, M.P.A. '74, M.B.A. '78, vice president for risk management and public safety. (Jan. 15, 2009)

Cornell-led team detects dust around a primitive star, shedding new light on universe's origins

The observation gives scientists a glimpse into the early universe and enlivens a debate about the origins of all cosmic dust. (Jan. 15, 2009)

Memorial

A vigil for Nicholas Kau, a student who died Jan. 10 in New York City, will be held Jan. 16 in Manhattan, and funeral services will be Jan. 17. A campus memorial service is being planned for next week. (Jan. 15, 2009)

Students help Botswana firm that markets wild-food products and helps locals

Over winter break, a Cornell team went to Botswana to help a fledgling natural-food products company that produces snacks from plants in the wild while benefiting local communities. (Jan. 14, 2009)

Undergraduate architecture program reclaims top ranking

Cornell's undergraduate architecture program received top ranking - its fourth No. 1 ranking in five years - in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence magazine. (Jan. 14, 2009)

A food scare by terrorists could 'substantially' affect consumers and markets

In a study, when people at a buffet learned that the chicken being served might be tainted by bird flu, they ate less of it. But they ate even less when they were told that terrorism was behind the flu threat. (Jan. 14, 2009)