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Alumni, friends at ExxonMobil donate $592,216 to Cornell

The unrestricted funds are a gift from the ExxonMobil Foundation's Educational Matching Gift Program. (May 23, 2008)

Engineering alumnus James Thorp awarded <br />Benjamin Franklin medal

Thorp is a Cornell alumnus and former director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he worked for 42 years. (May 23, 2008)

Homer 'Skip' Meade '69, of Willard Straight takeover fame, receives UMass alumni honor

Meade, who was one of the students who took over Willard Straight Hall in 1969, is a distinguished W.E.B. DuBois scholar. (May 23, 2008)

Find the help you want with Cornell's new Outreach Portal

Cornell's new Outreach Portal makes it easier for those outside the campus to find helpful programs and easier for program managers to publicize their services. (May 23, 2008)

Matchmaker, matchmaker: Make me a (professional) match

The recently designed intercampus Web site includes a matchmaking service to forge research connections between Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses. (May 23, 2008)

Diversity Programs in Engineering honors students, faculty

The annual awards banquet was held May 4 to celebrate achievements of students, organizations and faculty. (May 23, 2008)

New translation of 'Aeneid' restores Virgil's wordplay and original meter

Frederick Ahl, Cornell professor of classics and comparative literature, has published a new translation of the 'Aeneid' for Oxford University Press, in an effort that rivals Virgil's. (May 22, 2008)

Trustee Martin Tang '70 creates challenge for international scholarships

Cornell trustee Martin Tang '70 has made a gift to create the Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge. The goal is to create 12 scholarship endowments of $1 million each. (May 22, 2008)

Hinestroza receives federal grants to create fabrics to render toxic chemicals harmless

Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts. (May 22, 2008)

CU students across disciplines help design Hawaii's first eco-friendly community

CU Green, a project team designing a sustainable community in Hawaii, includes engineering, architecture and business students. (May 22, 2008)

Milles brings 'the theater of possibility' to stage and film

Beth Milles '88 believes that in theater, as in any professional life, each experience leads to the next. (May 22, 2008)

FreeGreen, founded by alumni, wins Johnson School's Business Idea Competition

FreeGreen was founded by a group of Cornell alumni who met as student-team leaders for the 2005 Solar Decathlon Team. (May 22, 2008)