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Clean, white, open spaces and lots of light: Weill Hall opens for business

With great expectations, the $162 million, 263,000-square-foot building designed by architect Richard Meier will open officially in October, though key residents are starting to move in this month. (June 6, 2008)

Cornell wins $184 million award from Hewlett-Packard for patent infringement

A federal court jury has found that Hewlett-Packard Corp. infringed on a Cornell patent for a computer instruction-processing technique and awarded the university $184 million in damages. (June 6, 2008)

Arecibo joins global network to create 6,000-mile telescope

As part of a global network of observatories, Arecibo helped create an 11,000 km-diameter radio telescope with unparalleled resolution. (June 6, 2008)

The Sherwoods are back in full force

The Sherwoods are alumni who perform each year on Reunion Weekend. The group was formed in 1958 by renegade choristers who left the Glee Club to follow their own drummer, so to speak. (June 6, 2008)

Geri Gay's innovative work deepens digital crossroads

Geri Gay, chair of Cornell's Department of Communication, studies digital applications and then recommends improvements in how humans can better use technology. (June 6, 2008)

CALS receives national award for its bioenergy initiatives

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell will receive a Grand Challenge award June 19 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its bioenergy vision paper. (June 6, 2008)

Clintons (minus Hillary) visit Arecibo; former president urges more federal funding for basic sciences

Former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea got a warm welcome from Arecibo Observatory staff during a visit in the run-up to the Puerto Rico Democratic Presidential primary. (June 5, 2008)

Cornell researcher strives to break the link between obesity and diabetes

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are inextricably linked, but biochemist and geneticist Ling Qi is working to break that connection, and finding just the right gene could do it. (June 5, 2008)

The time is ripe for an apple that tastes like berries and one that doesn't brown

Horticultural scientist Susan K. Brown is mining the apple genome for the keys to some revolutionary reconceptions of a long-familiar fruit. (June 5, 2008)

Cornell online videos tell young women to avoid certain cosmetics and plastics that may increase breast-cancer risk

Cornell's Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors has produced three online videos telling young women to avoid personal-care products, cosmetics and plastics containing chemicals that mimic estrogen and may increase breast-cancer risk. (June 5, 2008)

New study shows that transgenic plants don't hurt beneficial bugs

Genetically modified plants that use Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests won't harm the pests' natural enemies, according to new research by Cornell entomologists. (June 3, 2008)

Anthony Ong wins early career award from American Psychological Association

Anthony Ong, Cornell assistant professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology, has been awarded the 2008 Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging. (June 3, 2008)