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With winter's wallop already here, Golding outlines campus and personal plans as key to pulling through

Now is the time for everyone on campus to be as prepared with winter work and travel plans as they are with warm hats and gloves. Vice President Stephen Golding says that advance planning is essential to avoid confusion. (Dec. 4, 2007)

Psych 101 goes live to Qatar

Professor James Maas delivered his first live lecture to Psych 101 students at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, interacting with the students via two-way videoconference. (Nov. 30, 2007)

Regional law enforcement officers train around 'active shooter' simulation

More than 80 law enforcement officers from seven local agencies attended a scenario-based training program, 'Rapid Deployment to the Active Shooter,' hosted Nov. 30 by Cornell Police. (Dec. 3, 2007)

Faces and places: Graduate students bring home the <br />beauty of their international research destinations

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies has selected the winners for its annual photo contest for graduate students who conduct research in far corners of the world. (Dec. 3, 2007)

Researchers aim to harness sperm power for nano-robots

Researchers at Cornell are working to use the same energy that drives sperm to power nanoscale robots or to deliver chemo drugs or antibiotics, for example, to targeted sites within the body. (Dec. 3, 2007)

Ashcroft speaks to divided audience; defends Patriot Act, Guantanamo and wiretapping

Drawing both supporters and protesters, former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke on campus Nov. 29 about 'a new paradigm of peril which has descended across the world.' (Nov. 30, 2007)

Cornell vet students send computers and textbooks to counterparts in Afghanistan

A visiting scholar from Afghanistan is taking home a truckload of much-needed books and computers, thanks to Cornell veterinary students and the Cornell Computer Reuse Association, with an assist from Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Students design and build full-scale models for local retirement community

Two classes in Cornell's design and environmental analysis department collaborated with local senior citizens to design and build four full-scale models for the senior housing facility's dining and living areas. (Nov. 30, 2007)

University Assembly approves revised code of conduct

The University Assembly 'enthusiastically and unanimously' approved a revised Campus Code of Conduct at a recent meeting. The document will go to President Skorton for review. (Nov. 29, 2007)

Sinclair scholars get to know their benefactor

Jackie Robinson Foundation/Sinclair scholars attended a Nov. 19 dinner at the Statler Hotel with Keith Sinclair, who, along with this wife, Esther Sinclair, has established scholarships for minority students at Cornell. (Nov. 29, 2007)

Ezra Files: Evolutionary theory takes down Cornell VP

Controversy over Darwinian theory results in the ouster of a Cornell vice president in the late 1800s. (Nov. 29, 2007)

Cornell alumnus named president of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Amos Namanga Ngongi, Ph.D. '76 in agronomy, was named the first president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa on Nov. 14. (Nov. 29, 2007)