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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)

National Medal of Science awarded to Robert Langer '70

Robert S. Langer '70 was presented the 2006 National Medal of Science by President George W. Bush on July 27, 2007. (Nov. 29, 2007)

After long road to Cornell Ph.D., Kelvin Grant gives back with library scholarship

Although he has been working only a few months, Kelvin Grant Ph.D. '07 has already pledged $5,000 a year for 10 years so that Mann Library can hire minority students to work at its main desk. (Nov. 28, 2007)

African countries need more transparent and accountable governments

Cornell Perspectives: Daniel Lumonya, a graduate student in development sociology, says emerging African democracies need to be more accountable in how they use their resources. (Nov. 28, 2007)

Upcoming film is an open book on Spector's art

A Cornell audience had an advance glimpse of 'The Rise and Fall of Books,' a documentary about professor of art Buzz Spector, Nov. 15 in Willard Straight Theatre. (Nov. 28, 2007)

Rabid CU fans cheer hockey team at Madison Square Garden

About 13,000 Cornell hockey fans helped to sell out New York City's Madison Square Garden, Nov. 24. And despite Cornell's 6-3 loss to Boston University, the fans enjoyed turning the venerable Garden into 'Lynah East.' (Nov. 27, 2007)

Bee- and breakfast-themed ice cream licks the competition in Cornell class contest

All four flavors developed in the annual Food Science 101 ice cream-development contest had a health kick, but Beehive Crunch took first prize and will be for sale across campus during the spring semester. (Nov. 27, 2007)

By growing 3D tumors, CU researcher develops realistic cancer growth models

Claudia Fischbach-Teschl's lab creates realistic experimental tumor models, which may lead to better drug therapies or even a cure. (Nov. 27, 2007)

New BTI study unravels how plants respond to light

Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research on Cornell's campus report a breakthrough in understanding how plants perceive and respond to light. (Nov. 27, 2007)

Ben Nichols, professor emeritus, former mayor of Ithaca and lifelong activist, dies at 87

Benjamin Nichols, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering and former mayor of Ithaca, died Nov. 24 at 87. (Nov. 26, 2007)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honors outstanding alumni and faculty

Six alumni and two faculty members of Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were honored at a dinner Nov. 16 in the Statler Hotel. Nearly 230 alumni, faculty and staff of the college attended the banquet. (Nov. 26, 2007)