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Student creates a 'Wikipedia' for Cornell

Tyler Garzo '08 has created CUWiki, a Wikipedia-style encyclopedia for the Cornell community. (Nov. 14, 2007)

Robin Davisson elected to New York Academy of Science's Board of Governors

Robin L. Davisson, Cornell professor of biomedical sciences, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. (Nov. 14, 2007)

Cornell women and Hispanic engineer groups capture national awards

The Society of Women Engineers at Cornell and the Cornell chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers recently received national awards. (Nov. 14, 2007)

Unemployment and poverty remain dramatically high among workers with disabilities, Cornell study shows

The Third Annual Disability Status Report reveals that almost 38 percent of people with disabilities are employed, compared with almost 80 percent of people without disabilities. (Nov. 13, 2007)

Professor Emeritus Keith H. Steinkraus dies at age 89

Cornell Professor Emeritus Keith H. Steinkraus, a specialist in indigenous fermented foods and food microbiology, died Oct. 23. He was 89. (Nov. 13, 2007)

Student-created labyrinth plants the way for a perennial path to peace

More than 14,000 bulbs went into the ground Nov. 13 to define a walking labyrinth at Cornell's Bluegrass Lane Turf and Landscape Research Center off Warren Road. (Nov. 12, 2007)

New Cornell photo collection shows little-known aspects of Liberia during WW II

The family of George 'Doc' Abraham '39 has donated photos that document little-known aspects of World War II's Africa Campaign to Cornell's library, as well as footage of Abraham and his wife, The Green Thumb duo, of radio and TV fame. (Nov. 12, 2007)

Students who are found infringing copyright online must now study the law

Cornell students who engage in illegal file sharing will not be called before the Judicial Administrator. Instead they will be required to take -- and pass -- an online course in copyright law. (Nov. 12, 2007)

Social scientists receive small grant awards

Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support among other efforts. (Nov. 12, 2007)

Homeland defense expert Carol Kuntz tells students, <br />'You get the life you make'

Carol Kuntz '84, Homeland Defense Chair at the National Defense University, returned to Cornell for the first time in 10 years Nov. 9 to talk on 'I Didn't Know Much About Experience Until I Got Some.' (Nov. 12, 2007)

'Killers for Hire' panel, Nov. 13, is highlight of Military Contractor Awareness Week

Hired mercenaries and their actions will be the focus of a panel, 'Killers for Hire: An Investigation of Mercenary Armies,' Nov. 13 in the Mancuso Amphitheater (G90) Myron Taylor Hall on campus. (Nov. 9, 2007)

Memorial for W. Donald Cooke is Nov. 10

Family, colleagues and friends will gather Saturday, Nov. 10, to remember William Donald Cooke, Cornell professor emeritus of chemical and chemical biology and a longtime university administrator, who died Sept. 20. (Nov. 9, 2007)