There are few places in upstate New York where small investors can turn to for help with securities investments. Cornell Law School will help change that in January, when it opens a Securities Law Clinic to provide legal services. (Dec. 19, 2007)
Members of Cornell's Class of 2008 and advanced degree candidates who completed their studies midyear donned caps and gowns at the fifth annual Recognition Ceremony for January Graduates, held Dec. 15 in Barton Hall. (Dec. 18, 2007)
'The Puppetmaster of Lodz,' directed by Bruce Levitt, a professor in Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, is being performed through Dec. 23 at Manhattan's ArcLight Theater. (Dec. 18, 2007)
Russell C. Hamilton, a Cornell photographer in the former Visual Services department from 1970 until his retirement in 1981, died Dec. 16 at his home in Trumansburg, N.Y., of congestive heart failure. (Dec. 18, 2007)
David Wippman, vice provost for international relations and professor of law, will be leaving Cornell to accept a position as the 10th dean of the University of Minnesota Law School. (Dec. 17, 2007)
The Farm Animal Hospital of Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine hosted a free, one-day seminar Dec. 8 to inform dairy cattle owners about diagnostics and treatments available at the hospital. (Dec. 17, 2007)
Emergency preparedness was a priority during the fall semester. Projects included enrolling the campus in a new messaging system, offering flu vaccines, and developing plans for winter weather and a potential influenza pandemic. (Dec. 14, 2007)
In the course Textiles, Apparel and Innovation, students partnered with local senior citizens to develop new products, including an electronic pillbox and a multipurpose walker complete with GPS tracking. (Dec. 14, 2007)
If world leaders do not immediately engage in a race against time to save the Earth's coral reefs, these vital ecosystems will not survive the global warming and acidification predicted for later this century. (Dec. 13, 2007)
The Southeast Asia Program is working to assist about 50 ethnic minority refugees from Burma (also called Myanmar) now living in Ithaca and other Burmese who are resettling in upstate New York cities. (Dec. 13, 2007)
Twenty-nine Kazakhstani officials attended a meeting planned by the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and the Department of City and Regional Planning on the topic of administrative reform. (Dec. 12, 2007)
Cornell has been selected by the New York State Health Foundation to be one of five institutions to address the crisis in health insurance that has left roughly 2.2 million New Yorkers without coverage. (Dec. 12, 2007)
