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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)

Campbell, Planetary Society urge Congress to save Arecibo

Cornell astronomy professor Donald Campbell testified before Congress Nov. 8 on the importance of the Arecibo Observatory's radar system for the identification and tracking of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. (Nov. 9, 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)

Brown root rot -- a potentially serious forage crop disease -- is found throughout the Northeast

Cornell plant pathologists have detected brown root rot -- a potentially serious forage crop disease -- in the northeastern United States. It already is widespread in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. (Nov. 9, 2007)

Tiny chemical change in horse herpes virus can have lethal effect, Cornell researchers discover

Cornell microbiologists show that change in just one amino acid in a horse herpes virus can make all the difference between triggering a cold or a life-threatening neurological disorder. (Nov. 6, 2007)

Thurston Avenue Bridge reopens, officially

Although the Thurston Avenue Bridge was reopened to two-way traffic a few weeks ago, an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the bridge's reconstruction was held Nov. 2. (Nov. 8, 2007)