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Karen Walters named Chronicle assistant director

Karen Walters has been named assistant director of the Cornell Chronicle, effective July 1, it was announced last week by Tommy Bruce, vice president for university communications.

Weill Cornell celebrates nation's largest organ transplant program at event for 1,000 recipients, donors, families

Close to 1,000 organ transplantation patients, donors and families reunited with their medical teams in New York City May 4 for a Circle for Life celebration. (May 17, 2007)

College of Veterinary Medicine's incoming dean discusses research, trends, hospital for animals

Professor Michael Kotlikoff, incoming dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses research, trends and the hospital for animals. (May 16, 2007)

Two more institutions sign agreement to advance Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope project to 'revolutionize astronomy'

The University of Colorado at Boulder and the United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre have signed an interim agreement to join the CCAT consortium. (May 16, 2007)

Four women faculty receive first Research Initiative Awards under NSF-funded science and engineering program

Four research grants for women faculty at Cornell have been awarded for the first time through the new Cornell ADVANCE Center, which is dedicated to recruiting and retaining women in science and engineering. (May 16, 2007)

Designer Jack Elliott creates 'green' lamp made of recycled aluminum that uses its own shavings for components

Design professor Jack Elliott has created an award-winning pendant lamp that uses its own aluminum waste shavings, or swarf, as the diffuser, embodying the 'green' principles of reducing, reusing and recycling. (May 16, 2007)

From Bollywood to film noir, student filmmakers get to premiere their work in public screenings

Student filmmakers' projects, varying from comedy to documentary, took shape over the past semester and were screened on campus recently. (May 16, 2007)

Bashing enemies, flying spaceships and creating with music -- Game Design Showcase features pros in student clothing

Looking at student-made computer games shown in the Spring 2007 Game Design Showcase, you might think you were in a commercial arcade. (May 16, 2007)

Fingerprints, flowers and shrimp eyeballs: Cornell researchers take science on the road to New York City schools

Staff and faculty from a variety of Cornell research centers traveled to New York to spend three days providing underrepresented populations with research-based science education programming. (May 16, 2007)

Cornell lawyers and computer experts team up to make government rule-making accessible in Internet age

To help government agencies deal with rule-making in the Internet age and make the process more accessible to the public, Cornell scientists and legal experts have created the Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative. (May 16, 2007)

Sapsuckers win for third year running at world birding event

The Lab of Ornithology's competitive birding team won the annual World Series of Birding May 12-13 with 230 species sightings and soundings -- knocking out rival competitors for the third year in a row. (May 16, 2007)

Lab of Ornithology and Cooperative Extension 'Celebrate Urban Birds' and bring citizen science to NYC's Central Park

Children and adults joined the Lab of Ornithology and Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City May 10-13 to Celebrate Urban Birds -- NYC. (May 14, 2007)