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Health-care backers rally to support Spitzer

About 140 people gathered in front of Roberts Hall Sept. 26, before the gubernatorial debate in nearby Bailey Hall, to rally support for Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer and promote a universal single-payer health-care plan in…

At Weill Cornell, Musharraf touts democracy, tolerance, peace ... and his new book

The world has a distorted view of Pakistan, said Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf in an address at the Weill Cornell Medical College on Sept. 26. While a few militant extremists get the lion's share of the press coverage, he…

How a physics graduate student helped get Pakistan's president to drop by Weill Cornell

How did a Cornell student, an alumnus and a Binghamton neurosurgeon entice President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to drop by Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)? First of all, they had connections -- and a solid understanding of…

State funds $40 million food lab at Cornell's Ag Tech Park in Geneva

On Sept. 23 New York Gov. George Pataki announced $40 million in state funding for the construction of a new state food laboratory during a visit to the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park (CAFTP) in Geneva. The food lab…

Alison 'Sunny' Power reappointed dean of Graduate School

Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced the reappointment of Alison "Sunny" Power as dean of the Graduate School for a three-year term. The appointment, which was approved by the Cornell Board of Trustees at its September…

Kent Fuchs is reappointed dean of College of Engineering

Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced the reappointment of W. Kent Fuchs as the Joseph Silbert Dean of the College of Engineering for a second five-year term.

Solar flares cause GPS failures, possibly devastating for jets and distress calls, Cornell researchers warn

Strong solar flares cause Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to fail, Cornell researchers have discovered. Because solar flares -- larger-than-normal radiation "burps" by the sun -- are generally unpredictable, such…

Call him 'David' -- Skorton delivers message of inclusiveness in first employee address

Jason Koski/University PhotographyDavid Skorton chats with CIT employees Shelley Ruth and Greg Busby following his address in Statler Auditorium, Sept. 25. Just call him "David." In his first full address to Cornell staff in…

Poe collection covers writer in life and death

A collection of writings by Edgar Allan Poe -- along with a jagged wooden fragment of his coffin -- will be on display at Cornell University Library just in time for Halloween. The new exhibition, "Nevermore: The Edgar Allan Poe…

Author Francis Moore Lappe asserts that food choices can help promote 'living democracy'

Through their food choices, Americans can work toward a kind of "living democracy," in which consumers can reintroduce their values into the marketplace, author Francis Moore Lappé said in a talk Sept. 20 in G10 Biotech Building…

Symposium, celebration to honor retiring geologist Bryan Isacks

The story, says Cornell geologist Bryan Isacks, is usually pretty much the same. People study geology because they have a certain set of characteristics: They love physics and the outdoors; they're adventurous and curious.

Unheated greenhouse project offers growers hopes of profitability from longer growing season

Cornell researchers are working to extend the growing and selling seasons by as much as 10 weeks. Their method is a so-called high tunnel project using unheated greenhouses to grow various crops to see how practical they are for…