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It's a Small world, after all

To some, the word anthropologist brings to mind images of dusty books, of lonely archives filled with chipped bones and pottery shards. Meredith Small is not such an anthropologist. Yes, she has read the dusty books. But the…

Cellist's 'favorite piece' wins concerto competition

Sarah Rice '06 played the first movement of Edouard Lalo's Cello Concerto in D Minor to win the 2006 Cornell Concerto Competition, held Feb. 4 in Barnes Hall. She will perform the piece in concert with the Cornell Symphony…

Bailey Hall pedestrian plaza plan draws praise and concern

The space in front of Bailey Hall is one of the most intensely studied areas on the Cornell campus. Numerous designs have been submitted to improve what everyone generally agrees is an eyesore. One by one, these visions proved…

In thistle blue and muted silver, historic Bailey Hall takes on a grand new look

With the renovation of Cornell's Bailey Hall on schedule for completion in August, the 94-year-old hall is well on its way to a grand new look -- and a brand new sound and feel. When the doors open, audiences will find new…

Caution: Roadwork ahead

Construction projects and bridge repairs will soon put the squeeze on campus drivers. The good news: When the dust settles, Thurston Avenue Bridge will have been widened to better accommodate pedestrian, bicycle and car traffic,…

Berger and Parlange elected to National Academy of Engineering

Two members of Cornell's engineering faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. They are Toby Berger and Jean-Yves Parlange.

Cornell team to help shape public's Internet access to U.S. government rules

U.S. citizens will be able to understand and comment, via the Internet, on important new government regulations, thanks to a multidisciplinary Cornell team and a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Digital…

The choice is not science vs. religion, but critical thinking vs. conflict, Darwin-celebration panelists agree

The controversy over teaching evolution in public schools brings to light deeper issues: the quality of teacher education, the nature of school science curricula, the U.S. Constitution and political process, anti-intellectualism…

Half of Americans say they don't believe in evolution, yet most say 'Darwin who?' Cornell scientist avers

"Half of Americans do not believe in evolution," stated Warren Allmon, director of Ithaca's Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), at a public lecture Feb. 11 at Ithaca's Museum of the Earth. Allmon's lecture was one of…

Evolutionary biology seen as key to understanding life, say panelists feting Darwin's memory

How evolutionary biology shapes our understanding of other areas of science, including genomics, was just one of the themes of a public panel discussion Feb. 10 associated with Ithaca's Darwin Day to celebrate Charles Darwin's…

Cornell students take winter break and provide 'thousands of dollars' of advice and help to Tanzanian seed companies

To make their winter break count for something more than rest and relaxation, a group of Cornell students took a 10-day work trip to east Africa, where they provided Tanzanian seed companies with technical and analytical…

By keeping out rats, Buffalo pest managers win award for excellence

The Buffalo Pest Management Board of Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded the Excellence in IPM Award by the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, a partnership between the state and Cornell University, for its can-do attitude in seeking and promoting lowest-risk solutions to the city's pest problems. (February 14, 2006)