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Publications Office wins design awards

Two projects by the Cornell Office of Publications and Marketing have won top prizes in the 2005 University and College Design Association competition.

Cornell to hold Constitution Day program Sept. 23

Cornell will mark Constitution Day on Friday, Sept. 23, with a program in Goldwin Smith Hall featuring President Hunter R. Rawlings and government Professor Isaac Kramnick.

Researchers reveal key human protein's structure, promising new discoveries for leukemia, AIDS and cellular calcium release

Cornell researchers have discovered the 3-D structure of a protein, human CD38, which may lead to important information about how cells release calcium - a mineral used in almost every cellular process.

Famed novelist Chinua Achebe meets with student winners of 'Things Fall Apart' essay contest

The 10 student winners of an essay contest on "Things Fall Apart" are honored along with author Chinua Achebe at a reception.

Trustee searchers reach out to Qatar and Arecibo

The search for Cornell's next president is moving apace. Candidate recommendations, many from Cornell faculty, continue to arrive daily.

Peter Eisenman predicts tomorrow's architects will move beyond barriers of time, space and function

Looking energetic and vigorous at 73, Peter Eisenman '54, B.Arch. '55, addressed why 'Architecture Matters' to a full house in Kennedy Hall's Call auditorium.

In response to Hurricane Katrina: A statement by President Hunter Rawlings

Cornell President Hunter Rawlings issues statement on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

New Orleans experts to speak at Cornell on effects of race, class, environment in Katrina's aftermath

New Orleans experts will speak at a free, public forum, 'Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath: Race, Class and the Environment' Monday, Sept. 19.

Boojums help turn physicist and pianist David Mermin into offbeat science writer

This profile of Cornell physicist David Mermin looks at his teaching and writing about science for nonscientists, playing the piano and his introduction of Lewis Caroll's nonsense word 'boojum' into the technical vocabulary of superfluids.

He shoots, he sings: Photographer David Evan Todd hones his visual, vocal talents

Incoming students are typically advised to make the most of their time at Cornell. Fifth-year student David Evan Todd has taken that dictum further than most.

Asteroid or miniplanet? Cornell astronomer finds Ceres appears to have shape and interior similar to terrestrial planets

What was thought of as the solar system's largest asteroid, 1 Ceres, has been upgraded unofficially to a miniplanet, says Cornell's Peter Thomas in the Sept. 9 issue of the journal Nature.

Faculty Work Life Survey begins

The Provost's Advisory Committee on Faculty Work Life is initiating a survey of faculty that will run from Sept. 15 through Oct. 24.