The Office of Institutional Research and Planning has received the Joseph Pettit Award from the Consortium on Financing Higher Education for its the originality, elegance and value of its research for the university. (April 3, 2007)
At a campus lecture March 28, Law Professor John Blume expressed optimism that capital punishment ultimately will be abolished in the United States. (April 3, 2007)
Cornell's CUSat has been chosen as the winner of the University Nanosatellite Program's Nanosat-4 competition. The prize is a NASA launch into orbit. (April 2, 2007)
John Prendergast, former adviser to President Bill Clinton, called for taking a three 'P' approach to the crisis in Darfur: peacemaking, protection and punishment, during a lecture on campus March 28. (April 2, 2007)
Kenneth I. Greisen, Cornell professor emeritus of physics and a pioneer in the study of cosmic rays, died March 17 at Hospicare of Ithaca. He was 89. (April 2, 2007)
Cornell researchers Peter Wittich, Carlos Bustamante and Garnet Chan are among 118 scientists, mathematicians and economists to receive research fellowships this year from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. (March 30, 2007)
Gordon F. Sander '73 gave a talk on campus about his acclaimed memoir, 'The Frank Family That Survived,' about his mother's family who survived the Holocaust by going into hiding. (March 30, 2007)
In just four days in February, participants in the annual bird count tallied more than 11 million birds across the United States and Canada and submitted a record-breaking number of checklists. (March 30, 2007)
The Johnson School student-managed venture capital firm BR Ventures has announced the addition of Systanix Inc. to its portfolio. The local company specializes in pharmaceutical technologies. (March 30, 2007)