ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: CAMPUS:
Record number of applicants ... Maya Angelou ... Cultural center ...
On-campus winery ... Business incubator ... Hotel Ezra Cornell ...
Union Days ... Tackling poverty ... Death penalty law ... Rankings ...
Goldsworthy sculpture ... 'Lunatic' celebration ... Lacrosse champs PEOPLE:
Provost's Awards ... University Librarian ... Scholarship winners ...
Pulitzer winner ... Oprah's Biggest Giver ... Mellon fellows ...
Farmer-to-Farmer ... Weill appointment ... DARPA awards ...
Remembering: John Butler Babcock; John Doris; Leonard
Dworsky; Walter Federer; Stephen Weiss RESEARCH:
Hartwell awards ... Veterinary clinical fellows ... CU satellite ...
Walking robot ... Cartilage strain ... Weill Cornell research ...
Vitamin D as cancer prevention ... Caffeine and MS ...
Flu pandemic ... Internet usage ... Internet chain letters OUTREACH:
Glee Club and Chorus in China ... 'Spoglia' dance in New Orleans ...
Arecibo outreach ... Rain forest restoration ... Pet videos ...
Doing well by doing good ... Student ambassadors ...
Foodnet efficiencies ... Poem in Your Pocket ... Smart buoys FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE:
How scholarships increase diversity ... West Campus experience ...
Faculty call to excellence ... Every dollar matters ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS:
Reunite for Slope Day ... D.C. Dragon Boat Festival and Races ...
Winepreneurs ... Engineering conference ... Dues payer rewards CORNELL LINKS:
Quick links to Cornell resources CAMPUS: America's "Hottest Ivy" attracts record number of applicants Poet Maya Angelou to deliver 2008 Convocation address Skorton expresses support for Asian, Asian-American cultural center Cornell announces plans for an on-campus teaching winery Business incubator opens for entrepreneurial undergraduates Hotel Ezra Cornell focuses on the business side of hospitality ILR School's Union Days draws hundreds of participants Institute for the Social Sciences to focus on persistent poverty Tale of exoneration emphasizes need for death penalty law reform U.S. News & World Report ranks CU engineering No. 9 Goldsworthy builds cairn in Cornell's Sapsucker Woods Cornell humor magazine celebrates 30 years of laughs Men's lacrosse wins share of Ivy crown; women finish second in league PEOPLE: Five receive Provost's Awards for Distinguished Scholarship Digital library expert Anne Kenney to lead Cornell Library system Five undergrads earn prestigious Udall and Goldwater scholarships Junot Diaz, MFA '95, wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction Stephen Paletta '87 wins "Oprah's Big Give" Eric Rebillard, Anna Marie Smith named Mellon New Directions fellows Roger Ellis '73 volunteers in Russia for Farmer-to-Farmer Weill Cornell names Sandip Kapur chief of transplantation surgery Three ECE professors receive DARPA young faculty awards Cornell benefactor John Butler Babcock '48 dies at age 85 Professor emeritus John Doris dies; memorial lectures launched Professor emeritus Leonard Dworsky dies at 93 Walter T. Federer, father of statistics department, dies at 92 Cornell mourns Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Stephen H. Weiss RESEARCH: Three researchers earn Hartwell awards for work to help children CU creates country's first veterinary clinical fellows program Student-built satellite system is a finalist set for launch Cornell robot sets a record for distance walking Itai Cohen uses physics to study cartilage strain Medical College research: From autism to Alzheimer's to malaria Cornell studies using vitamin D as cancer prevention Caffeine prevents MS-like disease in mice What horses can tell us now about the coming human flu pandemic Low-income households use the Internet more Sometimes it's "300 degrees of separation" OUTREACH: Glee Club and Chorus recall tour of China Suber brings "Spoglia" dance show home to New Orleans Partnership agreement brings $2.3 million to Arecibo Observatory Boyce Thompson researchers help rescue a Costa Rican rain forest Online videos for pet owners and veterinarians viewed globally Cornell can do well by doing good, tech transfer leader says Team heads to Doha to develop a new student ambassador program Former engineering students help local food bank streamline Cornell writers join New York City poetry celebration Smart buoys warn ships of endangered whales FAR ABOVE ... A CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Keziah Calmese knows scholarships increase Cornell's diversity [video] Students talk about what makes West Campus special [video] Daniel Huttenlocher believes that a faculty honor is also a call to excellence Every dollar matters. Every student benefits. Read personal stories here ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS: Reunite for Slope Day throughout the United States May 2:
Join the Class of 2007 and celebrate Slope Day on May 2! No planning necessary; just show up and enjoy reuniting with classmates. Wear your Cornell attire and join fellow alumni on the anniversary of celebrating the last day of classes on Libe Slope. Find a celebration near you. Cornell Club of Washington, D.C.: Dragon Boat Festival & Races:
The Cornell Club of Washington is again entering its team, the respected Big Red Dragons, in Washington's annual Dragon Boat Festival on the Georgetown waterfront, Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18. Come join the team or cheer on the Big Red! Each boat needs 20 paddlers, and the CCW tri-captains are eager to recruit some new talent -- no experience necessary. For more information, visit the club's Web site, where the team's specific race time will be announced close to the event day. CEN Northern California presents 'Winepreneurs -- Cornellians in Wine':
Join us for a premier Cornell food and wine event as we feature Cornell wine entrepreneurs, or "winepreneurs," Thursday, May 15, at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. Pre-event educational seminars, 4-6 p.m.; main event, 6 p.m., featuring a talk by John Williams '74, president and winemaker, Frog's Leap Winery, plus reception and wine tasting. For details and to register, visit the CEN Web site. Engineering alumni conference focuses on sustainability:
Solving the world's energy problems isn't just about research into new technologies, and neither is Cornell research on sustainability, a group of experts told Cornell engineering alumni March 28-29 on campus. Alumni responded with such suggestions as seeking support from government and major energy-related industry, working to position Cornell as a world center of sustainability research and possibly creating a major in sustainability. Read about the conference. Class Dues Payer Rewards Program:
Beginning this year when you pay your Cornell class dues, you will receive discounts at The Cornell Store, on computers and on Reunion registration, as well as many more offers, through the Cornell Class Dues Rewards Program. These rewards will be updated periodically to meet your needs on and off campus. For more information, visit the program's Web site. CORNELL LINKS: Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell: http://www.campaign.cornell.edu/
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