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• African village dogs are genetically much more diverse than modern breeds, study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/03/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  African village dogs are not a mixture of modern breeds but have directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral village dogs.
• Alfalfa snout beetle, an expensive pest on N.Y. farms, is now under attack itself | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/01/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Two very different beetle controls are under investigation. One is to grow tiny worms called nematodes that naturally attack the beetle. The other is to develop alfalfa varieties that are resistant to the beetle.
• Andrew Clark named the first Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/15/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Andrew Clark, professor of population genetics has been named the first Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences. The award recognizes and supports "outstanding, innovative faculty life sciences research at Cornell."
• Asian center gets a director and temporary space | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/05/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell has established an interim space at 14 South Avenue for an Asian/Asian American center. Patricia Nguyen, currently at the University of Vermont, will be associate dean and center director, starting April 20.
• Asking questions is crux of yearlong program to improve science teaching in NYC schools | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/20/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The Science Leadership Academy (SLA), is a new yearlong professional development program for New York City middle school teachers.
• BOOM and Faculty Innovation in Teaching set for February and March | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/20/2009 Chronicle feature
  Bits on Our Minds, the annual expo of student efforts in digital technology and applications, will feature displays and demonstrations ranging from robots to computer graphics. FIT provides funding for innovative use of instructional technology.
• Battling cancer with engineering: National Cancer Institute funds Cornell-led $13 million research center | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has funded the Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Cornell. The center will focus on using nanobiotechnology and other related physical science approaches to advance research.
• Being a doctor can be 'really disgusting,' but rewards are unsurpassable, says Weill neurosurgeon | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/27/09 Chronicle feature
  
  Dr. Michael Kaplitt has developed a new technique to reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease that involves injecting a gene-laden virus into the part of the brain responsible for dopamine production.
• Biology undergrads do original research in class -- and then learn how to write it up | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/30/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  "The major goal of the class is to immerse the students into a project and to put them into the ongoing process of how research works," said Maki Inada, a senior research associate in molecular biology and genetics who developed and teaches the course.
• Biomedical engineering grad students to help rural teachers communicate science | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/29/2009 Chronicle feature
  Ten Cornell graduate students will spend the summer and the upcoming school year helping middle school and high school teachers in rural outlying districts teach science in fun, innovative ways, supported by a five-year, $3 million NSF grant to Cornell.
• Brown named vice provost for undergraduate education | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  English Professor Laura Brown, the John Wendell Anderson Professor of English, will succeed Michele Moody-Adams, July 1, 2009.
• CALS Dean Susan Henry will step down in 2010 | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/28/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Susan Henry will step down as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell when her second five-year term ends June 30, 2010.
• CALS wins three awards for publications and an event | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/30/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association (NAADA) has recognized Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) with a first-place and two second-place awards in its annual competition.
• CU researchers: High tunnels yield healthier, prettier produce and longer growing seasons | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/02/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  High tunnels produce higher-yielding crops and expand the growing season, says Chris Wien, Cornell professor of horticulture and the leader of high tunnel research projects funded through the New York Farm Viability Institute.
• CU researcher uses stimulus funds to study infectious disease resistance | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/24/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Using fruit flies as a model, Brian Lazzaro, Cornell associate professor of entomology, will study connections between the immune system and other physiological processes in determining resistance to infectious disease.
• CU will play role in global energy future, says Clancy | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/09/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The greatest need for sustainable energy goes beyond creating new energies, said Paulette Clancy, the William C. Hooey Director of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, speaking at a meeting of the President's Council of Cornell Women.
• Carbon nanotube 'ink' may lead to thinner, lighter transistors and solar cells | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/08/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Scientists at Cornell and DuPont have invented a method of preparing carbon nanotubes for suspension in a semiconducting "ink," which can then be printed into such thin, flexible electronics as transistors and photovoltaic materials.
• Celebrating 40 years as Human Ecology, the college recalls its name change | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/07/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Gwen Kay, associate professor of history at SUNY Oswego and recipient of the 2009 Human Ecology Dean's Fellowship in the History of Home Economics, discussed the history of CHE in a public talk last month at Mann Library.
• Champion mare's legacy lives on with birth of filly | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A foal born Aug. 4 trots happily even though her mother died almost a year ago from a ruptured intestine. A team at Cornell is believed to be the first to successfully extract and ship eggs from a dead mare for remote fertilization and implantation.
• Charles Darwin exhibits show the mind of a naturalist | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/13/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Along with his insatiable curiosity about almost any form of life, Darwin the naturalist continued to gather material in support of evolution for 22 years after he published "On the Origin of the Species" in 1859.
• Chemist Chirik receives Humboldt Foundation award | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/14/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Paul Chirik has received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award. Chirik works at the intersection of organic and inorganic chemistry, exploring energy-efficient chemical transformations that reduce fossil fuel dependencies and minimize waste.
• Collaborative energy research is vital for state economy, Governer Paterson says at Cornell | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Paterson met with President David Skorton and a gathering of government, university and industry leaders to highlight his support for Cornell projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the federal stimulus package.
• Computational modeling yields accurate tracking of heat flow through diamond | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/21/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell researcher Derek Stewart and collaborators have calculated the exact mechanism by which diamond conducts heat, a breakthrough that could lend insight into fields ranging from heat management in electronics to heat flow in the earth.
• Conference on cooperation, cheating, group decision-making yields insights | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/21/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Better understanding of honeybee interactions could have implications for understanding why people act selfishly in a communal system, said Kern Reeve, one of the presenters at the conference "Cooperation: Self Interest and Mutual Interest."
• Cornell Perspectives: Why an interdisciplinary biological research institute now? | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/11/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  Anthony Bretscher is associate director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell.
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates offers rare glimpses into past to study the present | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/26/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Located in the Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity, the museum contains more than 1.5 million specimens and serves as the primary repository for vertebrates collected by Cornellians doing research around the world.
• Cornell and local organizations offer volunteer training to fight deadly hemlock pest | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/04/2009 Chronicle feature
  Training workshops, which will give high priority to early detection of new infestations, will be held Friday, March 13, at 1 p.m.; Saturday, March 21, at 10 a.m.; and Monday, March 23, at 3 p.m., all at the Plantations Botanic Garden's Lewis Building.
• Cornell celebrates long-standing collaboration with India-based management company | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/30/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell honored its 15-year collaboration with India-based Sathguru Management Consultants and the 10th anniversary of the Cornell-Sathguru Agribusiness Management Program (AMP) at an event on June 25, 2009.
• Cornell coordinates breeders in race against time to save world's wheat from deadly fungus | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/25/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  World food experts worry that strain of wheat stem rust known as Ug99 will continue east and infect wheat in Pakistan and India, which produce 15 percent of the world's wheat and feed more than a billion of the world's poorest people.
• Cornell helps India's small farmers fight moth larvae with genetically modified eggplant | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/10/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Small farmers in India will soon have a more effective option for growing genetically modified eggplant, developed with Cornell's help, which continually expresses a naturally occurring insecticide derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).
• Cornell professor faults systemic failures in salmonella outbreak from peanut butter | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/10/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  When the media needed background on the national salmonella outbreak that has been traced to a Blakely, Ga., peanut-processing plant, they turned to Cornell Food Science professor Robert Gravani.
• Cornell receives nearly $850,000 to improve specialty crops | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/02/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  CALS researchers aim to arm farmers with blight-resistant varieties and crop management strategies to beat Phytophthora blight, as well as other issues that affect specialty crops.
• Cornell researchers discover mechanism that increases SARS virulence | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/14/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The researchers have discovered two sites -- called cleavage sites -- where a key structural protein on the virus gets split, activating a process that allows the virus to enter a host cell.
• Cornell researchers identify weak link in cancer cell armor | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/10/2009 Chronicle Feature
  
  It has long been known that the so-called p53 gene suppresses tumors, but new research at the College of Veterinary Medicine shows that inhibiting a second gene (Hus1) is lethal to cells with p53 mutations.
• Cornell researcher uses stimulus money to study spinal cord injury recovery | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/04/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  With a grant of almost $700,000 from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Ronald Harris-Warrick hopes to find ways for spinal cord injury victims to get back on their feet by studying the neural networks for locomotion in rodents.
• Cornell's VIVO concept will expand to connect researchers nationwide | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  A $12.2 million, two-year grant from the NIH's National Center for Research Resources will support the creation of VIVOweb, a multi-institutional version of Cornell Library's VIVO that will connect biomedical researchers to foster alliances.
• Cornell's agriculture and veterinary roles stressed by N.Y.'s new senator during campus visit | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/08/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  In her first visit to Cornell as New York's junior U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand pledged to advocate for the university's agriculture and veterinary programs as a way of revitalizing New York state's economy.
• Cornell's cancer vaccine for ovarian cancer and melanoma begins clinical trials | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/21/2009 Chronicle feature
  The trials are assessing the safety and the anti-tumor immune response of the so-called NY-ESO-1 recombinant protein cancer vaccine, according to the Cancer Research Institute, an organization that has given $450,000 to aid with vaccine production.
• Cornell signs grape research and licensing venture with Sun World International | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/23/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell and Sun World operate two of the world's leading fresh grape breeding programs. The venture aims to combine their research strengths to develop improved varieties for grape growers, both here and abroad.
• Cornell sustainability center hiring researchers to explore new frontiers of climate change | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/11/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  The recruitment process will address the interests of the larger university community. Departments and colleges will be involved in developing job descriptions and recruitment and candidates' expertise will determine the most appropriate home department.
• Cornell team investigates how to starve tumors | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/02/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell researchers will create tiny 3-D models of tumors to mimic conditions necessary for tumor angiogenesis -- the development of vascular systems by tumors.
• Cornell team shares in grant to see how graphene can replace silicon in microchips | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/19/2009 Chronicle feature
  The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that a Cornell team led by Michael Spencer will share a $1.5 million, 5-year grant with 7 Columbia faculty to fabricate graphene, an atom-thick layer of carbon, in large sheets suitable for use in microchips.
• Cornell technology makes biogas greener | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/04/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell plant scientists have invented a new method that uses manure and other farm byproducts to remove toxic hydrogen sulfide from biogas -- a renewable energy source derived from the breakdown of animal waste.
• Cornell to buy MRI scanner for cutting-edge research in behavioral and life sciences | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/09/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The medical imaging device, which should be up and running by fall 2011, will allow researchers to delve into new areas, ranging from the biological processes that influence decision-making to prescription drug delivery and tissue engineering.
• Cornell welcomes its first Joint Japan/World Bank scholars | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/15/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  The program awards scholarships to graduate students pursuing degrees in economic and social development. Students who complete the program must return to their home countries and apply their education to their nations' development.
• Cultural critic and conservation scientist are new A.D. White Professors-at-Large | 09/08/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cultural critic Rebecca Solnit and Jeffrey McNeely are new A.D. White Professors-at-Large, appointed to six-year terms through June 2015.
• DNA molecules engineered to detect pathogens | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/19/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Dan Luo and his research team, which included first author and postdoctoral associate Jong B. Lee and David Muller has created new DNA molecules that can detect pathogens and deliver drugs to cells when they form long chains called polymers.
• Darwin bicentennial events crowd Cornell calendar | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/04/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which established evolutionary descent with modification as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature.
• Deadly beetle discovered for first time in New York, threatening state's ash trees | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/18/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Washington, D.C., announced official identification of the beetle in New York state June 18 after receiving and examining specimens sent by Cornell researchers.
• Decline of carbon dioxide-gobbling plankton coincided with ancient global cooling | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/07/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  New evidence from a study led by graduate student Dan Rabosky of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lab of Ornithology takes into account a widespread problem in paleontology: that younger fossils are easier to find than older ones
• Durst honored by inclusion in institute's portrait gallery | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/13/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Richard Durst has been selected for inclusion in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Portrait Gallery, which honors distinguished National Bureau of Standards (NBS)/NIST alumni for "outstanding career contributions to the work of NBS/NIST."
• Ecologist brings century-old eggs to life to study evolution | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/16/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Nelson Hairston Jr. is a pioneer in a field known loosely as "resurrection ecology," in which researchers study the eggs of such creatures that get buried in lake sediments and can remain viable for decades or even centuries.
• Eight receive Provost's Award for Distinguished Scholarship | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/19/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The $15,000 awards recognize research and scholarship by outstanding tenured faculty members early in their careers and are an opportunity for the university to recognize its own talented researchers.
• Lara Estroff, Daniel Cosley and Maxim Perelstein honored with NSF early career awards | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/16/2009 Chronicle feature
  The award is for those who "exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organization," according to the NSF.
• Even if jail(ed) birds sing, can they really remember? | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/09/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Caged birds may still sing, but being in captivity for just a few weeks can reduce the volume of the hippocampus by as much as 23 percent, according to a new Cornell study by psychology graduate student Bernard Tarr and professor Tim DeVoogd.
• Evolution and race: Biologically, race is no longer an issue, scientific panel agrees | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/11/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The panel discussion, part of a series of "Darwin Days" events marking the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth Feb. 12, provided perspectives on what race meant to Darwin and what it means to evolutionary biologists today.
• Fabrics that fight germs and detect explosives go to market | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/21/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  iFyber LLC, a new company launched by two Cornell researchers, will produce fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect counterfeiting devices, explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials.
• Finding how carbon nanotubes work as catalysts could lead to cleaner fuels | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/16/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell researchers have pinpointed unique sites where chemical reactions, including some that could be used to make cleaner fuels, take place on single-walled nanotubes.
• Five more faculty receive NSF early career awards, some with stimulus funding | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/28/2009 Chronicle feature
  Faculty members Matthew Belmonte, David Erickson, Christine Goodale, Chris Schaffer and Jeffrey Varner have each received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the NSF for demonstrating "excellent research and teaching early in their careers".
• Five on faculty honored as AAAS fellows | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/05/2009 Chronicle feature
  Five Cornell faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
• For 10 years, foundation of anonymous alumna has been funding sustainability projects | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/04/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The Toward Sustainability Foundation (TSF) has been bolstering Cornell's sustainability research with a steady stream of gifts since 1999. About 75 faculty and student projects that examine sustainable agriculture have benefited.
• Four chemists honored by American Chemical Society | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/16/2009 Chronicle feature
  Cornell chemists Roald Hoffmann, Geoffrey Coates, Garnet Chan and Paul Chirik have received awards from the American Chemical Society for outstanding contributions to the field.
• Four professors named 2008 Weiss Presidential fellows | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/26/2009 Chronicle feature
  The awards are named for Stephen H. Weiss '57, the late emeritus chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees, who endowed the program. The awards honor excellence in teaching, advising and outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.
• Funding renewed for national nanotechnology network | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/09/2009 Chronicle feature
  The National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), of which Cornell is the lead institution and a founding member, has received a five-year renewal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the amount of $17 million per year.
• George P. Hess named Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Hess, a Cornell faculty member for more than 50 years, investigates the structure and function of neurotransmitter receptors, membrane-bound proteins that control and integrate communication between the cells of the nervous system.
• Glowing 'Cornell dots' can show surgeons where tumors are | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/18/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Brightly glowing nanoparticles, "Cornell dots" were developed in 2005 by Hooisweng Ow, then a graduate student working with Ulrich Wiesner. The dots may also have applications in displays, optical computing and sensors.
• Good farm management can preserve nature without yield losses, says professor at AAAS | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/17/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  In her talk, "Food Security, Agricultural Systems and the Provision of Diverse Services," Alison Power, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, suggested ways that farmers could continue to efficiently provide food, forage and fiber.
• Grad program in biological engineering tops U.S. News 2009 rankings | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/04/2009 Chronicle feature
  "We take pride in our graduate programs, and we are delighted to see that many of them are ranked highly," said Sunny Power, dean of the graduate school.
• Grant to broaden student expertise in sustainable materials | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/15/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  An IGERT grant from the NSF will support 30 graduate students working in the CCMR on projects ranging from the development of alternatives to petroleum-based feedstocks used in consumer polymers, to the design of nanostructured materials for solar cells.
• Grieger serving on U.S. technical advisory group on nanotechnology | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/08/2009 Chronicle feature
  James Grieger, associate director of the research and radiation safety section in Environmental Health and Safety at Cornell, is contributing to an international effort to develop standardization in the field of nanotechnologies.
• Groundbreaking, inexpensive, pocket-sized ultrasound device can help treat cancer, relieve arthritis | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/18/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  George K. Lewis, a third-year Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering and a National Science Foundation fellow, creates ultrasound devices that are smaller, more powerful and many times less expensive than today's models.
• Half of U.S. children -- and most black children -- will use food stamps, Cornell study reports | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/03/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Food stamps are important indicators of poverty and risk of food insecurity, "two of the most detrimental economic conditions affecting a child's health," says Cornell Professor Thomas A. Hirschl.
• Harold Craighead wins research honor from UPenn | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/21/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The University of Pennsylvania's Nano/BioInterface Center has presented its annual Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology to Harold Craighead. His most recent research includes the use of nanofabricated devices for biological applications.
• Highly valued rice fragrance has origins in basmati rice, study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/01/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A new study, published Aug. 25 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, confirms that basmati rice, long assumed to be an Indica variety, is actually more closely related genetically to Japonica rice.
• Hind wings help butterflies make swift turns to evade predators, study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/06/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A recently published study on butterfly wings by Tom Eisner and Benjamin Jantzen (M.S. physics '02) proposes that in the course of evolution, the ability of butterflies to evade predators became linked with bright coloring, as an added protection.
• Hoffmann, Ober and Scheraga named American Chemical Society (ACS) fellows | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/03/2009 Chronicle feature
  The inaugural class of ACS fellows includes Cornell Professors Roald Hoffmann, Christopher Ober and Harold Scheraga, whom the society has cited with "true excellence in their contributions to the chemical enterprise."
• Improved test screens fungal pests for biofuel sources | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/11/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Plant pathologist and adjunct professor Donna Gibson, with graduate students Marie Donnelly, Brian King and other Cornell researchers have improved a method to screen many fungal species rapidly to find ones that can most efficiently produce biofuels.
• Incest can lead to more disease in offspring, Cornell crow study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/24/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The findings have important implications for endangered species, which may find mating with relatives unavoidable if they have a small pool of potential mates, say Andrea Townsend and Irby Lovette of Cornell and researchers from Binghamton University.
• In face of competition, male fruit flies change to gain reproductive edge | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/13/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A study by researchers from Cornell, University of East Anglia and University College London found that when male fruit flies sense competition during mating, they pack more proteins into their seminal fluid, boosting their reproductive success.
• In flurry of studies, researcher details role of apples in inhibiting breast cancer | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Rui Hai Liu, associate professor of food science, reports that fresh apple extracts significantly inhibited the size of mammary tumors in rats -- and the more extracts they were given, the greater the inhibition.
• In new briefings series, professors present science to D.C. policymakers | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/08/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  In launching a new CALS series of educational briefings for policymakers in Washington, D.C., two Cornell professors addressed agriculture, natural resources and climate change at the House Natural Resources Committee's hearing room March 27th.
• Instructors pair up with librarians to ramp up student research skills | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/19/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell Library's Information Competency Initiative is a weeklong seminar with follow-up meetings throughout the year. The program aims to improve student research skills by helping faculty redesign their courses' research components.
• Intercampus research team develops artificial skin, heart valves and blood vessels | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/17/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A high-functioning artificial artery that the human body will accept as its own is on its way, says Cornell fiber scientist C.C. Chu, who works on projects funded by Morgan Seed Grants for Collaborative Multidisciplinary Research in Tissue Engineering.
• Iowa farmer turns to engineering students for (hypothetical) help reclaiming valuable topsoil | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/03/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Talha Omer, Kevin Ham, Anshuman Bhairavbhat, Shaan Qamar and associate professor of operations research Huseyin Topaloglu discuss the students' master of engineering project that optimized redistribution of topsoil on a farm in Iowa.
• Isolation and tracking of mouse stem cells ends debate on their existence | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/26/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A pioneering Cornell and University of Bonn study has isolated and purified mouse heart stem cells, which could allow researchers to better understand whether genes can spur heart stem cells to fully differentiate into new cells after a heart attack.
• 'Jumping genes' find gaps in DNA, cause widespread antibiotic resistance in bacteria, study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/20/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A new Cornell study focuses on sequences of DNA called Tn7, which fall into a category of genes known as transposons, or "jumping genes," for their ability to move from place to place in DNA.
• 'Lab on a chip' to give growers real-time glimpse into water stress in plants | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/06/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The device is an embedded microsensor capable of measuring real-time water stress in living plants. In theory, the sensor will help vintners strike the precise balance between drought and overwatering -- both of which diminish the quality of wine grapes.
• Library scales back on books, journals, databases | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/14/2009 Chronicle feature
  Facing the same budgetary challenges as the university in the coming year, Cornell University Library will reduce acquisitions of library materials for fiscal year 2010.
• Library starts undergrad information project to get students beyond Google | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  It's nothing new for librarians to help people learn research skills, but the Internet revolution demands more than a chat at the reference desk. That is why CUL has launched the Cornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative.
• Like burrs on your clothes, virus-size capsules stick to cells to target drug delivery | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/25/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  "This study greatly extends the range of therapies," said Michael King, Cornell associate professor of biomedical engineering, who co-authored the study with lead author Zhong Huang, a former Cornell research associate.
• Local foods: Good for your health and the economy, stresses state commissioner | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/16/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  "Local foods, first" is a high priority for Albany policymakers who want to move locally grown fresh food, fruits and vegetables into the homes of New Yorkers, said Patrick Hooker, commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
• Maize findings could lead to vigorous new varieties and insights into human genetics | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/06/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Two new large-scale studies by researchers at Cornell and the USDA, published in the journal Science, report major discoveries in maize genetics that could revolutionize maize breeding and may help researchers better predict complex traits in humans.
• Mann Library rooftop terrace named for Dean Susan Henry | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/13/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  April 23, alumni and friends of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) dedicated the newly installed rooftop garden on the southern end of Mann Library as the Susan A. Henry Garden Terrace in honor of her significant contributions to Cornell.
• Mary Ochs appointed director of Mann Library | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/20/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Mary Ochs '79 is the new director of Albert R. Mann Library. During her long career at Cornell University Library, Ochs has left her mark on collection development, instruction, reference, interlibrary loan and international initiatives.
• Metal sheets with DNA framework could enable future nanocircuits | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/19/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, Cornell researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles held together by strands of DNA. The work could prove useful for making thin transistors or other electronic devices.
• NPR's 'Science Friday' taps Cornell ornithologists, veterinarians for live show | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Bird migration and insights into being a veterinarian were the topics that Ira Flatow addressed Oct. 9, 2009 in his two-hour show, National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation: Science Friday," broadcast live from Bailey Hall before nearly 1,000 people.
• Nanotech facility receives five-year renewal grant from NSF | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/20/2009 Chronicle feature
  Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF), which is the flagship of Cornell's cutting-edge nanotechnology research, is one of 14 such research facilities across the country that make up the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network.
• National Geographic 'explorer' appointed Rhodes professor | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/31/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  R. Spencer Wells, a 40-year-old geneticist, anthropologist and explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, has been appointed Cornell's latest Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor.
• Nature-inspired technology creates engineered antibodies to fight specific diseases | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/24/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A new genetic-engineering technique which involves the efficient "readout" of protein-to-protein interactions within cells could pave the way for creating and cataloging disease-specific antibodies in the lab.
• New CALS option teaches biology for the real world | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/09/2009 Chronicle Feature
  
  CALS students in non-life science majors can partially meet their life sciences distribution requirements without taking a two-semester introductory biology survey course.
• New Cornell lab in Portland, N.Y., specializes in vines, wines | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/28/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell deepened its century-long commitment to western New York's wine, grape and juice industries when it officially opened its new $5.4 million Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory (CLEREL) in Portland, N.Y.
• New center to bring CU agricultural innovations to China | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A Sept. 24 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Cornell and the Department of Science and Education of China's Ministry of Agriculture facilitated the creation of the Sino-U.S. Ray Wu Agricultural Technology Innovation Center at Cornell.
• New course explores alternative careers in the life sciences | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  Career Options for Ph.D.s in the Life Sciences (BioGD 7900; BioBM 7940) is a new mini-course for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows offered this year that highlights the range of careers available to doctorates in the biological sciences.
• New funds help faculty publish in open-access journals | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/15/2009 Chronicle feature
  The Cornell Open-Access Publication (COAP) Fund will underwrite processing fees for scholarly peer-reviewed articles in open-access journals for which funds are not otherwise available. Cornell authors can apply for funding of up to $3,000.
• New method applies pesticides in nanofibers to keep chemicals on target | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/26/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  To prevent pesticides from drifting away and potentially posing risks to the environment, Cornell researchers have devised a solution: Apply the pesticides by encapsulating them in biodegradable nanofibers.
• New student team aims to create biomachines that destroy pollutants, cancer cells | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/17/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The Cornell International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) team, formed this year, uses biological, not mechanical, components to make machines.
• New technique provides snapshot of all genes being transcribed across human genome | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/16/2008 Chronicle feature
  Cornell researchers have created a technique that takes a snapshot of all the locations on the human genome where RNA polymerases actively transcribe genes, providing a highly sensitive way to pinpoint all the active and silent genes in the human genome.
• New test may predict breast cancer metastasis | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/15/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A new marker called tumor microenvironment of metastasis (TMEM), is associated with the development of distant organ metastasis via the bloodstream -- the most common cause of death from breast cancer.
• New way to produce critical proteins for medicine and industry sidesteps use of live cells | Cornell Chronicle feature | 04/01/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Current methods employ vats of genetically modified bacteria or mammalian cells that churn out proteins for such pharmaceuticals as insulin or HGH. Cornell's faster, efficient process weaves the coding DNA into an artificial gel made of synthetic DNA.
• Nobel laureate Ada Yonath used Cornell synchrotron for early work on ribosome crystals | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/09/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  CHESS officials are pleased to note how their National Science Foundation facility, and the National Institutes of Health-funded MacCHESS, made a contribution to Ada Yonath's Nobel Prize-winning work.
• Nutrition professors Martha Stipanuk, Kathleen Rasmussen win national awards | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/19/2009 Chronicle feature
  Martha Stipanuk and Kathleen Rasmussen, both professors in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell, received awards at the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting this month.
• Peng Chen, Liam McAllister and Adam Siepel are named Sloan fellows | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/16/2009 Chronicle feature
  Chen, McAllister and Siepel have been selected as 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research fellows. The awards are intended to enhance the careers of the best young faculty members in specified fields of science.
• Professors brief Congressional staffers about food safety before key vote | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/22/2009 Chronicle feature
  Just days before a U.S. House committee voted to expand the Food and Drug Administration's power to monitor the nation's food supply, Robert Gravani and colleague Kathryn Boor briefed about 45 Congressional staffers on the science of food safety.
• Professors learn to navigate diversity in the classroom | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/17/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The Cornell Faculty Institute for Diversity, held June 7-10 2009, provided participants with the intellectual and pedagogical tools to infuse diverse perspectives into their courses and among their students.
• Recruitment of diverse faculty is up, but competition is fierce, says report | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell has made good progress in the past 10 years in recruiting a diverse faculty of academics early in their careers. Now the university must focus on retaining them as they climb to the middle and upper ranks.
• Researcher invents lethal 'lint brush' to capture and kill cancer cells in the bloodstream | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/10/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  In a new tactic in the fight against cancer, Cornell researcher Michael King has developed a tiny, implantable device that captures and kills cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body.
• Researcher receives almost $1 million to study cholesterol in cell membranes | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/21/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Gerald Feigenson has been creating simple models to mimic and study cholesterol in cell membranes for the past 15 years. He was recently given a boost with $937,000 in federal stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
• Researchers discover mechanism that prevents two species from reproducing | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve.
• Researchers identify way to speed up sheep breeding | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/06/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Former Cornell postdoctoral researcher Raluca Mateescu co-authored a study with Animal Science Professor Mike Thonney and professor emeritus Doug Hogue that identifies a gene that prompts ewes to breed out-of-season, more frequently and at younger ages.
• Researcher 'sings' for a living to decode the meaning of bird songs | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/18/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  Cornell behavioral ecologist Sandra Vehrencamp records bird songs in Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, and then plays them back to other birds of the same species to try to determine exactly how birds communicate through their vocalization
• Researchers receive prestigious NIH grants, including two $2.5 million Pioneer awards | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/24/2009 Chronicle feature
  The prestigious Pioneer awards support "scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering -- and possibly transforming approaches -- to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research," says the award Web site.
• Researchers show how to measure conductance of carbon nanotubes, one by one | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/15/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  A team of Cornell researchers has invented an efficient, inexpensive method to electrically characterize individual carbon nanotubes, even when they are of slightly different shapes and sizes and are networked together.
• Researchers uncover how protein receptors on cells switch on and off for growth and health | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/16/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The findings have important implications for better understanding cancer, AIDS and other illnesses, because such diseases can result when receptors go awry by failing to turn off, a function known as down-regulation.
• Researchers 'unzip' molecules to measure interactions keeping DNA packed in cells | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A Cornell research team's experiments involve the "unzipping" of single DNA molecules. By mapping the hiccups, stoppages and forces along the way, they have gained new insight into how genes are packed and expressed within cells.
• Researchers use yeast to identify cancer-causing genes that may also occur in humans | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/29/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A Cornell study, published online in the journal Public Library of Science Biology, is the first to report on mutations in yeast that lead to accelerated cell growth, similar to cancerous tumors.
• Researcher uses funding to study heavy metal tolerance | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/30/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Using the worm model system C. elegans and a grant of almost $750,000 from the National Science Foundation funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), Olena Vatamaniuk plans to study heavy metal tolerance.
• Resonating feathers produce courtship song in rare bird, researchers report | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/11/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Researchers have proven that the club-winged manakin's feathers resonate at a particular frequency to create a tone. The adaptation is a striking example of a species modifying an essential body part for the purpose of attracting a mate.
• Role of protein in tumor growth is highlighted by researcher using 3-D model | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/10/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  By observing the behavior of cancer cells grown in both two and three dimensions, assistant professor Claudia Fischbach-Teschl has shown that a protein secreted by cancer cells could be a key factor in allowing cancer to grow and spread in the body.
• Skorton to speak at Ethiopian university's graduation on East Africa trip | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/25/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  When the first class of Cornell's Master of Professional Studies (MPS) degree program in international agriculture and rural development graduates at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, Cornell President David Skorton will be there to deliver a speech.
• Small Times again ranks Cornell among top 10 nanotechnology institutions | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/11/2009 Chronicle feature
  This year, Cornell was ranked No. 2 for commercialization; No. 4 for research; No. 5 for peer nano research; No. 7 for peer micro research; No. 3 for peer nano commercialization; and No. 6 for peer micro commercialization.
• Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts -- like developing night vision, researchers find | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/20/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Researchers from Cornell, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee and the Federal University of Para, Brazil, have found an evolutionary mechanism that provides insight into how important changes in brain structure of primates can evolve.
• Some mice stem cells divide in unexpected ways, study says | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/14/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Using new genetic tools, researchers have found that some stem cells in mice behave differently than in fruit flies, where most of the pioneering stem cell work has been conducted. The findings could have implications for understanding how cancers begin.
• Speaker series on sustainability aimed at undergraduates | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/03/2009 Chronicle feature
  "Sustainable Earth, Energy and the Environmental Systems" is a new Cornell speaker series specifically designed for freshmen and sophomores.
• Stephen Kresovich heads to University of South Carolina | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/23/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Stephen Kresovich, Cornell's vice provost for life sciences since 2005, has been named vice president for research and graduate education at the University of South Carolina, effective Oct. 1.
• Stimulus funds help synchrotron research, Energy Recovery Linac stay the course | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/14/2009 Chronicle feature
  Nearly $19 million allocated this year through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will support research at Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory, including efforts to plan and build a new linear accelerator called the Energy Recovery Linac.
• Stimulus funds to pay for equipment at nanoscale facility | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) has received $1.38 million in federal stimulus funds to help with equipment upgrades.
• Students vie to enroll in new dual-degree programs linking traditional India with state-of-the-art Cornell | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/05/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Starting this summer, Cornell and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) will offer dual-degree programs in food science and plant breeding with up to 15 Indian students accepted for each program.
• Study confirms classic theory on the origins of biodiversity | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/08/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A Cornell study on the diversity of milkweed plants has used new techniques to prove the theory called adaptive radiation -- when species rapidly multiply and diversify for a time as they colonize new resources and then level off.
• Study reveals how 'world's toughest bacterium' survives lethal radiation | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/19/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A new study by Cornell researchers reveals that nitric oxide plays a key role in D. radiodurans' recovery when exposed to ultraviolet radiation (UV).
• Summer scholars focus on plant disease | Cornell Chronicle feature | 08/18/2009 Chronicle Feature
  
  The initial Plant Pathology Summer Research Scholars Program at NYSAES in Geneva, N.Y. , was designed to teach young scholars to plan and conduct experiments, evaluate data and explain their findings.
• Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (CCSF) Academic Venture Fund awards five grants to explore burning powdered wood, developing cheaper solar cells and more | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/26/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The projects are: Sustainability of food systems, Assessing net carbon emissions in agricultural regions, Impact of green-energy development on rural community sustainability, Micropowdered biomass combustion as a sustainable energy source and more.
• 'The Mathematics of Sex' asserts that women opt out of math fields for flexibility | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/27/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Although females earn a large portion of bachelor's degrees in all fields of science, including math-intensive fields, disproportionately fewer women enter graduate school in these fields, and fewer women who earn Ph.D.s apply for academic jobs.
• New environmental major preparing to graduate its first group of students | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  This May, the first group of students majoring in the science of natural and environmental systems (SNES) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will graduate.
• Three USDA labs on Cornell campuses to receive $925,000 for upgrades | Cornell Chronicle feature | 06/30/2009 Chronicle feature
  Cornell's Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health in Ithaca and the Plant Genetic Resources Unit and Grape Genetics Research Unit on Cornell's Geneva campus will receive $925,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for upgrades.
• Three faculty members invited to National Academy of Engineering symposium | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/02/2009 Chronicle feature
  The 15th annual symposium, hosted by the National Academy of Engineering, will feature 88 engineers between the ages of 30 and 45 who are performing "exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines," according to the NAE.
• Three small businesses launch JumpStart projects with Cornell materials scientists | Cornell Chronicle feature | 01/06/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The JumpStart program was launched at Cornell in 2005, and since then 85 companies have applied and 24 projects have been completed at CCMR. Two-thirds of the companies have continued their interactions with Cornell faculty members.
• To flap, or not to flap? Flapping wings can be more efficient than fixed wings, study shows | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/29/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  According to a new Cornell study by TAM professor Jane Wang and graduate student Umberto Pesavento, an optimized flapping wing could actually require 27 percent less power than its optimal steady-flight counterpart at small scales.
• Trochim gets $2.3 million from NSF to evaluate science-based education | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/05/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  William Trochim, professor of policy analysis and management, will collaborate with educators, scientists and students to develop and implement new ways to evaluate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs.
• Two professors spend summer exploring Woods Hole's microbial world | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/09/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  "The goal was to give a fundamental background in microbial diversity and ecology and to focus on understanding how to characterize microorganisms in the environment," said Dan Buckley, who co-directed the course with Steve Zinder.
• U.N. adviser to address the human right to water | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/02/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Maude Barlow, senior adviser on water to the United Nations and author of "Blue Covenant," will deliver the keynote lecture at the Water-Sharing and Culture in the Mediterranean conference at Cornell, March 6-8.
• Using light to move and trap DNA molecules | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/31/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  David Erickson, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and colleague Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, are using the pressure of light to move and manipulate biological molecules.
• Veterinary college develops vaccine for Johne's disease | Cornell Chronicle feature | 12/05/2008 Chronicle feature
  
  Scientists at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a vaccine that prevents Johne's disease, a condition that leads to $220 million to $250 million in losses annually to the U.S. dairy industry.
• Viewing taped lectures online boosts grades, raises questions | Cornell Chronicle feature | 03/02/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  A pilot project last fall gave students in seven courses free access to VideoNote, an online service offering taped lectures. In one course that was tracked closely, students scored higher on their final on questions about topics they had reviewed online.
• Web site will link Latin American researchers with opportunities | Cornell Chronicle feature | 11/02/2009 Chronicle feature
  CienciAmérica (Science of the Americas), a new Web site where Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking scientists can interact, will be developed and hosted at Galileo University in Guatemala, with material collected and formatted at Cornell.
• Weeklong training helps CALS professors cope with others' tears and fears | Cornell Chronicle feature | 02/02/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  The leadership program, offered twice a year, is designed to enrich faculty members' understanding of their strengths and weaknesses as personal communicators, conflict managers, team builders and change leaders.
• Why do human populations differ? Fruit fly study aims to provide genetic answers | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/12/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Charles Aquadro, Cornell professor of molecular biology and genetics, was recently granted almost $700,000 in federal stimulus funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to continue this 20-year line of research.
• With $1.1 million from Sea Grant, Cornell to study PCBs, lake invaders and more | Cornell Chronicle feature | 05/07/2009 Chronicle feature
  New York Sea Grant has awarded research funding in 2009-10 to fiveCornell projects.
• With Fleming fellowship, researcher will study roots of Legionnaires' disease | Cornell Chronicle feature | 10/05/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Duane Hoch, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell studying bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease, has received the 2009 Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship from Cornell's Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology.
• With stimulus funds, Roald Hoffmann continues exploring novel chemical properties | Cornell Chronicle feature | 09/28/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  Roald Hoffmann has enjoyed near-uninterrupted NSF support over the past four decades. This year, he received an extra year tagged onto his regular three-year grant, thanks to federal stimulus funds.
• Yeh named assistant provost at Saudi Arabia's KAUST | Cornell Chronicle feature | 07/22/2009 Chronicle feature
  
  David S. Yeh, Cornell's assistant vice president for student and academic services, has been named assistant provost for academic programs and projects at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a new university in Saudi Arabia.
• New map of variation in maize genetics holds promise for developing new varieties | Cornell Chronicle Feature | 11/19/2009 Chronicle feature