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New Building at WCMC Devotes Resources to Cancer Research
November 9th, 2009Excavation is underway and ahead of schedule for Weill Cornell Medical College’s new Medical Research Building, scheduled to be completed by July 2013. As part of the college’s “Discoveries that Make a Difference Campaign,” the building will feature a new Cancer Center and will focus on interdisciplinary research and collaboration between the Ithaca and New York campuses. Read More
College Newspaper Syndicator U-Wire Suspends Operation
November 9th, 2009As of Oct. 4, U-Wire — the college news syndicator that supplied its 850 member colleges and universities with access to one another’s institutional newspaper content — has been “indefinitely suspended,” according to a recent report in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Web requests for U-Wire.com return a “connection timed out” error. Read More
University Releases Reports From Academic Task Forces
November 6th, 2009The University is making public the 20 reports from the tasks forces that have recommended ways on how to restructure Cornell’s academic operations to cut costs, Provost Kent Fuchs will announce today. Read More
S.A. Votes to Reinstate Ken Glover at Ujamaa
November 6th, 2009From Vice President Olamide Williams’s ’10 State of the Multicultural Community address to a lengthy debate over Campus Life’s decision to reassign Ujamaa Residential Housing Director Ken Glover, Cornell’s multiculturalism became the focus of yesterday’s S.A. meeting. Read More
Alumni Gifts Increase Despite Poor Economy
November 6th, 2009It seems logical for people to donate less when their wallets are tight. Phillip Lyons, a high school economics teacher in Palo Alto, Calif., has been donating $100 to his alma master, UCLA, every year since graduation. However, things became different after the recession hit. Read More
Big Red Sign Finds Home in Ohio Museum
November 6th, 2009The Johnny’s Big Red Grill sign will not be illuminating Dryden Road in the near future. Last week, the sign traveled to its new home in the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, where sign enthusiasts and nostalgic Cornell alumni will be able to visit it after a lengthy restoration process. Read More
Kathy Zoner Tapped As Permanent Chief of CUPD
November 5th, 2009Kathy Zoner was sworn in yesterday as the chief of the Cornell University Police Department, becoming the first woman to hold the position since its inception. Zoner, who had served as the interim chief since May 20, was sworn in by retiring chief Curtis S. Ostrander at an impromptu ceremony at the Crash Fire Rescue building at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport. Read More
City of Ithaca Common Council Passes 2010 Budget
November 5th, 2009In the face of a $2.5 million budget shortfall, the Common Council passed a $58,431,727 budget for 2010 yesterday. Read More
Synchrotron Operators Take Stock of Old Equipment, Begin Replacements
November 5th, 2009Operators at the Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory are evaluating and replacing the old equipment that led to two small fires in the synchrotron’s main tunnel earlier this semester. The fires occurred in two small power supplies that provide energy for the synchrotron’s vacuum pumps. The damage done was minimal and localized, but it called attention to the aging machinery still used in parts of the synchrotron. The fires also brought up safety concerns about the accessibility of the tunnel in the event of an emergency. Read More
Cornell Mock Trial Team Earns Fourth Spot in National Ranking
November 5th, 2009With consistently stellar performances at regional competitions over the past three years, the University’s Mock Trial Organization was ranked 4th in the nation by the American Mock Trial Association. Read More