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Rate Question #1 10/22/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Oct 21

By Uncle Ezra You may also find answers to your questions during this new event. Test your fear on he History Center's Haunted History Tour of Downtown Ithaca. The tour is guided walking tour which takes approximately one hour, featuring tales touching upon many important events in the City such as the I...

Rate Question #10 10/20/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Mon, Oct 19

By Uncle Ezra The Cornell Campus Club has been a lively organization for women of the Cornell University community for over one hundred years. The Club encourages the social and educational interests of women and of the University in general, welcomes campus newcomers, and promotes greater underst...

Rate Question #4 10/15/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Oct 14

By Uncle Ezra “The Campus Planning Office is undertaking a comprehensive review of signage standards for campus, and using the West Campus House System as a pilot project to test an alternative signage system. There have been enough changes since the last campus signage guidelines were adopted (e.g. e...

Rate Question #11 10/13/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Mon, Oct 12

By Uncle Ezra Dear Uncle Ezra, Im a student at Cornell University who would like to see his college application from when he originally applied (mainly because Im curious about seeing my essay and I restored my computer recently and the essay got lost in the process). I was wondering if Cornell still kep...

Year 2009

 

Rate Univ. Creates $50K Fund to Aid Open-Access Publishing

Original at Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun external link    Wed, Sep 30

By Yi-Ke Peng In an effort to allow greater access to research, Cornell University Library and the Office of the Provost announced on Sept. 1 that they have established a $50,000 fund to help Cornell faculty and student researchers pay publication fees for open-access journals.

Rate Ithaca College To Offer An Evening Of Repertory Dance

Original at Ithaca College external link    Wed, Sep 30

By Susan Monagan ITHACA, NY — Choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland and her dance company will perform “Chapters, an Evening of Repertory” at Ithaca College on Saturday, Oct. 10. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hoerner Theatre in Dillingham Center. There is no charge, but a donation of $10 is suggest...

Rate Question #1 9/29/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Mon, Sep 28

By Uncle Ezra Dear Sage Bound, A Cornell connection is necessary and includes: Student or Alumni, (having earned an undergraduate or graduate degrees from Cornell University), Faculty, Staff or Trustee, Children of Alumni, Faculty, Staff or Trustee

Rate Litigation Plagues New WCMC Bldg.

Original at Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun external link    Thu, Sep 24

By Alexei Adan 1240 First Avenue LLC constructed a building in New York City located on 400 East 67th St. that hosts commercial space in addition to luxury residential condominiums. A total of 25,000 square feet of space within the building was rented by Weill Cornell Medical College, split between the s...

Rate Warren J. Schor dies of Swine Flu

Original at Cornell external link    Sun, Sep 13

By Cornell's Most Infamous Warren J. Schor died of complications from H1N1 swine flu at Cayuga Medical Center on September 11, 2009. The sophomore was attending Cornell University to study economics and management in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Schor was hospitalized since September 3rd after be...

Rate Cornell sues state, city over fire code

Original at Ithaca Journal external link    Tue, Jun 16

 NY By Krisy Gashler • kgashler@gannett.com • Staff Writer • June 17, 2009 In a case that could have statewide implications, Cornell University is suing New York state and the City of Ithaca over their enforcement of new fire safety building codes. ...

Rate Trumansburg/Ulysses youth will work for the community

Original at Ithaca Journal external link    Mon, Jun 15

 NY Isacks attended Cornell University and graduated from the New York Chiropractic College, and attained a master of science degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. He practices in Trumansburg, where he specializes in pain management, fertility, ...

Rate Gas drilling information available on Web

Original at Ithaca Journal external link    Tue, Jun 9

 NY At Cornell University, the Community & Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) has assembled resources to help landowners through the maze of issues surrounding gas leasing. Another resource of gas leasing information has been assembled by the New York ...

Rate Cornell to host workshop on wind power

Original at Ithaca Journal external link    Tue, Jun 9

 NY Cornell University will host “Large-Scale Wind-Generated Power,” a scientific workshop on gathering wind energy Friday and Saturday at Hollister and Kimball Halls on the Cornell campus. The workshop will explore the issues and obstacles to the 20 ...

Rate Question #4 5/14/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, May 13

By Uncle Ezra Im trying to determine if Cornell University ever had a Varsity Rifle Team, or any related team of that type. The specific years I am interested in would be the mid 1970s. Might there have been a club team for this activity? Page 6 of the February 26, 1970 Cornell Chronicle shows members of the

Rate Opinion: Two New Cloaking Devices Close In on True Invisibility

Original at National Geographic external link    Wed, May 6

AMCtv.com  DC - Richard A. Lovett The other team, led by Michal Lipson at Cornell University, achieved the same effect by covering their material's surface with tiny pillars also designed to bend light. The Cornell group's paper is currently under review by Nature Photonics. ...

Rate Opinion: PIMCO Announces Promotions - PR-USA.net

Original at pr-usa.net external link    Mon, Apr 13

PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria He has 21 years of legal experience and holds a JD from the Fordham University School of Law, where he was senior articles editor on the law review, and has an undergraduate degree from Cornell University. He was admitted to the bar in New York and ...

Rate Opinion: Question #1 4/2/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Apr 1

By Uncle Ezra While Im at it. I think Cornell should start something new called a REVERSE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, where the employee gets to review their supervisor once a year. That would be just as fair as having it the other way around. I mean, who knows a supervisor better than their employees?

Rate Question #10 3/26/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Mar 25

By Uncle Ezra Most historians consider the “Ezra Cornell home” to be the house at Forest Park, the 300-acre cattle farm the Founder gave as the site for Cornell University.  The house, originally built in 1839 for the pioneering Ithacan, Simeon DeWitt, stood northeast of today’s Stewart Avenue-Camp...

Rate Opinion: Kehoe approaches Cornell

Original at Orillia Packet & Times external link    Wed, Mar 25

A letter beseeching Cornell University to come to the aid the 137- year-old Orillia Farmers' Market has been referred to the university's legal department for review. "All we have right now is a person from your area sending a letter to Cornell. ...

Rate Question #15 2/10/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Mon, Feb 9

By Uncle Ezra Im in the midst of researching Willis H. Carrier, the inventor of air conditioning and a 1901 graduate of Cornell University. Thus far, Ive encountered a discrepancy in Carriers field of study. Some sources say he graduated from Cornell with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, while othe...

Rate Question #15 2/5/2009

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Feb 4

By Uncle Ezra Your Uncle took this serious issue to Cornell’s nationally recognized expert on the legal and ethical aspects of computing.  Tracy Mitrano is the University’s Director of IT Policy in the Office of Information Technologies, as well as a lawyer  and a member of the Information Science fa...

Rate How To: Changing Paper in the Canon iPF9000s or iPF8000sVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Jan 16

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By rss@youtube.com (SPiDERDAWGcom) Author: SPiDERDAWGcom Keywords: Mann Library Cornell University Stone Computing Center Jeff Diver Joe D'Angelo Canon ipf8000s Canon Canon ipf9000s changing plotter paper plotter help plotter Added: January 16, 2009

Rate Opinion: The end of the world

Original at Reno News & Review external link    Thu, Jan 15

Reno News & Review, NV - She loves to teach, and she loves the university and its students. She did her graduate studies at Cornell University and her undergraduate work at Stanford ...

Rate Light Used to Trap, Move DNA

Original at Medgadget.com external link    Tue, Jan 6

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By Michael From the National Science Foundation: Light has been used to manipulate cells and even nanoscale objects before, but the new technique allows researchers to manipulate the particles more precisely and over longer distances. Press release: Nano "Tractor Beam" Traps DNA ...

Rate Exhibition News: Icons of the Desert

Original at homepage.mac.com external link    Wed, Dec 31

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Roger Benjamin, guest curator, Research Professor in Art History and Actus Foundation Lecturer in Aboriginal Art, Power Institute Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, University of Sydney Fred Myers, Silver Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, New York Universit...

Rate Opinion: MLA 2008: Politics in the Classroom, Stanley Fish-Style

Original at Chronicle of Higher Education external link    Mon, Dec 29

By Liz McMillen Mr. Culler, a professor of English and comparative literature at Cornell University, compared Mr. Fish to other public intellectuals and said that he had pioneered a different role, as a provocateur. Mr. Fish seems to view the classroom as a realm of provocation as well, Mr. Culler observed —...

Rate Question #10 11/20/2008

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Nov 19

By Uncle Ezra The Cornell Chronicle  (updated daily at http://www.news.cornell.edu/ and printed on Fridays when classes are in session) is what independent journalists call a “house organ” (no, it’s not the spleen) of Cornell University.  Its publisher is the University’s vice president for commun...

Rate Opinion: Colleges and universities graded on fire safety

Original at Consumer Reports external link    Thu, Nov 6

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By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) Schools that earned a top score of 99 this year are: Adelphi University, Bay Path College, Bentley College, California State University at Stanislaus, Cazenovia College, College of Mount St. Joseph, Kean University, Mountain State University, Neumann College, Suffolk University,...

Rate Opinion: Unigo’s Cornell Page

Original at Cornell external link    Wed, Oct 29

By Cornell's Most Infamous I just got introduced to Unigo, a resource for University planning, and thought I’d at least drop a quick note about it. It’s essentially a guide to Colleges & Universities, ala the US News or Princeton Review yearly College Rankings. Except, it’s free, and built by volunteers.

Rate Born in the Bronx: The Cornell University Hip-Hop Conference

Original at NewBlackMan external link    Tue, Oct 28

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By noreply@blogger.com (MAN) Cornell University Hosts Hip Hop Conference and Celebration Celebrating Hip Hop History October 31 - November 1, 2008 Scholars, faculty and students present recent research on hip hop. 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. Teaching Hip Hop: A Lecture and Discussion

Rate Question #3 10/23/2008

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Oct 22

By Uncle Ezra The 1929 “Cornellian” yearbook has at least three photos of your dad (who was business manager of the humor magazine, The Cornell Widow) but no mention of the Carlsark.  That is not surprising, since the yearbook went to press before the Carlsark left Ithaca on June 30, 1929, to sail up Cayu...

Rate In Defense of Cornell Review’s Name

Original at Cornell external link    Thu, Sep 25

By Cornell's Most Infamous “These reapers of racial rage seclude themselves inside their ethnic ghettos (be it [program houses] Ujamaa, Latino Living Center, or Akwe;kon.” This would be just another matter of one group of students annoyed with another group of student if not for statements from the Cornell Unive...

Rate Opinion: Ringgold's Schartner commits to New Jersey Institute

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Sep 6

 PA - Other colleges that expressed interest in Schartner were Boston University, Manhattan College, Cornell University and Washington & Jefferson College. ...

Rate How To: Digitizing primary sources

Original at EdTech Update external link    Thu, Aug 14

By Jim Dornberg Digital Imaging Tutorial, by Cornell University Department of Preservation and Collections Maintenance. • www.solinet.net —The Southeastern Library Network offers training in digital imaging, copyright, digital preservation, and other ...

Year 2007

 

Rate Question #10 8/23/2007

Original at Dear Uncle Ezra external link    Wed, Aug 22

By Uncle Ezra Dear International Student, There are two possibilities that I can think of.  One is to contact the Cornell Transportation Office to find out what might be the cheapest option on campus.  Be sure to let them know where you will be living.

Rate Opinion: It's Opposite Day! Cornell "Hottest" and "Worst"

Original at IvyGate external link    Mon, Aug 20

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Noting that "identifying America's best colleges is about as exciting and useful as naming your favorite luxury sedan (Audi)," Radar breaks out their Back-to-School "Worst Colleges in America" list.  Naturally, the only Ivy to meet Radar's rigorous low standards is "America's Best S...

Rate Hottest Colleges In America Ranked - KCCI.com

Original at KCCI.com external link    Tue, Aug 14

Hottest Colleges In America Ranked  IA - Aug 14, 2007 Hottest Ivy League School: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY For its world-class engineering college and top-flight liberal arts program, Cornell University ...

Rate John Jacob Barnhardt, Jr.

Original at Hilton Head Island Packet external link    Sun, Jul 22

John J. Barnhardt, Jr. John Jacob Barnhardt, Jr., was born in Concord, North Carolina on June 19, 1921, the son of John J. and Helen Matthews Barnhardt. He attended Woodberry Forest School, graduating first in his class in 1938. He enrolled at Davidson College but transferred to Cornell Univer...

Rate Nursing Home Abuse & Violence Among Residents Common, Yet Severely Understudied

Original at Newsinferno.com external link    Thu, Jul 12

By Laurie Physical abuse in a nursing home is not always perpetrated by staff. According to a Cornell University Study, resident-on-resident violence in long-term-care facilities is far more prevalent than previously thought. But the authors of the study concede that they really don’t know how...

Rate Tim Giago: "State of the Native Nations" According to Harvard

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Jul 5

By Tim Giago Founded by Professor Stephen Cornell and Professor Joseph P. Kalt at Harvard University in 1987, The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development has taken a wide range of its research, with comments from prominent members of the Indian community,...

Rate Cornell police recover stolen statue from fraternity house - Ithaca Journal

Original at Ithaca Journal external link    Fri, Jun 29

Cornell police recover stolen statue from fraternity house  NY - ITHACA — Cornell University Police have recovered a 350-pound statue valued between $5000 and $20000 which was taken from Sibley Hall over the weekend. ...

Rate TV Review: Doctor Who - "Human Nature"

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, May 27

By Matthew Milam If the BBC reads BC Magazine, then here's my advice to them: I would strongly recommend that you hire Paul Cornell to be head writer and executive producer of the series after Russie leaves. I know this is a dream and quite impossible. If not Cornell, then take Steven Moffat. These two with Gare...

Rate MommyBias in the Workplace--Cornell Sociologists Say It's Real. Surprised?

Original at BlogHer external link    Mon, May 21

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What's a working mom to do? According to the folks at Our Bodies Our Blog women do have the option to join MomsRising.org -an organization that advocates for changes in public policy. In that Washington Post article St. George reports,

Rate Top grades lead Lourdes swimmer to Ivy League

Original at Poughkeepsie Journal external link    Sun, Apr 29

Kim Levine doesn't mince words when it comes to academics and swimming. They've been the priority in her life for at least the last four years, and it is paying off handsomely. Levine, a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, has been accepted to Cornell University, an Ivy...

Rate Do I Make You Offended Baby, Do I? -- The Snorenell Edition

Original at Sepia Mutiny external link    Tue, Apr 24

By anna An "anonymous" tipster [Thanks, gf.] passed on a link to the Cornell American, which seems to be a free newspaper available on campus up there in gorge-us Ithaca. Apparently, it is a publication so desirable, you are limited to one copy per person, but I'm keeping you from the relevant backg...

Rate Cornell Student Hates "West Bushwick"

Original at Gawker external link    Thu, Mar 8

It's a familiar tale: College student arrives in New York, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and finds everything's not the way she pictured it from The Devil Wears Prada or what have you. Today's installment of that story comes courtesy of the Cornell Daily Sun, whose columnist paid a visit...

Rate Keeping Track

Original at Poughkeepsie Journal external link    Tue, Feb 20

Staatsburg's Alison Spivak netted the Empire 8 Indoor Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Week honor after qualifying for the ECACs and state championship meets in the pole vault at the Upstate Challenge hosted by Cornell University. The junior at Ithaca qualified for the two meets...

Rate Rewilding America

Original at Scientific American external link    Fri, Jan 26

In the fall of 2004, a dozen conservation biologists gathered on a ranch in New Mexico to ponder a bold plan: the reintroduction of large mammals such as camels, elephants, and cheetahs to the western part of the U.S. Although most of North America's big animals died out roughly 13,000 years...

Year 2006

 

Rate Event Detail :: Cornell Alumni Association of N. California

Original at www.cornellnorcal.com external link    Wed, Jan 18

Event Detail Cornell Goes to the Sharks!Mar 19, 2006 5:00pm – 8:00pmHP Pavilion, San JoseAdd Event to Outlook or Palm (vCal) or Macintosh OS X iCal (iCal). New Need/Have Ride to EventCome join fellow Cornell hockey fans as we cheer on the Sharks! The team in teal takes on Western Division...

Year 2005

 

Rate BU swimmers swept at Cornell - Press & Sun

Original at Press & Sun-Bulletin external link    Wed, Nov 30

BU swimmers swept at Cornell Both the Binghamton University men's and women's swimming teams came up on the losing end Wednesday in dual meets at Cornell University. ... Cornell Swimming Squads Play Host to Binghamton CSTV.com Swimming Squads Play Host to Binghamton Cornell Daily Sun

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