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Crime spike and CU response discussed at forum

20 Nov 2009 15:09:25 PST

Cornell University Police Chief Kathy Zoner hosted a Nov. 19 forum in Robert Purcell Community Center aimed at addressing community concerns about a recent spike in crime near campus.

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Question #5 11/17/2009

16 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Written by Uncle Ezra
Cornell University Police Lt. David M. Honan has this answer for you: “If you would like to schedule a personal safety seminar, please feel free to contact the Cornell University Police Crime Prevention office at crime_prevention@cornell.edu or 607-255-7404.”

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Question #6 11/12/2009

11 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Written by Uncle Ezra
The best approach would be to contact the students who run StudPubs. StudPubs seeks to unite all the student-run publications at Cornell University into a larger community. Our hope is that through membership in StudPubs, each publication will be able to broaden its resources, both hum...

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Question #2 11/12/2009

11 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Written by Uncle Ezra
Obviously he had a secret, house-to-office tunnel—or so the campus conventional wisdom went—and the tunnel undoubtedly followed Fall Creek to somewhere around Garden Avenue—maybe the basement-level elevator in Space Sciences? Yes, that’s it!

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Maroon 5 to perform Sunday at Cornell

06 Nov 2009 21:17:46 PST

Press & Sun-Bulletin Maroon 5 will make Barton Hall at Cornell University the fourth stop of its multicity concert tour when it comes to Ithaca for a 7 pm concert Sunday. ... and more »

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Colleges feed economy by the millions

06 Nov 2009 21:05:47 PST

A new report outlines the local economic impact of Cornell University, ... Service vets to gather at Ithaca College on TuesdayIthaca Journal all 3 news articles »

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Cornell University news and blogs - November 21, 2009

21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Cornell University news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Question #9 11/12/2009 -- by Uncle Ezra from Dear Uncle Ezra - Latest Questions
• America's game? Try poker -- from Boston Globe
• Elmira native Smith to bring polar bear documentary to Ithaca -- from Ithaca Journal
• Scientist to speak on Biblical interpretations at SSU -- from Ironton Tribune
• Pa. folks: Cadets graduate from Mansfield University Police Officers' Training ... -- from Elmira Star-Gazette
• Women's Hockey Falls to #10 Cornell -- from RPI Athletics
• Indulging her passions for artists and politics -- from MiamiHerald.com
• Prized mushroom collection returns to China -- from The Associated Press
• China Recycling Energy Corp. Names Three Additional Independent Board Members ... -- from RedOrbit
• Significant Elements will hold lead paint workshop in Ithaca -- from Ithaca Journal

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Israeli politician to Cornell students: Stand up for Israel

04 Nov 2009 15:25:28 PST

and energy matters in Israel and overseas, spoke Tuesday to student groups at Cornell University, his third stop on a tour of Northeastern colleges. ... and more »

Original story at Ithaca Journal .

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Question #4 10/15/2009

14 Oct 2009 22:00:00 PDT

Written 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...

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Cornell’s Endowment Gains 2% in 1H 2009

21 Sep 2009 17:11:23 PDT

Written by Cornell's Most Infamous
Two new articles in the Cornell Daily Sun just came out dealing with the 2009 performance of the Cornell University Endowment: C.U. Investment Performance Rises By 6.2 Percent C.U. Endowment Begins Climb From 2008 Depths Joanne DeStefano, vice president for finance and CFO of the Universit...

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Cornell sues state, city over fire code

16 Jun 2009 23:46:03 PDT

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. ...

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Opinion: Two New Cloaking Devices Close In on True Invisibility

06 May 2009 14:45:24 PDT

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. ...

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Opinion: Question #1 4/2/2009

01 Apr 2009 22:00:00 PDT

Written 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?

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Question #15 2/5/2009

04 Feb 2009 21:00:00 PST

Written 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...

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How To: Changing Paper in the Canon iPF9000s or iPF8000s

16 Jan 2009 00:30:35 PST

Written 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

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Exhibition News: Icons of the Desert

31 Dec 2008 21:01:00 PST

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...

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

29 Dec 2008 06:25:46 PST

Written 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 —...

Original story at Chronicle of Higher Education .

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Opinion: Colleges and universities graded on fire safety

06 Nov 2008 12:53:00 PST

Written 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,...

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Opinion: Unigo’s Cornell Page

29 Oct 2008 17:02:26 PDT

Written 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.

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In Defense of Cornell Review’s Name

25 Sep 2008 16:20:40 PDT

Written 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...

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How To: Digitizing primary sources

14 Aug 2008 12:13:00 PDT

Written 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 ...

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

20 Aug 2007 19:17:37 PDT

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...

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John Jacob Barnhardt, Jr.

22 Jul 2007 04:28:41 PDT

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...

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Cornell police recover stolen statue from fraternity house - Ithaca Journal

29 Jun 2007 02:28:00 PDT

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. ...

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TV Review: Doctor Who - "Human Nature"

27 May 2007 10:12:50 PDT

Written 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...

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BU swimmers swept at Cornell - Press & Sun

30 Nov 2005 23:44:00 PST

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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