Table of Contents VOL. 2 NO. 2, WINTER 2010
UPDATE
Recommitting to ideals, a period of great challenge
Nearly a decade into the 21st century and just a few short years away from Cornell's sesquicentennial in 2015, we will be reshaping Cornell for the challenges of contemporary times. Read more
THE ESSENTIALS
The Essentials
Remembering an eagle named Ithaca, ovary images as art, 'Romeo and Juliet' tagging, Ezra's homestead site and more. Read more
COVER STORY
NYC is an urban laboratory for many disciplines
The opportunities and experiences New York City affords for hundreds of Cornell students and faculty couldn't be replicated anywhere else. Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
WCMC brings research from bench to bedside
The Weill Cornell Clinical and Translational Science Center, founded in September 2007 with a $49 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, brings together researchers and clinicians from disparate disciplines to tackle pressing medical issues. Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
Campus to campus, five years down the road
One indicator of Cornell's growing relationship with New York City is the growing ridership on the Campus-to-Campus bus that has been making 14 round trips a week between Manhattan and Ithaca for the past five years. Read more
COVER STORY SIDEBAR
Cornell Wall Street enhances alumni connections
Instead of distancing itself from the financial crisis last year, Cornell embraced its alumni in the financial sector with a new program, Cornell Wall Street. Since May, CWS has been hosting networking events, seminars and more. Read more
VIEWPOINT
The Cooperative Extension that never sleeps
Cornell University Cooperative Extension (CUCE) has had offices in the Big Apple since 1959. But lately, its New York City footprint has been getting bigger. Ezra talked with Don Tobias, the CUCE-NYC's executive director, about what the organization accomplishes for New Yorkers and for Cornell. Read more
OUTREACH
Lab of O helps Lin create series on species loss
Two years ago, world-renowned artist Maya Lin, the creator of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., contacted the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library for help with an ambitious multi-site, multimedia project she was dreaming up. Read more
CAMPUS LIFE
Service learning takes students into the streets
Cornell's Public Service Center now provides mini-grants to faculty, enhances core university curricula and promotes the importance of scholarship in the field — service learning — by partnering with faculty to take the experience of the streets into the classroom. Read more
PEOPLE
Langer '70 saves lives with biomedical engineering
A lot of people are alive today because Bob Langer's parents gave him a Gilbert microscope set when he was 10 years old. Read more
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
Jamie Lloyd seeks clues on solar system's origin
Somewhere in the galaxy, a rocky, blue-green planet like Earth, teeming with oxygen, water and life, might be orbiting its own sun. Astronomy professor Jamie Lloyd wants to find it. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
A big boost from Helmsley Charitable Trust
A look at how hotel school students are benefitting from a $2 million scholarship gift from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Read more
WORTH SUPPORTING
Bethe House deanship endowed in Corson's name
Robert Harrison '76 recently committed $2 million to name the post of house professor-dean of Hans Bethe House for Dale R. Corson.
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ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Team to uncover ancient cities on Cyprus
A Cornell-Ithaca College team of interdisciplinary researchers will use 21st-century technology to study relationships among architecture, social interaction and social change in an early civilization on Cyprus. Read more
CORNELL BOOKS
Physicians, friendship, Dale Corson's legacy
The vital role of physicians in medical discovery ... memories of an outstanding teacher ... The Corson era documented ... history, music and poetry from Cornell scholars. Read more
BIG RED ATHLETICS
Where athletes have proudly worn their 'C'
From the River Thames to Madison Square Garden, the Big Red has played on fields of dreams for aspiring athletes and sporting fans for more than 100 years. Read more
CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Scholarships create opportunity
A year ago, in the pages of this magazine, we introduced you to a few Cornell students who were among the first to benefit from increased financial aid packages for qualified students. In this issue, we catch up with several of them. Read more
From The Publisher
At the center of this issue of Ezra is artist Jim Houghton's fanciful look at Cornell's physical footprint in New York City, which spans Manhattan Island and extends into the other four boroughs. Read more