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President David Skorton, named a master of the American College of Cardiology.
Paul Salvatore '81, JD '84, and Eileen McManus Walker '76, MBA '78, elected by alumni to the Board of Trustees. Government major Asa Craig '11 won the race for student-elected trustee.
William Trochim, professor of policy analysis and management, recipient of a $2.3 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a Web-based system to evaluate education programs in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Fiber science and apparel design major Heber Sanchez '09, winner of a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship for creating a fashion line that uses recycled garments and organic textiles.
Astronomy professor Joe Burns, named an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Astronomical Society.
Third-year law student Michael Zuckerman '06, winner of two national awards and second place in an international competition, for his paper "The Offshoring of American Government."
Professors Thomas Burr (enology and viticulture), Richard Durrett (mathematics), Dexter Kozen, PhD '77 (computer science), Sally McConnell-Ginet (linguistics emerita), and John Schimenti (genetics), named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Eowyn Connolly-Brown '10, Michael Grundler '10, Stephen Linderman '10, and Aman Prasad '10, winners of Goldwater Scholarships, which support study in math, engineering, and the natural sciences.
Ellie Emery '10, named a Truman Scholar. The award, given to students who plan careers in public service, provides $30,000 toward graduate study.
Former CAM intern Sana Krasikov '01, winner of the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her debut short story collection, One More Year.
Professors Daniel Cosley (information science), Lara Estroff (materials science), and Maxim Perelstein (physics), each given Early Career Development Awards of $400,000 or more by the National Science Foundation.
Professors Peng Chen (chemistry), Liam McAllister (physics), and Adam Siepel '94 (computational biology), named Sloan Foundation research fellows.
Chemistry professors Garnet Chan, Paul Chirik, Geoffrey Coates, and Roald Hoffman, all recently honored with awards from the American Chemical Society.
MOSAIC, a student-run support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people of color, winner of the Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding.
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Materials science professor Ulrich Wiesner and former grad student Hooisweng Ow, PhD '05, have created Cornell dots, nanoparticles that "light up" malignant tumors so surgeons can locate and remove them. The technology can also reveal a tumor's blood vessels, treatment response, and metastasis.
Cotton candy has inspired a way to supply blood to artificial tissues. A polymer is poured over the crystalline sugar, which is subsequently dissolved, creating a web of channels where blood can flow. The work by Cornell medical researchers and engineers was reported in Soft Matter.
Women tend to avoid math-intensive fields not because they lack the applicable skills, but because they value other careers that offer more flexibility to raise children, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. Human development professors Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams also found that women are more likely to drop out of scientific fields because of the demands of parenting.
Scientists at Cornell and the University of Bonn have isolated and purified mouse heart stem cells—proving that the cells do exist. The findings, to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could lead to ways to grow new cells after a heart attack.
Advances in miniature sensors, tracking tags, ocean observing systems, and computer models are giving marine conservationists a better look at the conditions contributing to the decline of fish populations. According to an article in Oceanography by professor Charles Greene, the technologies make it easier to recommend strategies to address the problem.