December 2005
Bottoms up! Glass shapes influence how much we drink, Cornell study finds: The shorter and wider the glass, the more liquor we pour
When pouring liquor, people -- including professional bartenders -- unintentionally pour 20 to 30 percent more into short, squat glasses than into tall, thin ones, according to a new study at Cornell University. (Dec. 23, 2005)
First female assistant director of CUPD, Kathy Zoner
Captain Kathy Zoner is the new assistant director of Cornell University Police. (Dec. 20, 2005)
New professorship named for Cornell student who died in the Pan Am 103 Lockerbie bombing
Seventeen years after Pan American Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, a communication professorship at Cornell University will be named to honor Kenneth J. Bissett, a Cornell student who died in the bombing. (Dec. 20, 2005)
Search for the ivory-billed woodpecker begins this year in Arkansas
With the arrival of volunteer searchers, the 2005-2006 Ivory-billed Woodpecker Research Project is now fully staffed and going full steam ahead. (Dec. 12, 2005)
Cornell University Police will vigorously enforce drunk-driving laws during holiday season
Cornell University Police have an important message this holiday season: If you drink and drive, you lose. As a drinking driver, you can lose your license; you can lose a lot of money to fines and legal fees -- and you could lose your life or cost the life of another. (Dec. 8, 2005)
Pianist and Cornell Professor Malcolm Bilson releases 'Knowing the Score' DVD to help revolutionize the reading and performance of classical music
A new, instructive DVD, "Knowing the Score," for music performers, musical scholars and lovers of music, by Cornell Professor Malcolm Bilson, shows that there is far more information in classical music scores than meets the eye. (Dec. 6, 2005)
Cornell researcher helps lead $2 million project to prevent Listeria contamination in ready-to-eat foods
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $2 million grant to Cornell University, Colorado State University and the University of Nebraska to examine ways to control the deadly foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. (Dec. 6, 2005)
Cornell trustee executive committee meets in New York City this week
The Executive Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets Thursday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., New York City.- (Dec. 5, 2005)
New, faster computer network expands through New York and New England
Cornell University is the focal point of a new organization that will enable educational institutions in New York state and New England to connect to and support a new, high-bandwidth computer network.= (Dec. 1, 2005)
Biofortified, iron-rich rice improves the nutrition of women, study by Cornell researcher shows for the first time
Plant breeding can boost the level of micronutrients in rice and improve the nutritional status of people who eat the grains by as much as 20 percent, according to Cornell University-led research reported in The Journal of Nutrition (December 2005). (Dec. 1, 2005)