| In Their Back Yards BY GLENN SCHERER Engineering students get hands-on experience in environmental consulting as they work with Ithaca homeowners to understand local trichloroethylene contamination and remediation.
Maintaining Mobility  BY MELANIE BUSH Maintaining MobilityStudents work with local seniors designing better walkers to help the elderly maintain their mobility and independence. Innovators and Entrepreneurs  BY JAY WROLSTAD Graduate students from the College of Engineering and the Johnson Graduate School of Management team up to help companies make smart choices in new markets and new technologies. University-Industry Research Partnerships (pdf)
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| News Who says there’s no such thing as a free launch? Also in the news: updating the sundial, renaming a school, showcasing BOOM, developing a simple, inexpensive HIV test, teaching in a virtual world, and welcoming a new face in alumni affairs. People  Cornell boasts the 2006 New York State Professor of the Year. Plus: awards, grants, honors, outreach, diversity, holding hands and having an impact, and a peek at what students see under the microscope. Hometown Hero  Would you be surprised to learn that Teach for America is one of the top 10 employers of Cornell grads? Meet Will Keim ’04 EP, who is teaching in Oakland, Calif., and find out why. |