October 30, 2014                                                                                                Vol. 17, No. 6
In This Issue

Engineering news

 

With smartphones ubiquitous, learn how this technology holds your life together with "The Computing Technology Inside Your Smartphone," taught by David Albonesi, professor of electrical and computer engineering.

 

 

 

A spin-off from research aimed at improving the performance of the Internet will give Cornell researchers a faster way to transfer large files between the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) in New York City, starting with massive files of genomics data.

 

 

Deans Boor, Collins, Knuth reappointed to second terms

Three deans have been reappointed to second five-year terms, Cornell Provost Kent Fuchs announced Oct. 17. Dean Collins has been reappointed for five more years.  Read more. 

Lena Kourkoutis wins Packard Fellowship
Lena Kourkoutis, assistant professor of applied and engineering physics, has received a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Read more. 
Snavely gets tenure 

The Cornell University Board of Trustees has elected Noah Snavely

of the Department of Computer Science, as Associate Professor with indefinite tenure, effective November 1, 2014. 
Awards and honors  
Cindy Reinhart-King has been elected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the national Biomedical Engineering Society from 2014-2017. She will serve on the Board as one of twelve directors to help shape the future direction of the Society, which is the primary professional society for the biomedical engineering discipline. This election is recognition of her leadership abilities and her dedication to the continued development of biomedical engineering.    

Hakim Weatherspoon was selected as a Kavli Frontiers Fellow, National Academy of Sciences. He presented at the Kavli Frontiers of Science 16th U.S.-China National Academy of Sciences symposium in Beijing on October 11, 2014.

 

Thorsten Joachims presented a keynote talk at the Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) conference, raising the question of how NLP systems could learn from the observable choices that people make when they use language-based systems.

 

Tracey Brant earned the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coach Federation. All ICF Credential-holders complete rigorous education and practice requirements, providing testimony to their commitment to excellence in coaching. 
 
Beth Howland
and Melissa Bazley, both Associate Directors in Engineering Advising presented  "Identifying and Supporting Students in Distress: Advisors as Campus Collaborators" on October 10th in Minneapolis, MN at the annual conference for the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).
  

Beth Howland named new Director of Advising 

Beth Howland has agreed to be our Director of Advising beginning January 2, 2015. Beth has been Associate Director of Advising since 2008 and brings a wealth of student development experience to the Director's position. She has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Sport Psychology from Ithaca College and has worked in many areas of student services, including admissions, advising, and career development. She has served as an Assistant Director for Student Development for the Robertson Scholars Program and a Pre-Major Advisor at Duke University, and as an Academic Advisor for student-athletes at Duke, Tulane and Cornell where she gained experience in recruitment and selection and counseled students on both academic and non-academic factors influencing their overall performance and future goals. Beth brings a deep understanding of our students, the curriculum, the College, and Cornell to the position and we are grateful she has accepted this new challenge.     

Graduate students needed for Spring workshop

The Cornell Library and Graduate School are co-sponsoring a workshop this spring on "Becoming More Productive." Graduate students are needed to participate. Students in any field willing to share with newer grads your workflow strategy-how you gather, store, organize and synthesize all your information and data for research and teaching.  All that is needed to participate is an informal 10 minute presentation as part of a panel of fellow students.  Participants will gain valuable presentation experience as part of the Grad School's Professional Development Series and a Manndible or LibeCafe gift card. Interested individuals should contact Jill Wilson  

Knit2gether Cornell

Based on the highly successful Wellness workshop Knitting for Calmness, the group Knit2gether was created. Open to the Cornell Community, join one or all the knitting sessions. Bring your project, learn to knit, or work on a charity project (listed on the website below). This group meets every two weeks at varying locations around campus. Contact Beth McKinney, [email protected] or visit the website for questions or if you would like to host a knitting location.