The attacks on affirmative action over the last decade have not stopped a prestigious New York Ivy League institution from offering a popular educational program geared towards professionals already working in the affirmative action arena.

For more than 20 years, the New York City campus of Cornell Universitys School of Industrial and Labor Relations has granted a certificate in affirmative action to individuals who deal with the legal and policy intricacies of affirmative action on a daily basis.

Between 50 and 60 students — most of whom are lawyers, consultants, human resources personnel and affirmative action and diversity officers at their respective colleges and universities — enroll in the required six workshops each year, where they take courses like, Strategic Diversity Recruiting and The Law of EEO.

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ITHACA — Katie Adams was about 20 and traveling with her parents in Kenya when, despite being careful, she had a severe food allergy reaction, with painful stomach and uterine cramps and difficulty breathing.

Shes allergic to peanuts. In retrospect, she figured she ate too many chapatis, crackers that were probably made of lentil flour. Lentils, like peanuts, are legumes.

To help people like Adams, now 39, researchers at Cornell University in tandem with the University of California, Davis, are seeking 70 people age 18 and over with severe food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish to participate in a study on severe food allergies. Food allergies affect almost 7 million Americans.

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President George W. Bush today announced that he has named nine individuals to serve in his Administration:

The President has named J. Michael Farren to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President. Mr. Farren recently served as Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Xerox Corporation. Prior to this, he served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Earlier in his career, he served as Deputy Campaign Manager for the Bush-Quayle Re-election Committee and Deputy Director of President George H.W. Bushs Transition Team. Mr. Farren received his bachelors degree from Fairfield University, his masters degree from Trinity College, and his JD from the University of Connecticut.

The President has named William Burck to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Special Counsel to the President. Mr. Burck recently served as Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary at the White House. Earlier in his career, he served as Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York and as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Burck received his bachelors degree from Yale University and his JD from Yale Law School.

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STUDENT numbers at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) continues to grow and has touched 148. The college was established in 2001 in Education City by Qatar Foundation and US-based Cornell University.

In all, 27 countries are represented in the student body, which includes 26 Qataris, an official told Gulf Times yesterday.

WCMC-Q offers a six-year integrated programme of study, comprising a two-year pre-medical course, followed by the four-year medical programme, leading to the Cornell University MD degree.

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