Panelists discuss Kenya's tribal warfare, politics and elections in a forum in conjunction with Heal Kenya, a campaign at Cornell to raise money to help Kenyans displaced by ethnic violence. (April 2, 2008)
Cornell's Big Red Relief will host a panel discussion of experts about Iraqi refugees on April 8 and a benefit concert April 11 in Bailey Hall to aid those refugees.
Feline Follies, a charity cat show event, will include contests, activities and adoptions as well as lectures on cat health and behavior in the atrium of the Veterinary Education Center.
New Orleans native Byron Suber, a senior lecturer in dance at Cornell, brought his 'Spoglia' dance production to his hometown March 21 for an outdoor performance. (April 2, 2008)
Cornell has been awarded a $26.8 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project, a broad-based global partnership to combat stem rust, a deadly wheat disease that poses a serious threat to global food security. (April 2, 2008)
After decades of relative quiet, black stem rust fungus has emerged again in a virulent new form for which 90 percent of the world's wheat varieties have no resistance. (April 2, 2008)
Cornell faculty member Grant Farred related his lifelong love for the Liverpool Football Club and read from his recent memoir 'Long Distance Love' at the Cornell Store March 28. (April 1, 2008)
Solving the world's energy problems isn't just about research into new technologies, and neither is Cornell research on sustainability, a group of experts told Cornell engineering alumni.
A panel of five Cornell professors and administrators talked on the topic 'American's Original Sin: Obama, Race, Religion and Politics' before several hundred people in Sage Chapel on March 27. (April 1, 2008)
On March 30, Jewish and African-American students ate dinner together and talked about religion and culture at Ithaca's St. James AME Zion Church as part of the 'Breaking Bread' diversity series.
