The magical and magnificent men's basketball season ended with today's loss to Stanford University, 77-53, in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the Honda Center.
The center, chosen as Cornell's sustainability commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, will coordinate its research to develop practical solutions to the world's sustainability problems.
Today, the Big Red faces the Cardinal of Stanford at about 5 p.m. EDT on CBS. This NCAA experience is about learning to cope under a social microscope, smiling under pressure and acknowledging cheers, and the team is savoring it all.
Using the NCAA tournament brackets, InsideHigherEd has added a twist by adapting the NCAA's own Academic Progress Rate criteria for each of the 64 teams. Reaching the final four: Cornell, Davidson, Belmont and the University of North Carolina.
When Cornell and Stanford play in the NCAA tournament March 20, it will fan a rivalry that goes far beyond the basketball court, says Cornell's Mort Sosna, who has worked at both universities.
Women still comprise less than 15 percent of the total board director and executive officer positions in the 100 largest public companies headquartered in the state, according to the study. (March 19, 2008)
Thanks to innovative research by Cornell's Anil Netravali, Comet Skateboards is making completely biodegradable boards. The company has since moved its manufacturing operation to Ithaca. (March 19, 2008)
The Eco-Fashion Team from Cornell's Office of Publications and Marketing has won prizes in this year's Green T Reuse Design Contest, an Ithaca-based project of SewGreen. (March 19, 2008)
Matthew DeLisa, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received the inaugural Daniel I.C. Wang Award, sponsored by John Wiley & Sons Inc. and by the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (March 19, 2008)
Donald L. Downing, professor emeritus at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., died Feb. 29. He helped start Cornell's enology extension program and the New York State Food Venture Center. (March 19, 2008)
State weather watchers are looking for amateur weather buffs to measure and record the daily precipitation that falls in their backyards. Training for volunteers will be held March 29 at Cornell. (March 18, 2008)
