Members of the Cornell faculty are invited to nominate candidates to serve as A.D. White Professors-at-Large. The deadline for preproposal nominations is Dec. 1 and for full proposals, March 1, 2008. (Oct. 29, 2007)
The European Union has much stricter controls on the release of GM foods than does the U.S., and EU-member states have almost always voted against GM crops, Harry Kuiper said in an Oct. 16 interview. (Oct. 26, 2007)
Launched in 2003, EzraNet is a long-term initiative to upgrade Cornell's data network to better support such high-bandwidth technologies as video conferencing, virtual reality and data modeling. (Oct. 26, 2007)
Cornell's Livestock Pavilion was transformed into an authentic hoedown, Oct. 17, as the Meinig family hosted a square dance and barbecue dinner for the Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars. (Oct. 26, 2007)
Ben Scott-Killian '09, summer co-manager of Cornell's student-run organic farm, uses photography to help sustain a sustainable mindset. (Oct. 26, 2007)
Ten professors received awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, administered by Entrepreneurship@Cornell, to extend their capacity to work with students. (Oct. 25, 2007)
Cornell President David Skorton visited Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, for the Oct. 21 groundbreaking ceremonies for the nation's first independent, international graduate-level research university. (Oct. 25, 2007)
Weill Cornell researchers have targeted a protein they believe is responsible for leptospirosis, a bacterial disease which infects a half-million people and leads to the death of up to 100,000 annually.
Drs. Beatrix and David Hamburg are the recipients of the 2007 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health from the Institute of Medicine. (Oct. 25, 2007)
Emin Gun Sirer, Cornell associate professor of computer science, chosen from hundreds of nominations for doing 'the most creative and important research in the country.' (Oct. 25, 2007)
