More than 50 freshmen and transfer students spent the week before Orientation painting, weeding and cleaning in community projects around Ithaca as part of Cornell's Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) program. (Aug. 17, 2007)
Technology Review magazine has named Assistant Professor Abraham Stroock '95 and Josh Bongard, a recent Cornell postdoctoral researcher, as 2007 Young Innovators under age 35. (Aug. 17, 2007)
Joycelyn R. Hart, associate vice president emerita for human relations and the first African-American woman in Cornell's senior administration, died Aug. 6 at her Ithaca home after a brief illness. (Aug. 17, 2007)
For undergraduates looking for the top program in engineering physics, Cornell is the best place to go, according to U.S. News and World Report. In overall rankings for 2008, Cornell tied for 12th best. (Aug. 17, 2007)
A self-described paleo-artist, John Gurche creates vivid sketches and paintings depicting prehistoric life. For the past several years, he has worked at PRI's Museum of the Earth as an artist-in-residence. (Aug. 16, 2007)
Ezra Cornell was deeply involved in the construction of the new campus and was known to hover over workers, to whom he offered 'sharp admonishments.' (Aug. 16, 2007)
Researchers at Cornell and elsewhere have determined that 97.9 percent of all white rice comes from a mutation in a single gene and that early farmers favored, bred and spread white rice around the world. (Aug. 16, 2007)
Molly Copeland has adopted an injured racehorse named Watchmon, with hopes of breeding him and donating the stud fees to a foundation that grants wishes for terminally ill children.
Thanks to a grant from the Center for Life Science Enterprise, 18 students served as summer interns through Entrepreneurship@Cornell, working at startup companies throughout New York state.
The Cornell-McGill Conference on Institutions and Entrepreneurship, July 22-24 at the Johnson School at Cornell, was the first academic gathering to examine how entrepreneurs are influenced by institutional challenges. (Aug. 16, 2007)
In a letter to the editor, alumnus Bob Boyajian urges the Cornell administration to be mindful of how the university's motto is interpreted. (Aug. 16, 2007)
