Alexander Atkind, a Cornell student who is alleged to have injured a dog in early March, has been indicted on a felony charge by a Tompkins County grand jury. (May 9, 2007)
A plateau on Mars known as Home Plate was likely the site of explosive volcanic activity, say scientists. And data collected by the rover Spirit also offers further evidence that water was once present at or beneath the planet's surface. (May 8, 2007)
Cornell physics faculty member Robert H. Lieberman goes home in his new film, 'Last Stop Kew Gardens,' a documentary about the Queens neighborhood where he grew up. (May 8, 2007)
Keith Johnson '56, former editor-in-chief of the Cornell Daily Sun and longtime writer for Time Inc., made a major gift to Cornell Library last fall to digitize the Sun's first 50 years of publication. (May 8, 2007)
'Shaping Science and Technology Policy,' co-edited by Daniel Sarewitz, Ph.D. '86,brings together emerging scholars to investigate current issues in science and technology policy. (May 8, 2007)
Self-described sustainability journalist Simran Sethi spoke during an April 27 campus visit on how to effectively convey information about climate change and environmental justice. (May 8, 2007)
Cornell's first Green Report, unveiled at a May 7 panel discussion on sustainability, outlines the university's ongoing efforts to reduce its environmental footprint. (May 7, 2007)
A new Cornell educational program, Partners in Animal Health, is offering state-of-the-art videos with 3-D animations on a variety of pet-care topics, including trimming a cat's claws and giving insulin to a diabetic cat.
The Cornell University Center for Documentation on American Law in Paris is an initiative of the Cornell Law School and the Cour de cassation, the highest court in the French judiciary. (May 7, 2007)
In New York state, women entrepreneurs still have trouble obtaining credit for small business, women lawyers are still paid less than men and domestic workers need more protection to get fair wages. (May 7, 2007)
Most lawns in New York already have enough phosphorus and don't need supplementation, especially if clippings are left on lawns, according to recent research by Marty Petrovic of Cornell. (May 7, 2007)
Even people who seemed resilient but were close to the World Trade Center on 9/11 have brains that are more reactive to emotional stimuli than those who were more than 200 miles away. The study is one of the first to look at the effects of trauma on the brains of healthy people. (May 6, 2007)
