Feb.14 was an ordinary day at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals: Ten emergency visits, 62 patients, a thoroughbred horse giving birth. All this went on while a snowstorm closed the rest of the university at 12:30 p.m. (Feb. 21, 2007)
The office, which opened Jan. 15, provides education and resource services to help promote safety and a high quality of life for students living off campus. (Feb. 21, 2007)
The seventh annual BR Ventures Business Idea Competition is accepting entries from students, faculty, staff and alumni through March 4. The winning idea will receive $10,000. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Global warming is threatening corals, reported Cornell's Drew Harvell at the AAAS meeting Feb. 18. But some corals can fight diseases as temperatures rise and may provide clues in how to protect other fragile coral reefs, she said. (Feb. 20, 2007)
A Cornell study using computer simulations has teased out how extinctions of freshwater fish can affect the availability of certain nutrients that other species rely on. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Playwright Christopher Durang will be among the participants in the symposium 'Wendy Wasserstein: An Uncommon Woman,' Feb. 23-25 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Chinese artist Wenda Gu, the creator of two major installations now on display at Cornell, will participate in a lecture and symposium on his work at the Johnson Museum in early March. (Feb. 20, 2007)
An interactive family forum on global warming and a series of hands-on science activities for children and families were featured at Ithaca's Sciencenter Feb. 17. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Novelist, blogger and electronica musician, J. Robert Lennon is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program who 'understands the student mentality.' (Feb. 20, 2007)
Associate Professor Amy Villarejo spoke on 'TV Time, or Thughts on TV' at the Society for the Humanities annual invitational lecture Feb. 15. (Feb. 20, 2007)
