Students reap rewards in annual business contests

Winners of the Big Idea Competition, the Student Business of the Year award and the Cornell Venture Challenge were announced during the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration, April 10-11.

Ithaca High School wins Cornell programming contest

Teams from Ithaca High School took first and third place in the first high school programming contest hosted by Cornell's Computer Science Department.

Ninth AguaClara water plant in Honduras opens

With the inauguration of another student-designed AguaClara water treatment plant in Honduras, 36,000 Hondurans and counting have access to clean water.

Astronaut credits programs with helping her soar

Astronaut Mae Jemison, M.D. '81, spoke on campus April 12 at the induction ceremony for the McNair scholars program, which prepares students from disadvantaged backgrounds for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities.

Humanities scholars explore 'Occupation' theme

Fellows in the Society for the Humanities and guest scholars will discuss new research on the focal theme of "Occupation" at a conference April 18-19.

At once-verdant delta, prologue of ecological tale begins

Where once the Colorado River flowed with 5 trillion gallons of water into its verdant delta at the Gulf of California, that gush has trickled to zero. Cornell and Paleontological Research Institution researchers gathered baseline samples to understand the delta’s ecological profile.

Performing arts project triggers social change

Performing Arts for Social Change, a program of the Center for Transformative Action, uses theater to help empower people to express themselves and stage their stories.

Angela Davis to deliver Olin lecture April 25

Scholar, author and political activist Angela Davis will deliver a Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin lecture series Friday, April 25.

Long-serving staff members recognized for Cornell service

Ezra Cornell and his wife, Daphne, hosted the 59th annual service recognition dinner, April 7 at Bartels Hall, recognizing 332 long-serving staff members who were celebrating a fifth-year anniversary of 25 years or more.