A collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical College has resulted in the nation's first comprehensive guide for hospital emergency preparedness exercises. It's posted on a government site. (Dec. 16, 2010)
A four-year multidisciplinary Cornell/Cornell Cooperative Extension project is assessing contaminants in urban garden soils and promoting management strategies to minimize potential health risks. (Dec. 16, 2010)
As graduate students in the School of Hotel Administration learned about service marketing in class, they also put their new knowledge into practice through work with local organizations. (Dec. 16, 2010)
Design students working with Professor Lorraine Maxwell have been helping the New Roots high school and Caroline Elementary School rethink how they use some of their spaces. (Dec. 15, 2010)
The national economy is not merely a minefield, but a mind field as well, said Cornell economist William Schulze, the keynote speaker at the annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference Dec. 14. (Dec. 14, 2010)
Certain chemicals in green tea - and perhaps red wine - can alter how we perceive flavors, reports a Cornell study that also found the chemicals stored in the body for the first time. (Dec. 14, 2010)
Cornell's agricultural sciences major has received a $1 million gift from Richard C. Call, CALS '52, and his wife, Marie, to establish the Richard C. Call Directorship of Agricultural Sciences. (Dec. 14, 2010)
A team from Cornell has won the Ed Bacon Competition, a student urban design challenge, for the second straight year, with a plan for an international exposition in Philadelphia in 2026. (Dec. 10, 2010)
Five students working with community partners on projects to strengthen the local community were honored with Robert S. Smith Awards for Community Progress and Innovation to carry out their proposals.