Three regional companies receive grants through Cornell

The Cornell Center for Materials Research awarded this fall's grants to American Aerogel Corp., SensiVida Medical Technologies Inc. and Haledyne LLC.

Cornell students reach out to nursing home residents

Students affiliated with the Cornell Elderly Partnership regularly visit local seniors to help reduce the elders' social isolation and to better understand issues related to aging. (Sept. 27, 2010)

Hudler and O'Brien promote green practices for plants

Plant pathologist George Hudler and extension plant pathologist Dawn Dailey O'Brien have won an award for producing 'Branching Out' - an integrated pest management newsletter - since 1994. (Sept. 27, 2010)

Town-gown panel stresses role of parents, teachers, cultural norms in student mental health

Members of the Campus-Community Coalition discussed mental health strategies and services at Cornell, the Ithaca City School District, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College Sept. 22. (Sept. 24, 2010)

New York Campus Compact obtains grant to support 100 students at five colleges

The New York Campus Compact - hosted by Cornell - has received $12,000 to support 100 part-time AmeriCorps community service positions on five New York college campuses. (Sept. 23, 2010)

Cornell experts to Congressional staff: 'Embrace' immigrants to help them become 'assets'

Max Pfeffer and Pilar Parra will draw on their research to brief Congressional staff members on immigration policy Sept. 24. (Sept. 22, 2010)

Wanted: A few good homes for pellet stove pilot program

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services are using a pilot weatherization and pellet stove project to show how households can lower home energy costs. (Sept. 21, 2010)

Harvard expert: Obama's foreign policy is 'doomed to fail'

Although Harvard Professor Stephen Walt is a supporter of President Obama, he said his foreign policies are 'doomed to fail.' Walt spoke on campus Sept. 16. (Sept. 20, 2010)

Mahowald tapped as lead author for intergovernmental climate report

Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, will help develop the chapter on the physical science basis for climate change. (Sept. 20, 2010)