Three businesses in New York state have been selected to receive JumpStart awards with the Cornell Center for Materials Research for this semester. (Feb. 21, 2008)
Members of the urban planning firm Goody Clancy met with community members and key stakeholders to discuss their roles in putting together an urban plan and design guidelines for Collegetown. (Feb. 20, 2008)
The Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club will travel to cities in mainland China to perform for a wide range of audiences, building on the Cornell-China relationship founded more than a century ago. (Feb. 20, 2008)
Cornell and the Africana Studies and Research Center are co-sponsoring a major international conference, 'Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan,' at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 21-22. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Several members of Alpha Chi Sigma, Cornell's chemistry fraternity, went to Belle Sherman Elementary School, Feb. 11 and 12, to teach the children about batteries and metals. (Feb. 19, 2008)
John Leggett, of Canterbury, N.H., received an Excellence in Integrated Pest Management Award from the New York State IPM Program at Cornell for development of automated weather instruments.
Engineering students on the AguaClara Project Team pitched the idea of a water plant to the town of Ciudad Espana during the students' two-week stay in Honduras, Jan. 4-20. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Senior Jonathan Feldman has established the Stephen E. Garner Summers of Service Scholarships, and he is donating $1,500 annually to fund one of the scholarships.
Cornell Cooperative Extension is launching the Regional Forestry Initiative in 13 New York counties to help more forest owners better manage their arboreal holdings. (Feb. 13, 2008)
