More than 450 teens participated in Cooperative Extension's 4-H Career Explorations program, which gave the students a taste of college, a glimpse into some future careers and a strategy for preventing obesity. (July 5, 2007)
The research, published in the current issue of the journal Cell, examined the role of an enzyme called a helicase that plays a major role in separating DNA strands so that replication of a single strand can occur. (July 2, 2007)
Leaders from industry, government and academia gathered at Cornell June 24 to 26 for the 2007 New York Renewable Energy Summit, focusing on renewable energy research and business development. (June 29, 2007)
A residential house now under construction on Cornell's West Campus will be named in honor of the late William T. Keeton, Cornell professor of biology from 1958-80. Keeton House will open in August 2008. (June 29, 2007)
In a unique partnership between academia and industry, an international group of researchers met at Cornell, June 25-26 to develop an instant and cheap HIV/AIDS-status test for developing world. (June 27, 2007)
When French justices at the Cour de cassation in Paris expressed a need to establish a library of American jurisprudence, CU's Claire Germain suggested donating duplicate copies from the Law School's collection. (June 27, 2007)
Cornell researchers are working to prevent the closing of the planetary radar system at the Arecibo Observatory, which Cornell manages for the National Science Foundation through its National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center. (June 27, 2007)
Close to 150 faculty, staff and students attended the June 26 opening of the East Campus Research Facility, which promises to increase the quality of live-animal research done at Cornell across various life science disciplines. (June 27, 2007)
To raise awareness about sustainability, the environment and tribal issues, the biodiesel Udall Legacy Bus carrying 13 Udall scholars stopped at the Ithaca Farmers' Market on its 26-city nationwide tour. (June 27, 2007)
NovaSterilis, a biotech company co-founded by Cornell chemist Bruce Ganem and alumnus Tony Eisenhut, received the Environmental Protection Agency's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. (June 26, 2007)
About 130 women graduate students, faculty and staff attended the inaugural Empowering Women in Science and Engineering (EWISE) conference, June 22 and 23 at Cornell. (June 25, 2007)
