Even steelworkers are taking climate change very seriously, said Leo Gerard, president of United Steelworkers, at the ILR School's Global Labor Institute meeting on labor and the climate crisis, in May. (June 19, 2007)
Professors Barbara Baird and John Silcox spoke June 15 about potential breakthroughs that nanotechnology promises, from devices that recognize diseases to sensors that detect toxins in the environment. (June 18, 2007)
Almost 380 participants heard about drug delivery, ethics and even science fiction at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, June 14. (June 18, 2007)
Nearly 30 journalists got a firsthand look at nanotechnology research at the Kavli Institute at Cornell Journalist's Workshop in Nanotechnology, June 13. (June 18, 2007)
Cornell Law School has named Ra'id Juhi Hamadi Al-Saiedi, former chief investigative judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal, to be the school's first Clarke Middle East Fellow. (June 18, 2007)
Astronomy graduate student Yanling Wu is a 2007 recipient of the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. (June 14, 2007)
By combining lab experiments with computer modeling, Cornell researchers hope to learn how bacteria that break down pollutants do their job and then make them more effective in cleaning up toxic waste. (June 14, 2007)
At a June 13 press conference in New York City, Cornell announced $450 million in campaign gifts for the medical college, and life sciences and intercampus research. Joan and Sanford Weill's $300 million is largest gift in Cornell history. (June 13, 2007)
The Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology will receive $25 million out of the $300 million gift from Joan and Sanford Weill, and the institute will be named for them. (June 13, 2007)
Joan and Sanford Weill have given $50 million to Cornell's New Life Sciences Initiative, which will be directly applied to the Life Sciences Technology Building taking shape on the Ithaca campus. (June 13, 2007)
Links to stories, including President Skorton's State of the University address, and a slide show from Reunion Weekend, June 7-10, 2007. (June 13, 2007)
