Cornell researchers are fine-tuning a new technique they developed to rapidly detect a deadly fish virus that has increasingly appeared in the Great Lakes and neighboring waterways. (Feb. 14, 2007)
Two Cornell professors participated in a workshop on professional issues important to faculty at historically black colleges and universities at Spelman College. (Feb. 14, 2007)
President David Skorton is 'inclined' to sign a commitment obligating Cornell to institute a plan to make the campus 'climate neutral,' and he has formed an advisory committee to report by Feb. 23. (Feb. 13, 2007)
Dorothy Cotton, former Southern Christian Leadership Conference education director, will speak on 'Lessons From the Past, Visions for the Future,' Feb. 20. (Feb. 13, 2007)
Franklin Robinson has been reappointed to his fourth five-year term as director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, effective July 1. (Feb. 13, 2007)
Physicists including Cornell's Edwin Salpeter and Kurt Gottfried sent a letter to Congress last week urging measures to restrict the use of nuclear weapons by the United States. (Feb. 13, 2007)
The records of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay-rights organization, were unveiled at a Feb. 8 reception at Kroch Library. (Feb. 13, 2007)
The Feminist Visualities conference concluded Feb. 3 with a discussion on the future of art practice and education as it relates to issues of gender and identity. (Feb. 13, 2007)
As part of its commitment to operating as a sustainable enterprise, Cornell Dining has hired Brad Lipovsky and Steve Zelno as student sustainability coordinators. (Feb. 13, 2007)
Professors Harold Craighead and Eva Tardos are among 64 new members and nine foreign associates elected to the NAE, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to engineering faculty members. (Feb. 12, 2007)