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Big Red swag bag: Entrepreneurship@CU's gift bag gathers samples from wide world of Cornell

The 300 people attending Entrepreneurship@Cornell's Celebration banquet dinner April 10 will receive a gift bag stuffed with about 30 sample products from companies connected with Cornell. (April 10, 2008)

Hotel Ezra Cornell focuses on the credit crunch and jobs

'Showcasing Hospitality Education Through Student Leadership' was the mission of the 83rd student-run Hotel Ezra Cornell conference, held April 3-6. (April 9, 2008)

New sirens will be tested April 30 as one of three emergency alert tests

Cornell will conduct tests of its emergency notification system April 16, 23 and 30. Cornell's four newly installed emergency alert sirens will undergo a full-scale test April 30 at 12:15 p.m.

Junot Diaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction

'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,' the unconventional debut novel by Junot Diaz, MFA '95, has won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Huckabee to discuss religion and politics April 15

Mike Huckabee, former dark horse Republican presidential nominee, will speak about the role of religion in politics at Cornell on April 15. (April 9, 2008)

Bethe lecturer Steven Chu will offer good and bad news about energy

The conservation and renewable energy technologies we have now will probably not be enough, but hopeful new technologies, such as converting biomass into fuel are under study, Chu says.

Discovery of link in mosquito mating mechanism could lead to new attack on dengue and yellow fever

Cornell researchers have identified a mating mechanism that possibly could be adapted to prevent female mosquitoes from spreading the viruses that cause dengue fever.

CU researchers collaborate with Roswell Park in animal studies using vitamin D as cancer prevention

Researchers in Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine are collaborating with the Roswell Park Cancer Institute to study vitamin D's role in preventing cancer in several animal models.

By doing good, Cornell can do well, says the new tech transfer leader Alan Paau

Alan Paau, vice provost for technology transfer, says Cornell's technology transfer strategy is but about building the local economy and getting the results of research out into the world. (April 9, 2008)

From the Forbidden City to the Great Wall, Glee Club and Chorus recall tour of mainland China

The Cornell Glee Club and Chorus have returned from a two-week concert tour and cultural exchange in the People's Republic of China that saw them perform in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. (April 9, 2008)

College announces plans for on-campus teaching winery

At the April 2 'Cornell Celebrates New York Wines' gala in New York City, Susan Henry, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, announced plans for a teaching winery at the Cornell Orchards. (April 8, 2008)

School of Criticism and Theory will convene <br />for 12th year at Cornell, June 15-July 24

Topics to be discussed at the School of Criticism and Theory, June 15 to July 24, will range from torture, disbelief, espionage, sovereignty and responsibility to modern jazz, experimental art, the lyric and bilingualism. (April 8, 2008)