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)
Cornell is a land-grant partner to the U.S. Army in sustaining families of the active Army, National Guard, and the Army Reserve. The university's Family Life Development Center is supplying the Army with materials to help families cope. (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)
The National Academy of Engineering has selected Mark Lewis, Cornell associate professor of operations research and information engineering, to participate in its 13th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. (June 25, 2007)
Students are learning archaeological methods and getting their hands dirty at a former Seneca Indian village in Geneva, N.Y., as part of a summer session course in Iroquois archaeology. (June 22, 2007)
The Tata family of India is among the 2007 recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Ratan Tata is a Cornell alumnus and trustee. (June 22, 2007)