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Educating K-12 teachers year-round in Cornell's workshops

One of the advantages of a K-12 teaching career is having the summers off. However, while many teachers pursue family and personal interests in the warm season, others return to college, honing their skills for the fall by taking…

New York farmers visit Mexico to probe dairy workers' lives

In January 2007, a group of New York dairy farmers will head to Mexico to help them better understand their Mexican and Guatemalan workers back home.

Cornell opens doors for Emily Levitt to study malnutrition in Afghanistan

As a teenager growing up in Rochester, N.Y., Emily Levitt decorated her room with flags of the world and dreamed of reducing human suffering by working for the United Nations. Now a doctoral candidate in Cornell's Program in International Nutrition.

Cornell students have deep desire to use education to change lives of 600 children in rural China

Turning Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and fried rice into a brand new bricks-and-mortar school for children in rural China is nothing new for Cornell University rising junior Richard Zhao. As a high school senior in Illinois, the…

Robert M. Pool, noted Cornell viticulturist, dies after long illness

GENEVA, N.Y. -- Robert M. Pool, professor emeritus of viticulture at Cornell, died at his home June 10 after a long illness. Pool's research, extension work and teaching contributed significantly to the science and practice of…

Winford 'Win' Tanner dies unexpectedly

Winford "Win" Ralph Tanner of Trumansburg, N.Y., died unexpectedly June 3 at the age of 56. Tanner, who served as a building manager in Clark Hall , was a 38-year university employee. In 1994 he was honored for his enthusiasm and…

Cornell leads universities overall in nanotechnology rankings by leading industry magazine

Cornell ranks high among university nanotechnology programs in a survey by Small Times, a trade magazine devoted to nanotechnology.(June 13, 2006)

'New Cornell' is more popular and visible than ever, says Cornell President Rawlings in farewell address

Receiving standing ovations both before and after he delivered his farewell State of the University address June 10, Cornell Interim President Hunter Rawlings told the packed Bartels Hall alumni group during Reunion Weekend that…

Valerie Reyna appointed to federal panel on mathematics

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has appointed Valerie Reyna, professor and director of extension in the Department of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology, to serve on the President's National…

Robin M. Williams Jr. dies at 91; was renowned scholar and social scientist

Robin Murphy Williams Jr., the Henry Scarborough Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Cornell University and a highly respected sociologist known for his love of teaching, wit and humor, died June 3 in Irvine, Calif. He was 91…

A toast to the alma mater with singing wine glasses

Phil Krasicky has accumulated a giant bag of tricks over his years as a senior lecturer at Cornell. And he brought them all to Schwartz Auditorium for a stunt-filled lecture to alumni on the first day of Reunion Weekend.

Rough roads are highway robbers, asserts Cornell researcher -- but a computer in a truck can arrest them

Rough roads impose a hidden tax on motorists in wear and tear, depreciation and higher fuel use that can add 20 cents a mile over the cost of driving on smooth surfaces, says Lynne Irwin, Cornell associate professor of highway…