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How two acres of land became an issue of trees vs. cars

The 176-space parking lot planned at the intersection of University Ave., Willard Way and Lake Street, on the site known as Redbud Woods, is part of Cornell's West Campus Residential Initiative (WCRI). The development of the WCRI began about five years ago, and from the beginning, addressing parking needs in the West Campus area was part of the initiative.

Parking lot protest continues as police issue 43 citations for trespassing

Cornell University Police began issuing citations for trespassing this morning (July 15) to protesters in the Redbud Woods area who want to prevent the construction of a 176-space parking lot on the site, adjacent to the West Campus student residences. One protester was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Statement by Cornell President Hunter Rawlings concerning the proposed West Campus replacement parking lot

Cornell's Hunter Rawlings issued a statement July 13 on the university's plans for the West Campus Residential Initiative's replacement parking lot.

President Rawlings says West Campus parking lot plan will proceed and asks protestors to 'obey the law'

In a meeting with media Cornell president Hunter Rawlings announced that the university has decided to go ahead with its plan for the controversial West Campus Residential Initiative parking lot in the area dubbed Redbud Woods by protestors.

Organic farms produce same yields as conventional farms

Organic farming produces the same yields of corn and soybeans as does conventional farming, but uses 30 percent less energy, less water and no pesticides, a review of a 22-year farming trial study concludes.

Iraqi union leader describes wounds from past at Cornell labor meeting

The daunting physical obstacles faced by Iraqi workers and the wounds that remain from the Saddam Hussein regime were described by Adnan Al Saffar, executive officer of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), Iraq's largest labor group, at a Cornell.

CU in the City: The amalgamated classroom

Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) hosts a multitude of classes and workshops.

Cornell works to improve organic farming methods in a multitude of ways

The demand for organic foods has doubled in the past decade and continues to grow. As a result, Cornell, the land-grant institution of New York state, is increasingly devoting more of its resources to researching ways to improve all aspects of organic agriculture, including soil health, seed availability, dairy health and crop production.

Innovative U.S. union strategies help European labor unions

Even though the labor movement is stronger in Europe than in the United States, trade unionists in both places have plenty to learn from each other because it's becoming tougher to protect workers' rights on both sides of the Atlantic.

Museum of the Earth opens exhibit that brings ocean fossils to life

On July 15, the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), which is affiliated with Cornell, will open a new exhibit on ammonoids, prehistoric sea animals that first appeared in the fossil record 400 million years ago, survived four major extinctions and died out with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Women cautioned against using herbal supplements

Women who take soy or herbal supplements, such as black cohosh, red clover and ginseng, should do so with care, says an expert affiliated with the Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) at Cornell.

Cornell's New Life Sciences Initiative hires its first College of Engineering faculty member: a materials scientist who studies shells and bones

Lara Estroff, a materials scientist who studies how seashells and bones are formed and then tries to synthesize new materials in the laboratory that emulate the versatility of these natural composites, became the first College of Engineering faculty member hired as part of Cornell's New Life Sciences Initiative