Gift funds advocate position to support student veterans

The Adelphic Cornell Educational Fund has committed $200,000 to enhance the Cornell experience for student veterans. The gift will support a new veterans advocate position to serve as a point of contact for all student veterans.

André Jagendorf, pioneering plant biologist, dies at 90

Andre Tridon Jagendorf, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus in the Plant Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science, died March 13 in Ithaca, New York. He was 90.

CICER brings China experts across campus together

The Cornell Institute for China Economic Research, founded in 2015, helps coordinate the efforts of scholars across campus and supports research to understand economic growth in China.

Seven assistant professors win NSF early-career awards

Seven assistant professors have both been recognized by the National Science Foundation with CAREER awards, which support junior faculty members' research projects and outreach efforts.

Mahowald tapped to help frame UN report on global warming

Natalie Mahowald, professor of earth and atmospheric science, has been selected by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a lead author on a special global warming report.

Food preservation team wins hospitality business contest

Five student teams competed for the chance to win $25,000 March 18 as part of Hotel Ezra Cornell's seventh annual Hospitality Business Plan Competition. This year's winner was Team Natural Cuts.

Cornell to host carbon neutrality forum March 28

Cornell's Senior Leaders Climate Action Group will host a public forum March 28 to discuss "Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035" from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hotel Ithaca.

Cornell buttons up, battens down during winter storm

A nor’easter, combined with a winter storm from the Great Lakes, bore down on the Northeast Tuesday and Wednesday. For the first time in three years, Cornell closed the Ithaca campus due to a snow storm.

Cornell hosts Hong Kong sustainability meeting April 6-7

Cornell will host "Sustainability in Asia: Partnerships for Research and Implementation," a conference about sustainability research and community engagement in Hong Kong, April 6-7.