Professors train to use in-class apps to engage students

Dyson School professor Deborah Streeter is training faculty to embrace the use of various apps by students during class to engage them in new ways. (Oct. 31, 2012)

Yield from Freeville farm volunteers was no small potatoes

Volunteers gathered at the Cornell-run Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., to harvest potatoes for area food banks. (Oct. 31, 2012)

Extension has disaster resources available for communities and businesses

Cornell Cooperative Extension's New York Extension Disaster Education Network provides information on up-to-date best practices for families, farmers, businesses and communities recovering from disasters. (Oct. 31, 2012)

Disaster education expert offers ways people can help

Keith Tidball, Cornell Cooperative Extension disaster education program director, gives specific tips how members of the public can help people in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (Oct. 31, 2012)

Business students build leadership skills on trip to Haiti

Stephanie Ball '13 used to think that sending clothing to Haitians would help them weather their economic difficulties. A service-learning trip to Haiti changed her mind. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Cornell urges caution as Hurricane Sandy approaches coast

University officials are urging the Cornell community to take precautions and monitor updates as Hurricane Sandy progresses inland. (Oct. 29, 2012)

Federal grants will fund study of food system, environment

Cornell's agricultural experiment stations and cooperative extension will allocate annual federal grants to land-grant universities of $9 million to study food systems, environmental problems. (Oct. 29, 2012)

Daniel Decker honored by The Wildlife Society

Cornell Professor of Natural Resources Daniel Decker has received The Wildlife Society's Aldo Leopold Award, the nation's highest award in wildlife sciences. (Oct. 29, 2012)

Barton Hall banquet celebrates public engagement mission

In an event that honored Cornell's long tradition of public engagement, a dinner banquet at Barton Hall was held Oct. 26. (Oct. 29, 2012)