Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, was the keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Global Land Grabbing at Cornell Oct. 17-19.
From studies on the vocal organs to how foreclosures have impacted racial integration, social science research at Cornell just got a boost from the university's Institute for the Social Sciences. (Oct. 22, 2012)
Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Rick Santorum debated a range of issues in their program, 'The Role of Government in a Free Society,' Oct. 18 in Bailey Hall. (Oct. 19, 2012)
Cornell will not seek reaccreditation for its Masters of Arts in Teaching program, but will keep its education minor and work with Ithaca College so students can still get certified. (Oct. 19, 2012)
A dialogue between President David Skorton and industrialist Ratan Tata, Cornell's Entrepreneur of the Year, headlined the Oct. 12 event, which drew more than 350 attendees and featured 21 speakers and panelists. (Oct. 18, 2012)
A new universitywide minor in business, sponsored by four Cornell colleges, will be available to all undergraduates in the spring 2013 semester. (Oct. 18, 2012)
Cornell is playing a major role in a research and education project that seeks to develop perennial feedstock production systems and supply chains for shrub willow and warm-season grasses. (Oct. 17, 2012)
At 15 low-income schools spread across six New York state counties, elementary students are growing fruits and vegetables - and their minds, with Cornell's help. (Oct. 17, 2012)
