Trip provides insights in Israeli agribusiness

Fifteen students recently spent a week in Israel to glean insights into agribusiness in the Middle Eastern country.

N.Y.'s climate change clearinghouse to offer info to all

To study the effects of global warming, scientists will begin collaborating this summer on the New York Climate-Change Science Clearinghouse, a comprehensive, web-based reference, map and database.

Plan for London eatery wins business contest

Winning ideas in the Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition included a Mediterranean fast food chain based in London and a food truck that makes crepes. Winners were chosen April 6.

Leading economist to head India health initiative

Prabhu Pingali, former World Bank economist and deputy director of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be spearheading a Cornell effort to help reduce poverty and malnutrition in India.

Energy harvester rolls to market production

MicroGen's nanotechnology based energy harvester – researched and developed by the company at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility – begins commercial scale production this summer.

Lecturer says labor law divide is sign of broader conflict

Former National Labor Relations Board chair Wilma Liebman talked about the troubled state of U.S. labor law in her Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture April 29.

Real estate award honoree to speak April 30

Gerald Hines, the Cornell Real Estate Industry Leadership Award recipient for 2013, will speak on campus April 30 in the Baker Program in Real Estate's Distinguished Speaker Series.

Student teams go global to help businesses

Each of eight student teams went to a different country as part of the Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) program, to help businesses around the world.

On Earth Day, lecturer urges 'rethink, restore, reconnect'

Conservationist Peter Kareiva, Ph.D. ’81, delivered the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture April 22.