Gustavo Arnavat '84, U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, spent April 6-7 on campus talking to classes and faculty members. (April 15, 2011)
A central claim of the open access movement is that citations increase when articles are freely available. A new study finds the claim is false. (April 13, 2011)
Dr. Michael Latham, professor emeritus of nutritional sciences at Cornell who directed the Cornell Program in International Nutrition for 25 years, died April 1 of pneumonia at age 82. (April 13, 2011)
Cornell University Cooperative Extension in New York City will co-lead a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to launch 70 school garden programs, including 23 in New York state. (April 8, 2011)
At an event to celebrate Cesar Chavez, Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, discussed the program with the U.S. secretaries of labor and agriculture at the White House March 30. (April 8, 2011)
Randall Meyer '12 and Rachel Perlman '12, both in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, have received 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. (April 7, 2011)
Cornell will celebrate entrepreneurship April 14-15 with hotelier and philanthropist Harris Rosen, Peter Coors of beer fame and Texas Rangers and United Football League top officials. (April 7, 2011)
Cornell faculty and administrators have been invited to China to talk about Cornell's Climate Action Plan and sustainability efforts and share their achievements and findings to date. (April 6, 2011)