A $250,000 feasibility study reports that the proposed Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative could produce $2 million a year in energy using campus-area renewable resources. (May 3, 2010)
Cornell's entomology collection in Mann Library and the Comstock Memorial Library of Entomology will be united under one roof as the Comstock library facility closes. (May 3, 2010)
Elaine Ayres '75, deputy chief of the Lab for Informatics Development at the National Institutes of Health, spoke to nutrition students about how technology has revolutionized dietetics. (April 30, 2010)
The 2010 Perkins Prize for interracial harmony and understanding went to the Cornell Farmworker Program. Cornell IthaQatar Student Ambassadors and Cornell Urban Mentor Initiative received honorable mentions. (April 29, 2010)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded nutritionist Christina Stark almost $500,000 to train extension/community teams on collaborative, ecological approaches for childhood obesity prevention. (April 28, 2010)
In a lecture at the American Museum of Natural History April 24, entomologist John Losey invited the audience - especially the children - to help the Lost Lady Project by searching for ladybugs. (April 27, 2010)
Most of the attendees speaking at an event on hydraulic fracturing April 22 opposed the process to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale for environmental reasons. (April 26, 2010)
'Big Idea' competition winners included a system to alert consumers to potential savings with their credit cards and an invention to deter robbers in poor countries. (April 22, 2010)
