Throughout April students at Cornell and the University of Washington will vie to see which school can build the most complete 3-D model of campus buildings. (April 8, 2010)
Events on campus this week include: Native American Smokedance competition, Vet College open house, Big Red Relief concert for Haiti, MTV media expert and several sustainability-related lectures. (April 8, 2010)
The University Assembly wants to eliminate a clause in its charter that requires 20 percent of each of its constituencies to vote each time they want to change the charter. (April 7, 2010)
For the 10th year, the Cornell Public Service Center has offered students Alternative Breaks to do service learning over spring break at various locations. This year, some 90 students participated. (April 6, 2010)
Jonathan Butcher and Ruth Ley have received Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards, which provide a total of $300,000 over three years of direct research costs. (April 5, 2010)
As of March 29, Cornell Dining began serving of local, natural beef - about 1,000 pounds of ground beef, 128 pounds of rib section, 108 pounds of short loin and 120 pounds of sirloin each week. (April 2, 2010)
The Dairy Bar's mascots, a fiberglass cow and calf, were stolen in August 2006; the cow was returned to the Hoy Field pitcher's mound in late November that year. (April 1, 2010)
The changes will reduce the lab's need for fresh water and fuel and require fewer pump trucks to be shipped across the water to empty the island's septic tanks. (March 31, 2010)
Researchers have developed the Cornell Soil Health Test to evaluate soil response to management on different types of land. It's intended to assess changes due to gas drilling work. (March 31, 2010)
