Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the 2001 World Food Prize laureate, has been named 'the most important Dane in the world' in combating poverty by Denmark's leading development magazine. (Oct. 27, 2009)
On a drizzly gray day, visitors were cheered Oct. 23 by a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cornell Plantations Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at the Mullestein Winter garden, next to Plantations Road. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Artificial tissues with an embedded vascular system and a skull base sealer were two Cornell student inventions honored as finalists in the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Chicago, Oct. 18-20. (Oct. 21, 2009)
Understanding of honeybee interactions could have implications for why people act selfishly in a communal system, said Professor Kern Reeve, one of the presenters at the Oct. 16 conference. (Oct. 21, 2009)
Cornell's 100+ MPG Team is one of 43 that have made it to the next stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition, contest officials announced Oct. 19. (Oct. 20, 2009)
A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences exhibition at New York Farm Days Oct. 7 featured the college's undergraduate teaching programs that prepare leaders for the state's agricultural industries. (Oct. 19, 2009)
Cornell's innovative Silo House earned a seventh-place finish in the biennial Solar Decathlon competition, held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Oct. 16, 2009)
The newly formed Strategic Plan Advisory Council will synthesize recommendations gathered from the Cornell community into a draft strategic plan. Town meetings will be held in January and February, and a draft issued in March.
A lecture series by the Student Agencies eLab will help undergraduates develop a business idea into something worthy of venture capital. The series started Sept. 29 and continues through Nov. 17. (Oct. 13, 2009)
