Two student teams win coveted EPA prize

Two Cornell student teams – a cookstove fuel/biochar group and the AguaClara water filtration project – won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious People, Prosperity and the Planet Award June 19.

Cornell to begin collaborative research in Paraguay

Cornell has signed an agreement with the government of Paraguay to further international outreach, fieldwork and exchange of information and resources.

Agriculture and climate change meet at new institute

The new Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture, under director Allison Morrill Chatrchyan, will help farmers adapt to climate change.

Teachers delve into global water and culture issues

More than 50 middle and high school teachers were on campus June 24-26 for an International Studies Summer Institute at Cornell called The Cultural Geography of Water.

White House honors Ginsparg for arXiv

Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics, will be named a Champion of Change by the White House June 19 for his work on arXiv.

New economics research helps developing world

Professors offered an inside look at Cornell's new economics department, their fields of study and current research projects June 8 at Reunion.

Experts lament fragmented U.S. political system

Partisanship and bureaucratic fragmentation are major challenges today's U.S. foreign policy, professors said during the discussion "America and the World," June 7 during Reunion.

Turin Program gives students taste of politics, culture

The Cornell in Turin summer study abroad program June 2-22 brings students to Turin, Italy, for an accelerated course on European and Italian politics.

Cosmic quiver: Saturn's vibrations create spirals in rings

The planet can vibrate like a bell within periods of a few hours, and these oscillations cause gravitational tugs that in turn create the spiral patterns in Saturn's rings, Cornell astronomers said.