Cider fundraiser presses on despite smaller harvest

Graduate students at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station raise scholarship money for local students interested in agriculture through sales of apple cider. (Nov. 7, 2012)

Award will support student learning assessment by future faculty

The Council of Graduate Schools has chosen Cornell as a demonstration school for a project to develop programs to train future faculty and establish best practices in assessing student learning.

From Nepali asylum seekers to Thai construction workers, immigration research wins support

Five graduate students have won support from Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences for their research on immigration. (Nov. 6, 2012)

Students promote sustainability on cross-country bus tour

Messages on making schools safer and healthier are going coast to coast starting Nov. 5, when Cornell students began a cross-country bus tour conducting outreach projects along the way. (Nov. 5, 2012)

GRAD Lab attracts potential STEM students

A campus seminar for underrepresented students Oct. 20 helped students to consider graduate study in science, technology, engineering or mathematics fields. (Nov. 5, 2012)

Expert honored for work on maternal-child nutrition

For her extensive contributions to the field of maternal-child nutrition, Kathleen Rasmussen, professor of nutritional sciences, won the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award. (Nov. 1, 2012)

CIPT workshop supports community of teachers with research, resources

Nearly 50 high school physics teachers gathered at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education Institute for Physics Teachers workshop Oct. 27. (Nov. 1, 2012)

Professors train to use in-class apps to engage students

Dyson School professor Deborah Streeter is training faculty to embrace the use of various apps by students during class to engage them in new ways. (Oct. 31, 2012)

Smart as a bird: Flying rescue robot will autonomously avoid obstacles

Cornell researchers have created an autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to maneuvering around obstacles. (Oct. 30, 2012)