Cornell University Cooperative Extension in New York City will co-lead a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to launch 70 school garden programs, including 23 in New York state. (April 8, 2011)
Associate Professor of Philosophy Karen Bennett led listeners through the 'tricky' question of 'What's It All About?' while exploring how philosophers tackle the meaning of life, March 30 in New York. (April 6, 2011)
Poem in Your Pocket observances this month will include an Ithaca event April 28 for younger students, and Cornell has created a new companion mobile website. (April 6, 2011)
Cornell United Religious Work will sponsor two talks by Bishop V. Gene Robinson, who will speak on religion and young people April 6 in Sage Chapel and on advocacy for gay rights April 7 in New York City. (March 30, 2011)
Historian Barry Strauss separated myth from reality regarding the warrior Spartacus and contrasted ancient and modern military tactics used during insurgencies in a March 28 lecture in Manhattan. (March 29, 2011)
Even urban dwellers are hopping on the agribusiness boom. In response, Cornell is holding workshops, including one in New York City, on how to start a small dairy processing operation. (March 28, 2011)
On March 23 Cornell held a Library Salon at Lighthouse International in Manhattan that focused on the 1911 Triangle factory fire and the ILR School's Kheel Center collection and website about the fire. (March 28, 2011)
Experts across multiple disciplines will convene at the Hilton New York March 28 for the Second World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes. (March 25, 2011)
Cornell has submitted an expression of interest proposal to New York City to create a new applied sciences and engineering research center and campus in the Big Apple.
