Events on campus this week include a Cornell Chamber Orchestra family concert, 'On the Verge' at the Schwartz Center, International Education Week and the Local Food and Fiber Fair at Mann Library.
Nearly 300 Cornell alumni, parents and friends welcomed President Elizabeth Garrett Nov. 10 to Washington, D.C., the first stop of her tour to meet Cornellians in cities across the country and overseas.
Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute are studying the bacterium speck, which causes withered flowers and dark spots on leaves and fruits, and can result in the loss of whole fields of crops.
A $7.5 million gift from the Macaulay Family Foundation to the the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will expand the Macaulay Library's scientific archive of natural sound and video recordings.
College of Veterinary Medicine professor Dr. Robin Radcliffe is raising local awareness of two vanishing rhino species in Indonesia via a book for Indonesian children, “The Hornless Rhinoceros."
Last month, a team of Cornell staff, graduate students and faculty members attended workshops in and around Reykjavik to learn more about geothermal resources and science in collaboration with Icelandic energy leaders.
At the Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City Nov. 6, CEOs presented, students pitched business ideas, and President Garrett and spoke of Cornell's entrepreneurial roots.
Philippe Fargues, professor and director of the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute, discussed physical and legal impediments facing refugees from the Middle East Nov. 6.
