Novakovic named to federal dairy industry committee

Andrew M. Novakovic, the E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics at Cornell, has been named to a new federal Dairy Industry Advisory Committee for a two-year term. (Jan. 7, 2010)

Campus mourns the loss of two undergraduate students

Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, expressed the university's condolences on the deaths of Clayton DeFisher and Adam Frey during the university's winter break.

Recycling mattresses to help former convicts and the homeless find jobs

Katie Broadbent '09 and Arthur Maas '09 are working with Andy Potash '66 to design a business with one goal in mind: creating jobs for workers often overlooked by employers.

Small grants awarded to social scientists

The Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support. (Dec. 21, 2009)

Safety expert: 'Be like Dracula,' hide lower face in elbow to prevent spreading H1N1

The ILR School's Nellie J. Brown trains more than 2,000 workers annually, from firefighters, office workers and farmers to metalworkers, health care workers and cosmetologists on how to stay safe on the job. (Dec. 18, 2009)

Deadline for contract college health plan changes is Dec. 31

Because contract college health plan changes need to be made using a paper form, employees only have until Dec. 24 to hand-deliver the form to Benefit Services or until Dec. 31 to postmark them. (Dec. 17, 2009)

Johnson School program seeks to develop ethical, values-based business leaders

Clint Sidle is director of the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program at the Johnson School, discusses how the program trains business leaders to avoid the excesses of Wall Street greed. (Dec. 17, 2009)

Thirteen on faculty honored as AAAS fellows

Thirteen Cornell faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 531 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year. (Dec. 17, 2009)

Einaudi Center grants fund research from Amazonian cellulose to the price of war

Four grants awarded from the Summer 2009 Seed Grant Competition are intended to promote research on foreign policy and international development as well as international studies in general. (Dec. 16, 2009)