Campus labs find ways to curb water use during drought

Cornell's laboratories have jumped into the water-saving pool, as building managers and campus wet lab technicians face the drought.

Rawlings updates GPSA on health care, child care, housing

At the Sept. 26 meeting of the GPSA, Interim President Hunter Rawlings talked about the decrease in student health plan rates for dependents, an increase in child care grants and progress on a new housing community.

NSF grant to fund entrepreneurial growth, innovation

The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation to lead entrepreneurship and commercialization support programs.

Ph.D. student lands Microsoft research fellowship for women

Alane Suhr, a first-year doctoral student in the field of computer science, has received one of 10 Microsoft Research Women’s Fellowships awarded this year.

$23M NSF grant powers new science, technology center

A collaboration of scientists, led by physics professor Ritchie Patterson, aims to increase the intensity of beams of charged particles while lowering the cost of key accelerator technologies.

Palestinian-Syrian refugees focus of play 'Desert of Light'

Playwright Rama Haydar's 'Desert of Light,' having its premiere at the Schwartz Center, gives an inside perspective on Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria.

Housing priorities vary by class year, survey says

The results of Cornell's Housing Master Plan survey taken last spring show that housing preferences for first year, upper division undergraduate and graduate/professional students differ somewhat, but all look for easy access to many of the same amenities.

Burton, Aching are Provost's Fellows for Public Engagement

Faculty members M. Diane Burton and Gerard Aching have accepted appointments as Provost's Fellows for Public Engagement, serving the university's public engagement mission over the next three years.

Things to Do, Sept. 23-30, 2016

Events this week include Educate the Vote, with a panel discussion and live presidential debate screening; the annual Judy's Day at Cornell Plantations; lectures, exhibitions and classic films.