The scoop on Cornell Dairy's 24 Garrett Swirl

The effort to mark the tenure of President Elizabeth Garrett includes the largest batch of ice cream Cornell Dairy dairy has ever produced. 24 Garrett Swirl features chocolate, caramel and mocha.

Inauguration planners aim to celebrate all things Cornell

A cast of hundreds – faculty, staff, students, alumni and members of the local community – lent their creativity and enthusiasm in planning an "all-encompassing" inauguration.

Child care funding for students with children more than doubles

The deadline for students with children to apply for child care grant funding is Oct. 16. The funding available for 2015-16 is more than double what it was last year.

Things to Do, Sept. 18-25, 2015

Events on campus this week include printmaking activities at the Johnson Museum, a fiction reading by novelist Colson Whitehead and a talk on eating disorders by Olympic athlete Jamie Silverstein ’08.

County United Way announces campaign goal at Day of Caring

The United Way of Tompkins County announced its 2015-16 Community Campaign goal of $2,012,638 at the Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring, Sept. 16.

Robin Davisson to lead Melanoma Research Alliance

Robin Davisson, the Andrew Dickson White Professor of Molecular Physiology at Cornell, will become president and CEO of the Melanoma Research Alliance effective Oct. 1.

President Garrett reflects on priorities, inauguration

President Elizabeth Garrett sat down with Cornell Chronicle editors last month to share her thoughts on her inauguration and priorities for the coming year. Garrett will be installed as the university's 13th president Friday, Sept. 18.

Researchers study ways to disable algal bloom

Cornell researchers set out to understand environmental and cellular triggers that lead to sudden, devastating algal growth and to interrupt cellular communication that causes algae to flourish.

Researchers diversify Kenyan greens to improve nutrition

Horticulture professor Phillip Griffiths is working to fight black rot in the sukuma wiki, a staple crop in sub-Saharan Africa, by cross-breeding with similar plants that resist rot.