A record 2,007 tickets were sold for Employee Celebration Day. Many of the ticket holders turned out for the women's ice hockey game against Yale before going to the community dinner. (Feb. 15, 2011)
Cornell Cooperative Extension is training Fort Drum soldiers in ways to help Afghan farmers, including how to fight wheat rust - dubbed the 'H1N1 of the wheat world.' (Feb. 14, 2011)
New students entering Cornell in the fall will read and discuss E.L. Doctorow's 'Homer and Langley,' a 2009 historical novel based on the lives of New York City's reclusive Collyer brothers. (Feb. 10, 2011)
A committee of city of Ithaca and Cornell stakeholders met Feb. 7 to review preliminary conceptual options to potentially improve the safety of bridges spanning high gorges. (Feb. 9, 2011)
A research group in Spain has ranked Cornell the No. 5 university in the world for its Web presence, which includes electronic access to scientific publications and other academic material. (Feb. 7, 2011)
Associate professor and poet Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Emilie Stark-Menneg '06 presented a multimedia performance of film, poetry and music Feb. 3 that explored race and American identity. (Feb. 7, 2011)
A new initiative on Sustainability Via the Humanities and Arts will foster new collaborations between scientists and humanists, working on climate change, energy and other research areas. (Feb. 3, 2011)
On Jan. 23, a dozen Hotel School students heard ideas about the changing hospitality industry from more than 70 of its top executives at an event in San Diego hosted by the school's Innovation Network. (Feb. 3, 2011)
Robert M. Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will speak on 'U.S. Census: Measuring America' Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech. A reception will follow the talk. (Feb. 1, 2011)