Robotics for girls: A grad student's perspective

Physics graduate student Robin Bjorkquist writes about recruiting girls into STEM fields via involvement in a FIRST LEGO League robotics team.

Aeroponics to boost NY potato production

Cornell researchers have contained the spread of destructive golden nematode that would have cost billions in crop losses.

NY injects Southern Tier with $81.9M in economic aid

To spur job creation and a business-friendly climate throughout the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced New York’s statewide Regional Economic Development Council awards Dec. 11. The Southern Tier, noted as a top-performing region, received $81.9 million.

Town-gown partnerships celebrated with awards

At the Town-Gown Awards (TOGO) ceremony at Morrison Hall Dec. 7, Cornell administrators bestowed awards to celebrate partnerships between the university and local organizations.

Agribusiness panel to Congress: Get us workers

A disturbingly different American landscape is on the horizon if immigration reform in Congress can’t provide enough legal workers, agribusiness panelists predicted Dec. 10 at Cornell.

Cops, Kids and Toys Program helps with the holidays

Donations and volunteers can help others during the holidays by participating in Cops, Kids and Toys; the Cornell Elves Program; and Share the Warmth.

Novakovic talks on charged farm topics in D.C.

With the current, extended Farm Bill set to expire Dec. 31, Washington-based journalists met Dec. 5 with Farm Bill and dairy expert Andy Novakovic, professor in Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, to discuss the legislative possibilities.

'Pride' award to Plantations' Cascadilla project

Improvements to the lower entrance of Cascadilla Glen - and a metal artist's gate, in particular - have earned Cornell Plantations a 2013 Pride of Ownership award.

Engaged learning class enables teaching in the trenches

A dozen undergrads were thrust into the teaching trenches this fall at DeWitt Middle School in Ithaca, where they shepherded 20 teenagers through a storytelling project in an after-school program they helped design.