The Backpack Program for area needy children is accepting donations. Participants are asked buy backpacks and school supplies for children kindergarten-sixth grade and deliver them to 130 Day Hall. (July 17, 2012)
A ribbon-cutting for a safe haven for homeless children was held at the Red Cross Friendship Center July 14, thanks to a partnership between the American Red Cross and the Cornell Child Care Center. (July 17, 2012)
July's recent heat wave broke records for longevity and came close to all-time temperature highs in several major cities, says climatologist Jessica Rennells.
The 2012 Empire Farm Days will offer the opportunity to see new agricultural plastics recycling equipment, baled plastic, finished recycled products and training resources.
A new agreement between the NYS Berry Growers Association and the Cornell berry breeding program, growers in the state will evaluate elite selections from the university in their own fields.
Cornell's sesquicentennial is three years away, but let the festivities begin: This July marks the 150th anniversary of what some have called the greatest piece of legislation to come out of Congress. (June 28, 2012)
The Morrill Land Grant Act specified more than just agriculture as a discipline to be taught and recognized that other branches of science could be embraced to promote a 'practical education.'
