From dream to startup: Glycobia becomes McGovern Center's first client

A Feb. 9 celebration marked the opening of Cornell's McGovern Family Center for Venture Development, and the arrival of its first client, Glycobia Inc.

Ph.D. student walks across America for charity, research

Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, is walking from Miami to San Francisco. En route, he will raise money and awareness for poor children and conduct dissertation research on teacher-leaders.

Join the Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20

This year's annual Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20, may yield unusual results with lack of snow cover, experts suggest. The event is open to the public.

Workshop on Oneida Lake focuses on trawl design

Cornell's Biological Field Station on Oneida Lake is a springboard for research in fisheries and aquatic ecology in New York state and place for such workshops as a November one on trawling.

Student group connects young designers to communities

Through DesignConnect, Cornell graduate and undergraduate students work in interdisciplinary teams to solve design problems for upstate New York communities.

Itai Dinour '01 leads effort to keep NYC students in school

Itai Dinour '01 leads City Year New York, which attracts Cornellians to work with at-risk public school students and stem the tide of drop outs.

Tapping into maple success through sanitation

Cornell-developed techniques to limit bacteria in maple tree taps are leading to increased sap quantity and quality for New York's $12.3 million maple industry. (Jan. 31, 2012)

Parent educators, researchers share wisdom at conference

New York state parent educators gathered at Cornell Jan. 25-26 to share research-based information on building parenting skills. (Jan. 30, 2012)

Campus Area Farms offer lots of living lab space

Campus Area Farms, operated by Cornell's Agricultural Experiment Station, offers researchers 352 acres - patchwork of 11 small farms - for test plots. (Jan. 30, 2012)