The study provides a revised classification of 97 metallic sweat bee species found in eastern North America, including 11 identified for the first time.
A new program will train graduate students for emerging opportunities at the intersection of sustainability, the environment and finance. (Nov. 14, 2011)
Students in Restoration Ecology this semester are gathering data to analyze whether Cayuga Inlet should be dredged, and what the options are for the sediment. (Nov. 7, 2011)
AguaClara, Cornell's water treatment and technology development program, has won a $50,000 cash prize in association with the 2011 Intel Environment Award. (Nov. 7, 2011)
The North American Maple Syrup Council awarded its inaugural Richard G. Haas Distinguished Service Award to the Maple Program; Peter Smallidge received an award from the Society of America Foresters. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Professor Norman Uphoff received the International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering Review Award for 2011 for his 'significant editorial contributions' to an international journal. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Robert Frank, speaking at Museum of American Finance in New York City Nov. 2, says eliminating income taxes but instituting a steeply progressive consumption tax would free up $3 trillion annually. (Nov. 7, 2011)
The Belleville-Henderson Central School District in northern New York is helping Cornell scientists study grass as a low-tech, local renewable energy system by maintaining switchgrass trial plots. (Nov. 3, 2011)
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies celebrates its 50th anniversary at Cornell with a symposium Nov. 14-15 and reflection on its achievements and future direction. (Nov. 3, 2011)
