Cornell Student United Way wins national award

With new events to increase awareness, the Cornell Student United Way received the inaugural United Way Worldwide Student United Way Campus Organization of the Year award May 6. (May 16, 2011)

Researchers develop portable, quick and cheap test to detect deadly virus

Cornell researchers have developed a quick, inexpensive way to detect rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea that kills a half million people a year, mostly infants and young children. (May 9, 2011)

Panelists argue for pragmatic health care reform, to give up on 'utopian dream'

A panel of four Cornellians discussed the challenges surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, May 2 at the annual, student-sponsored annual Sick in America series. (May 5, 2011)

Technicalities matter, says law scholar, anthropologist Riles

Law scholar Annelise Riles spoke about her new book, 'Collateral Knowledge: Legal Reasoning in the Global Financial Markets' in Myron Taylor Hall's Moot Court Room April 27. (May 5, 2011)

Class on garden-based learning develops useful <br /> products for Belize

After returning from Belize, students in the Experiential Garden-Based Learning in Belize course will develop useful products that educators and children in Belize can use. (May 5, 2011)

Symposium briefs 4-H educators on engaging youth in citizen science

More than 40 educators and volunteers, most affiliated with 4-H and 4-H SET (Science, Engineering and Technology), learned about citizen science at a symposium on campus May 3.

April showers bring May glowers from N.Y. growers

April's record rainfall has prompted New York farmers to delay planting many crops, say Cornell experts, who give advice on what to do. (May 3, 2011)

Experimental open government website connects passenger voices to airline rulemaking process

Passengers around the country submitted comments through Regulation Room, a Cornell-run site that gives members of the public a simple way to weigh in on proposed rules that affect them. (May 3, 2011)

Poetry in the air with MFA writers at high school slam

Six MFA students in Alice Fulton's poetry seminar joined middle and high school students, teachers, parents and administrators for a poetry slam April 28 at Ithaca High School. (April 29, 2011)