Cornell group explores future of indoor farming

Indoor farming entrepreneurs and experts came to Cornell in early November to learn how to create viable businesses for local vegetables and produce grown indoors.

Cornellians gather at D.C.’s African-American history museum

President Pollack and more than 1,000 alumni gathered Nov. 18 at Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of African American History to celebrate Cornell’s founding principles of inclusion and diversity.

Former State Department official talks cyber diplomacy in Bartels lecture

Christopher Painter ’80, former State Department coordinator for cyber issues, discussed internet threats and cyber diplomacy Nov. 15.

Entrepreneurs present beehive monitoring technology to D.C. policymakers

The founders of Combplex, a startup run by two Cornell doctoral students, presented their bee colony monitoring technology in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14.

Ithaca Garden Club to hold holiday gala Dec. 6

The Ithaca Garden Club invites anyone interested to an “Innkeeper’s Holiday Gala,” Dec. 6, beginning at 3 p.m. at the John Joseph Inn, 813 Auburn Road, Groton NY. The inn is 7.5 miles north of the Shops at Ithaca Mall on Route 34.

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United Way campaign accelerates; extended into December

As of Nov. 14, the Cornell United Way campaign has raised $400,773, or 53.4 percent of its goal of $750,000, well beyond the level reached at a comparable time last year.

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Cornell students meet, learn from COP23 world leaders

For the first week of 2017’s Conference of the Parties in Bonn, Germany, Nov. 6-17, seven Cornell students met with business and government leaders from around the world.

Fuertes Observatory to celebrate a century of scanning Ithaca skies

“A Century of Observing at Fuertes” will be held Nov. 17 with reflections on the observatory’s history and long-term impact as a window to the cosmos for the community.

Student work in Italy and upstate N.Y. informs intergenerational communities

City and regional planning students conducted engaged community research in the Cornell in Rome program and in Sullivan County, New York, on building better communities for children and seniors.