Real estate titans talk development in changing world

Students and real estate professionals got a refreshingly honest view of the competitive and contentious world of development April 28 in NYC at a panel discussion.

Food entrepreneurs innovate, collaborate with Cornell

Food entrepreneurs took part in the panel discussion Advancing Food Entrepreneurship April 28 at the Statler Hotel, part of the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration conference.

Class gathers oral histories of Caribbean residents in Brooklyn

Oneka LaBennett's students in oral history and urban ethnography over spring break recorded the life stories of Caribbean immigrants living and working in a rapidly gentrifying part of Brooklyn.

Maplewood graduate housing complex is dedicated

With a ceremonial groundbreaking May 5, construction of the new Maplewood housing complex for graduate and professional students and their families is underway.

Collaborative startup will monitor pathogens in hospital settings

Biotia, a startup offering microbial surveillance for hospitals, is a joint venture between researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech, founded through the Runway Startup program at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.

Agriculture career day exposes teens to diverse fields

An event for students interested in agriculture was held April 26 and brought together 220 high school students from 17 Finger Lakes-area school districts.

Auburn student prisoners debate team of future lawyers

In the Auburn Correctional Facility's gray stone chapel, incarcerated students and prison staff waited alongside Cornell faculty and staff April 26, eager to hear the results of who won a debate between inmates and law students.

Seed to Supper connects students with the community

Horticulture senior lecturer Marcia Eames-Sheavly's Seed to Supper two-semester course sequence exposes students to a deeper level of community building and engagement.

Italian-Jewish writers subject of May 1 talk in NYC

"A Tale of Three Cities: Reading Turin, Trieste and Rome," a talk by Kora von Wittelsbach, will be held at the Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St. in New York City.