'Servant-leader' role suits Weber-Shirk, AguaClara program

Students teach students and make many of the key decisions in AguaClara, a program that for more than a decade has helped communities in Honduras have potable running water.

AguaClara opens its 14th Honduras plant, debuts micro system

AguaClara has opened its 14th water processing plant in Honduras, and has expanded its reach into that country's smallest villages with development of a new, compact system.

Program to offer diagnostic services for animal shelters

Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a pilot program to provide diagnostic services for animal shelters.

Students survey beetles, piranha, sharks for Earthwatch

Environmental and Sustainability Sciences majors – journeyed to three points around the globe to conduct hands-on research in January via Earthwatch.

CALS, SUNY Broome agree to food science transfer program

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announced March 8 an agreement with SUNY Broome Community College that lets students complete a degree in Cornell’s Department of Food Science.

'One Funny Ithaca Story' benefits cancer center March 19

The third annual "One Funny Ithaca Story" will be held Sunday, March 19, 2-3:30 p.m. at The Space at GreenStar, 700 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca.

A cappella concert to benefit Emergency CARE Fund March 11

Sixteen Cornell a cappella groups will perform in a concert March 11, 6-8 p.m., in Call Auditorium to benefit the Emergency CARE Fund, which assists employees who are in financial need due to an unplanned circumstance.

Teach-in on Islam urges public to fight travel ban

Hundreds of members of the Cornell and Ithaca community attended a teach-in on the topic of the diversity of Islam Feb. 17 on campus.

Climate change in Vietnam spurs students to speak up

Ten students from across Cornell spent two weeks of their winter break on a journey through Vietnam, listening to farmers and community members and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand.