Day of Caring, food drive launch United Way campaign

The 12th annual Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring and food drive kicked off the county's 2014-15 United Way Campaign Sept. 30 at Stewart Park. The county campaign goal is $2,150,000.

Bill Gates talks with students on education, innovation

From higher education’s affordability problem, to the meaningfulness of student service trips abroad, to a balanced view of Washington politics, Bill Gates, visiting campus for the first time in a decade, touched on a little of everything during a public Q&A.

Into the Streets Oct. 24-25 promises to be biggest ever

Into the Streets, Cornell’s largest philanthropic effort, hopes to send more than 1,200 students into the community Oct. 24-25 to help local nonprofit agencies and public organizations through volunteer projects.

JumpStart grants awarded to three New York state companies

Three New York companies are the latest recipients of Cornell Center for Materials Research JumpStart grants.

Ithaca Physics Bus and local teens take physics to NYC

Cornell graduate students and local teens affiliated with the outreach program Xraise Cornell showcased their JunkGenie projects and the Ithaca Physics Bus at the World Maker Faire in New York City.

Art student stages Ithaca Falls installation Sept. 26

Artist Jenn Houle, MFA '15, has created a large-scale light installation with environmental and local elements to be shown at the Ithaca Falls Natural Area Sept. 26.

Cornellians explore sites of Ezra's entrepreneurship

Alumni traveled the route Ezra Cornell took from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland, where he laid the first telegraph line on Sept. 20.

A surgeon's view of veterans and the Vietnam War

Veterans' rights activist Gus Kappler ’61, M.D. ’65, spoke on campus Sept. 23 about his experiences as a surgeon in Vietnam and ongoing poor treatment of U.S. veterans.

Cornell Perspectives: Business leads carbon neutrality

An MBA student who attended the People’s Climate March asserts that business is the largest catalyst for change, when it comes to transitioning to a carbon-neutral economy.