Cops, Kids and Toys Program helps with the holidays

Donations and volunteers can help others during the holidays by participating in Cops, Kids and Toys; the Cornell Elves Program; and Share the Warmth.

Novakovic talks on charged farm topics in D.C.

With the current, extended Farm Bill set to expire Dec. 31, Washington-based journalists met Dec. 5 with Farm Bill and dairy expert Andy Novakovic, professor in Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, to discuss the legislative possibilities.

'Pride' award to Plantations' Cascadilla project

Improvements to the lower entrance of Cascadilla Glen - and a metal artist's gate, in particular - have earned Cornell Plantations a 2013 Pride of Ownership award.

Engaged learning class enables teaching in the trenches

A dozen undergrads were thrust into the teaching trenches this fall at DeWitt Middle School in Ithaca, where they shepherded 20 teenagers through a storytelling project in an after-school program they helped design.

Humphrey fellow shares Armenian culture with local children

Harutyun Gevorgyan, a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at Cornell, brings Armenian language and culture to area schoolchildren.

Mechanical grape thinning pays off for growers

Western New York grape growers who used mechanical crop thinning techniques saved millions of dollars of crop damage.

Statler Hotel recycles soap to boost global hygiene

Cornell’s Statler Hotel has recycled more than 2,518 bars of soap through its partnership with the nonprofit Clean the World.

Outreach program teaches disabilities awareness

Ithaca middle school students learned about disabilities awareness in a four-part curriculum developed by senior lecturer of communication Kathy Berggren and three Cornell undergraduates.

Veterinary college to open Long Island equine hospital

Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine will open Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists, a referral and emergency care hospital, near the Belmont Racetrack in Elmont, N.Y., in April 2014.