Program pairs Ithacans with international students

The Cornell International Friendship Program pairs local residents with international students and scholars to promote friendships and make the students' experiences more homey.

Student leads effort to build dairy at Kenyan school

Kirstin Torgerson ’15 has secured funds that will be used to construct a 20-25 cow dairy at an all-girls school in Kenya.

Cornell Local Roads Program wins national honors

Larry Lin ’12 and the Cornell Local Roads Program received a National Roadway Safety Award Nov. 6 for their invention of an inexpensive way to assess the functioning of road signs.

Volunteers assemble hygiene kits for girls

More than 150 people, including many students, helped make hygiene kits to ship to girls around the world by the organization Day for Girls. Eight students organized the event.

Grants support Great Lakes biology surveys

Cornell received three grants, one for $3.5 million, to collect data on the biology of the Great Lakes, information that continues long-term datasets and provides current measures for researchers, fishery managers and policy makers.

'Big Red, Big Impact' engages Chicago audience

President David Skorton led the event, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, to cap off Cornell’s yearlong celebration of the Morrill Land Grant Act’s 150th anniversary.

Landscape architecture program inspires local teens

DesignTeach is a youth outreach program that introduces teenagers to the concepts and skills of landscape architecture. A first-year student discusses its influence on her.

Record number of student-volunteers go Into the Streets

A record number of Cornell students volunteered to do community service through Into the Streets, a program celebrating its 22nd anniversary.

Indoor cats sought for hyperthyroidism study

Cornell invites cat owners to register their pets in a free hyperthyroidism study at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine as part of a collaborative project that will further the understanding of treatment options.