'Wee Stinky' corpse flower draws thousands to Cornell

The stinky bloom of a rare corpse plant attracts thousands to Cornell as the university opened its greenhouse doors to the public and live-streamed the event through two separate feeds. (March 21, 2012)

Meridian 180 unites East-West thinkers in online think tank

Meridian 180, an online and transpacific think tank in three languages for multidisciplinary working groups from around the world to promote real policy changes, has officially launched. (March 20, 2012)

Public gardens help feed hungry, preserve biodiversity

Botanical gardens and arboreta play many roles in local communities, stressed Donald Rakow, director of Cornell Plantations, in a talk at New York City's 92nd Street Y March 14. (March 20, 2012)

New and much cheaper genomics technique takes off

Less than a year after after publication, a technique - genotyping-by-sequencing - to analyze genetic information is taking off because the method is cheap and easy, and it generates terabytes of data. (March 19, 2012)

Gymnast with epilepsy founds club and fruit fly lab to 'change the face of epilepsy'

Kaitlin Hardy '12, a sufferer of seizures, founded a student organization that raises awareness of the disorder on campus and in the community, and runs Cornell's only student-run lab. (March 19, 2012)

Rare 'corpse plant' preparing to bloom on campus

Rare corpse flower is about to bloom in Cornell's Kenneth Post Laboratory, an event that has been recorded only 140 times.

Sorority knocks lights out to win conservation contest

The Alpha Xi Delta sorority knocked the competition's lights out as grand champions in Cornell's bid in an energy saving contest. (March 13, 2012)

Former minister assesses Iranian mindset, future prospects

Abbas Maleki, Iran's deputy foreign minister 1988-1997, offered insights into how Iran views itself vis a vis its current tensions with the West. (March 13, 2012)

Arts and Sciences reaches out to communities near and far

The College of Arts and Sciences sponsors a number of wide-ranging public outreach activities in the Ithaca area and beyond. (March 8, 2012)