Some 250 workers in six buildings are part of CALS Green, a one-year energy-cutting initiative committed to dramatically reducing energy costs and Cornell's carbon footprint. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Seven New York state grade school and high school teachers took part in an educational tour of Eastern Europe, thanks to Cornell's Institute for European Studies. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Alan Krueger, ILR '83, a Princeton professor, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to head the president's White House Council of Economic Advisers. (Aug. 30, 2011)
Cornell collaborations with the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute are helping Bangladesh fight climate change and develop a strong, self-sufficient agricultural sector. (Aug. 29, 2011)
New this year, Environmental Exploration Days enticed a dozen local youths, ages 12 to 14, to spend five days exploring the area's natural beauty and learning how they can help protect it. (Aug. 29, 2011)
ILR students worked over the summer to help reinvigorate the Buffalo, N.Y., economy through The High Road Runs Through the City service-learning program. (Aug. 23, 2011)
In rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, poor farmers supplement their livelihoods by hunting and cutting wood, but such practices seriously threaten biodiversity in the developing world. (Aug. 22, 2011)
DeAnna D'Attilio '12, a student in Cornell Cooperative Extension's summer internship program, worked on grape and vineyard research during a summer internship in Riverhead, N.Y. (Aug. 18, 2011)
The New York State Wine Analytical Lab at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., with new equipment, serves as a troubleshooter for state wineries. (Aug. 17, 2011)
