The Johnson School's new Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute led a 10-day program with aspiring innovators from around the world in a collaboration with KAUST in Saudi Arabia. (March 31, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a folk concert, forums on bridge barriers, lectures from Gettleman, Prasad, McEuen and Vangeline, Johnson Museum reception, and Vet College open house.
As part of a Getting to Know Europe outreach project via Cornell, students at South Seneca Middle School are 'e-pals' with Polish and Slovakian students and using their art motifs in their own work. (March 29, 2011)
Historian Barry Strauss separated myth from reality regarding the warrior Spartacus and contrasted ancient and modern military tactics used during insurgencies in a March 28 lecture in Manhattan. (March 29, 2011)
Even urban dwellers are hopping on the agribusiness boom. In response, Cornell is holding workshops, including one in New York City, on how to start a small dairy processing operation. (March 28, 2011)
On March 23 Cornell held a Library Salon at Lighthouse International in Manhattan that focused on the 1911 Triangle factory fire and the ILR School's Kheel Center collection and website about the fire. (March 28, 2011)
Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York Farm Bureau shared a March 21 ceremony in Binghamton to commemorate their joint 100th anniversary. (March 24, 2011)
April marks the third annual Sustainability Month on campus, featuring dozens of events, discussions and lectures on topics from social justice to the business of local foods. (March 23, 2011)