Cornell is poised to help foster health care reform

Cornell President David Skorton opened the ILR School's health care reform conference May 11 in New York City. (May 14, 2010)

ILR course led to internship, law school for Grace Guichardo

Professor Michael Gold's labor and employment law class influenced student Grace Guichardo '10 to explore human resources and law. (May 12, 2010)

As oil spreads, citizen-science network tracks birds

By entering their counts online, Gulf Coast bird watchers are helping scientists track hundreds of species that could be affected as the oil spreads toward land. (May 11, 2010)

Study uncovers why jurors reward the good-looking, penalize the unbeautiful

A new study identifies the types of thinking among jurors that may predispose them to reasoning rationally or emotionally, which can have a dramatic effect on sentencing. (May 11, 2010)

CU's All About Birds website wins 'lifestyle' Webby award

Hailed as the 'Internet's highest honor' by The New York Times, the Webby Awards are the leading international award for excellence on the Internet. (May 10, 2010)

Sun Grant conference to explore biofuels, biopower

National and regional biofuel, biopower and bioproducts experts will convene in Syracuse for the Northeast Sun Grant 2010 Regional Conference, hosted by Cornell, May 24-26. (May 10, 2010)

Burma workshop offers food, politics and language lessons

Several hundred community members learned about Burmese ethnic groups, their food, language and political status May 8 when the Cornell Southeast Asia Program sponsored a daylong workshop. (May 10, 2010)

Christopherson to study economic impact of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling

City and Regional Planning professor Susan Christopherson is studying the economic effects of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling on rural communities in the region. (May 6, 2010)

The Triple Helix, a student publication founded at Cornell, is a global nonprofit

The Triple Helix, founded by Cornell students in 2004, is now at 27 schools worldwide and has a new online journal to supplement the semiannual print journals focusing on science, society and law. (May 6, 2010)