Two sugar maples from campus that were uprooted for construction have been fashioned into benches and are in a new garden on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2010)
Cornell Orchards store now has seed packets of select vegetable cultivars developed by Cornell's breeding programs, including seeds for heirloom squash, cucumber and muskmelon. (April 19, 2010)
President David Skorton will present the 'Partners in Sustainability Award' to NYSERDA, a state agency with a long record of support for energy innovation and conservation, in a ceremony April 21. (April 16, 2010)
Cornell and the City University of Hong Kong have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish terms of a collaboration to create the first veterinary medicine academic program in Hong Kong. (April 15, 2010)
The incinerator at Cornell's Vet School was officially shut down on April 7 and replaced with a new digester for disposing of animal remains. (April 15, 2010)
Focus more on care and less on disease treatment in the elderly to cut health care costs, said Robert Martensen, National Institutes of Health, in the Sick in America keynote address, April 12. (April 14, 2010)
The Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers hosted 38 high school students from Syracuse April 9 for a campus visit and other science activities, including packing DNA from their cheeks.