Geo-economics, not military might, is the main tool of international negotiations, said Richard Burt '69, former ambassador to Germany, as failing states seek nuclear weapons. (Dec. 6, 2010)
The Cornell Institute for European Studies, the Einaudi Center and the New York State Center for Rural Schools will use the $125,000 grant to educate about the European Union. (Nov. 30, 2010)
Jessica Weeks, assistant professor of government, won a Junior Faculty Research Grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation for her book project 'Dictators at War.' (Nov. 30, 2010)
Cornell received a Forrester Groundswell Award Nov. 19 for the globalrust.org website, which provides tools for people fighting the virulent new diseases of wheat that threaten world food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)
Close to 90 Cornellians spent Nov. 12 at the United Nations, touring and talking with experts on topics ranging from climate change to food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)
In a Nov. 22 tour of the Food and Finance High School, a partner school with Cornell, Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council, toured the aquaponics lab and rooftop garden. (Nov. 24, 2010)
A 'Meeting of the Minds' faculty panel examined how biomedical and digital technology affect human experience. The panel was the centerpiece of 'Cornell on the Charles' event, Nov. 18 in Boston. (Nov. 23, 2010)
The tile drainage systems in upper Mississippi farmlands - from Minnesota to across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio - are the biggest contributors of nitrogen runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, reports a new study. (Nov. 23, 2010)
