Experiment station's 'culture of sustainability' serves as model for campus

The Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station has adopted a culture of sustainability that welcomes ideas from everyone in the organization.

LEGO models show how things move

The Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo featured 18 teams of elementary school students from upstate New York who displayed their working LEGO models. (Feb. 1, 2010)

Musical mission grows for CU Winds in Costa Rica

CU Winds continued its cultural outreach mission on its third biennial tour of Costa Rica, donating 95 instruments to five schools and performing with and teaching student musicians and conductors.

Deadly fish virus now found in all Great Lakes

A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great Lakes.

Engineers to work on disaster risk management strategies

The researchers will develop mathematical representations of strategic interactions between building owners and insurance companies in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

Report: Arecibo unparalleled for finding near-Earth objects

The radar system at Arecibo Observatory plays a unique role in the ongoing effort to identify and characterize near-Earth objects, according to a final report to Congress. (Jan. 26, 2010)

David Levitsky -- part teacher, part showman -- wins USDA teaching award

A central plank of David Levitsky's teaching philosophy, honed over 40 years of instructing Cornell students, is to make his lessons unpredictable, and his style has earned him a USDA teaching award.

CU moves beyond coal with opening of new power plant

Cornell's new combined heat and power plant will reduce carbon emissions by 28 percent and serve as an example to other institutions.

Cornell's JumpStart program chooses four New York small businesses for collaborations

Four small businesses will collaborate with Cornell Center for Materials Research scientists to improve their products. (Jan. 14, 2010)