Cornell Prison Education Program seeks volunteer tutors

Volunteers for Cornell Prison Education Program gain as much as they give in helping to teach Cornell courses at Auburn Correctional Facility. Classes started Sept. 8, and volunteers are welcome any time. (Sept. 9, 2009)

Videos portray despair of alcoholism, promise of recovery

ILR School Professor Sam Bacharach and his colleagues have filmed the personal stories of recovering alcoholics as they reflect on their lives and struggle to remain sober. (Sept. 9, 2009)

Alumnus recounts harrowing anecdotes from his foreign service career

William E. Ryerson '60 shared some of his experiences in the U.S. Foreign Service Sept. 3. A former ambassador to Albania, he served throughout eastern Europe. (Sept. 9, 2009)

This fall, grad students in NSF program to show rural schools what scientists do

A National Science Foundation grant is allowing science teachers from rural school districts to assist Cornell biomedical engineering graduate students with a research project this summer. (Sept. 1, 2009)

Cornell United Way campaign kicks off Sept. 17

Collection boxes for food and personal-care items will soon spring up around campus. The collection drive precedes the 2009 United Way campaign launch, slated for Sept. 17, this year's Day of Caring. (Sept. 1, 2009)

Solar, chicken and youth power make Cornell a strong presence at New York State Fair

President Skorton and CALS Dean Susan Henry made their annual visit to the New York State Fair Aug. 27, where they toured Cornell's solar house and met with Gov. David Paterson and young 4-H members. (Aug. 28, 2009)

New Cornell lab in Portland, N.Y., specializes in vines, wines

Cornell deepened its century-long commitment to western New York's wine, grape and juice industries when it opened its new $5.4 million Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory, Aug. 25.

Collaborative energy research is vital for state economy, Paterson says at Cornell

N.Y. Gov. David Paterson met with President David Skorton and education and industry leaders to highlight his support for collaborative research and Cornell projects funded by the federal stimulus package. (Aug. 27, 2009)

$3.2 million NSF grant trains grad students to tackle food systems and poverty problems

A new Cornell program funded by the National Science Foundation will train graduate students to use interdisciplinary approaches to tackle food systems problems that contribute to extreme poverty. (Aug. 26, 2009)