Cornell natural-areas staff spotted small fluffy white sacs along the base of the needle on an eastern hemlock: telltale signs that a devastating pest had invaded Cornell's hemlocks for the first time.
A new course for Johnson School and Cornell Law School students explores how corporate culture can induce even the best-intentioned employee to do wrong. (March 11, 2009)
Each semester, volunteer faculty and teaching assistants teach a liberal arts curriculum free of charge to inmates at the Auburn Correctional Facility who can now work toward an associate's degree. (March 5, 2009)
Donations of canned goods and nonperishable foods will be collected on campus for local food pantries March 11. United Way of Tompkins County is sponsoring the fundraiser. (March 5, 2009)
The new Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, funded with a $1.5 million grant from the Avon Foundation for Women, will work with judges in an effort to bring justice to women survivors of violence. (March 4, 2009)
Giving high school students access to computers and spreading awareness of what causes malaria were the goals of two different student groups who conducted service trips to Ghana over winter break. (March 4, 2009)
Cornell computer science students are using computer games to attract public school students to computer science with a free after-school course in game-making. (March 4, 2009)
African-Americans account for nearly 70 percent of all new HIV/AIDS cases, and teen pregnancy rates may be rising again. Text messaging may be one way to help address such daunting public health issues. (March 4, 2009)
This year's Big Red Relief, an annual benefit concert, earned $4,350; proceeds will go to Action Against Hunger, a nongovernmental organization. (March 3, 2009)
