Cornell Cooperative Extension to hold public sessions on Marcellus Shale exploration

Cornell Cooperative Extension will host public meetings across New York's Southern Tier in July and August to educate residents about the development of natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale. (July 9, 2009)

CU to celebrate 40th anniversary of Apollo moon landing

Free and open to the public, the July 18 event will commemorate the July 1969 landing of NASA's Apollo 11 and man's first steps on the moon. (July 8, 2009)

Disease that caused Irish potato famine is devastating tomatoes, potatoes this year

Gardeners beware: This year in the eastern U.S., late blight is killing tomato and potato plants earlier than ever before, and basil downy mildew is affecting plants in gardens and on commercial farms. (July 1, 2009)

Cornell celebrates long-standing collaboration with India-based management company

Cornell honored its 15-year collaboration with India-based Sathguru Management Consultants and the 10th anniversary of the Cornell-Sathguru Agribusiness Management Program June 25. (June 30, 2009)

With ERL prototype on display, Wilson Lab teems with children and adults at open house

The hallways of Wilson Lab, home to Cornell's synchrotron radiation facility and electron storage ring, were open to all ages during the public event on June 27. (June 29, 2009)

The right people, the right place: Networking site for alumni to phase in this fall

CornellConnect, an online collection of communications and networking tools for alumni, will be available by the end of 2009. (June 25, 2009)

Motorola funds bring minority high school students to engineering college this summer

The CATALYST Academy at Cornell will host a one-week summer program to engage underrepresented minority high school students in science and engineering. (June 25, 2009)

Skorton to speak at Ethiopian university's graduation on East Africa trip

President David Skorton will visit Ethiopia, Tanzania and Rwanda during a two-week trip, beginning July 1. Skorton will speak at the Bahir Dar University graduation and discuss opportunities for collaboration. (June 25, 2009)

Gardens sow common ground for military families to cope with deployment stress

Cornell is helping the military plant Defiant Gardens to give military families a way to connect with each other, with civilians and with their deployed parent or spouse. (June 24, 2009)