ILR School students help jobless find work

Eleven students used their computer skills at job centers last month to help older workers identify and compete for work as part of an unemployment prevention internship program. (Feb. 16, 2009)

Johnson School students launch coaching and loan program for small local businesses

A program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, BR MicroCapital pairs first-year MBA students with self-employed entrepreneurs who live or work in the Tompkins County area. (Feb. 11, 2009)

Student talks on globalization and the environment at World Social Forum

Natural resources major Apollonya Porcelli '10 spoke on violence against nature and the social and economic structures that can prevent it, from grassroots to governmental levels. (Feb. 11, 2009)

Cornell helps India's small farmers fight moth larvae with genetically modified eggplant

Small farmers in India will soon have a cheaper, safer and more effective option for growing one of India's favorite foods: genetically modified eggplant, developed with Cornell's help. (Feb. 10, 2009)

In 'breathtaking' service-learning trip to Kenya, students teach nutrition, HIV prevention

Seven students recently returned from a three-week service-learning trip to Kenya, where they taught nutrition and HIV prevention. The students found that teaching and learning went both ways.

Cornell podcasts offer career advice in a sinking economy

The job market may look increasingly bleak for graduating seniors and young alumni, but '10GoodMinutes,' a free weekly podcast of interviews with experts can help. (Feb. 10, 2009)

Cornell professor faults systemic failures in salmonella outbreak from peanut butter

When the media needed background on the national salmonella outbreak that has been traced to a Blakely, Ga., peanut-processing plant, they turned to food scientist Robert Gravani. (Feb. 10, 2009)

Bark, berry and cone: The Mullestein Winter Garden offers color during Ithaca's snowy season

Blood-red berries, blue-green needles, twisted scarlet stems and papery curls of bark offer some respite from Ithaca's monotonous gray at the Mullestein Winter Garden at the Cornell Plantations. (Feb. 6, 2009)

Students vie to enroll in new dual-degree programs linking traditional India with state-of-the-art Cornell

Starting this summer, Cornell and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will offer dual-degree programs in food science and plant breeding with up to 15 Indian students accepted for each program. (Feb. 5, 2009)