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Externships benefit alumni sponsors, give students 'real-world' experience

Cornell's externship programs benefit alumni and students with opportunities to mentor, gain new perspectives and try out different careers. (Oct. 24, 2012)

Workshops meet surging interest in growing hops and microbreweries

Brewing Science and Technology, a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences course, filled an auditorium at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., earlier this month. (Oct. 24, 2012)

Students put IBM's Watson supercomputer to work

A team of three juniors won the Watson Academic Case Competition with their business concept 'Hello Watson,' which would replace humans in call centers with IBM's supercomputer. (Oct. 24, 2012)

'Cosmos' artist discusses his process and inspiration

Artist Leo Villareal talked about creating sculptures from light at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at a public lecture Oct. 22 in Milstein Auditorium. (Oct. 24, 2012)

Conference celebrates free Web access to the law

Academics and users from around the world came to Cornell to discuss free access to laws via the Internet and celebrate the Legal Information Institute's 20th anniversary. (Oct. 24, 2012)

New project seeks elders' wisdom on love and marriage

On matters of the heart, Cornell gerontologist Karl Pillemer believes that older Americans may be the wisest of all. (Oct. 23, 2012)

Research team tackles top pests that scourge organic crops

Cornell researchers have received $2 million to tackle the top pests that devastate organic crops. (Oct. 23, 2012)

U.N. food expert: Big land grabs need regulation

Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, was the keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Global Land Grabbing at Cornell Oct. 17-19.

Journalist warns that Greece is on brink of bankruptcy

In a campus lecture, John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist for NPR, PBS and Al-Jazeera, explained how and why Greece is on the brink of bankruptcy. (Oct. 23, 2012)

Africana panel explores Michelle Obama's image, identity

Michelle Obama's influential and controversial image and identity were discussed Oct. 15 at a panel at the Africana Studies and Research Center. (Oct. 23, 2012)

Americans get a bloodless view of war

A visual artist observes that Americans get a sanitized view of war through the imagery they are fed through the media. (Oct. 23, 2012)

From babies' spatial skills to collective bargaining, social science research gets funding

From studies on the vocal organs to how foreclosures have impacted racial integration, social science research at Cornell just got a boost from the university's Institute for the Social Sciences. (Oct. 22, 2012)