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Unusual season to yield exceptional Finger Lakes wines

Unusual weather this year will benefit Finger Lakes wine growers, whose crops are expected to produce outstanding wines. (Oct. 1, 2012)

CCMR announces fall 2012 JumpStart recipients

Three New York state companies have received funding through the JumpStart program, which fosters industry-university collaborations to support product development, revenue growth and job creation. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Rhodes Professor to students: become true 'global citizens'

Ramaswami Balasubramaniam, founder of a leading Indian nonprofit development organization, visited campus Sept. 27 to encourage students to participate in global service learning. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Fill the STEM pipeline by recruiting, training, supporting science teachers

Julie Nucci proposes an integrated approach to solving the STEM pipeline crisis, which includes keeping the CNS Institute for Physics Teachers alive. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Logevall book maps road to disaster in Vietnam

In his new history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, historian Fredrik Logevall draws on new sources to tell the story of disastrous foreign policy decisions. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Cornell faculty celebrate 50 years of Ford Fellowships

Cornell faculty marked the 50th anniversary of the Ford Fellowship Program, which supports minority faculty members, at a conference in California. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Diacritics at 40: Redesigned literary journal archives its past

The literary theory journal diacritics, founded at Cornell in 1971, enters its 40th year of publication with a complete redesign, and donation of its archives to Cornell University Library. (Sept. 27, 2012)

Multimedia event profiles R. Buckminster Fuller

Filmmaker Sam Green will present the live documentary 'The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller' Sept. 29 at Cornell Cinema, with live narration by Green and a live score performed by Yo La Tengo. (Sept. 27, 2012)

United Way Day of Caring kicks off annual campaign

The 2012-13 United Way Campaign kicked off with the Day of Caring Sept. 21, with the announcement of the county goal of $2,155,000. The Cornell student campaign has already raised more than $9,000. (Sept. 27, 2012)

Forum focuses on preventing sexual violence and bias-related incidents

Around 60 students, faculty, staff and administrators met Sept. 24 to develop concrete actions to address and prevent the occurrence of sexual assault, harassment and hate crimes at Cornell. (Sept. 27, 2012)

Ruth Schwartz, nutritional sciences professor emerita, dies

Ruth Schwartz, professor emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, died Sept. 19 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was 87. Funeral services were held Sept. 24. (Sept. 27, 2012)

Things to Do, Sept. 28-Oct. 5

Events on campus this week include a tech industry career fair, a conference honoring Mary Beth Norton, a lecture on serving global healthcare, and an epic Turkish film. (Sept. 27, 2012)