Forty-two students spent the Nov. 4 weekend in a sort of boot camp for budding student entrepreneurs; it generated six viable business ideas that just might go forward. (Nov. 8, 2011)
Cornell Law School hosted a conference Nov. 4-6 on water scarcity and policy in the Middle East and Mediterranean, which attracted a wide array of international scholars. (Nov. 8, 2011)
President David Skorton offered condolences for the loss of Ph.D. candidate Kenneth Whelan, who passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Students in Restoration Ecology this semester are gathering data to analyze whether Cayuga Inlet should be dredged, and what the options are for the sediment. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Steven W. Squyres has been named chairman of the NASA Advisory Council, an assembly of experts that offers guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency. (Nov. 7, 2011)
AguaClara, Cornell's water treatment and technology development program, has won a $50,000 cash prize in association with the 2011 Intel Environment Award. (Nov. 7, 2011)
The North American Maple Syrup Council awarded its inaugural Richard G. Haas Distinguished Service Award to the Maple Program; Peter Smallidge received an award from the Society of America Foresters. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Professor Norman Uphoff received the International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering Review Award for 2011 for his 'significant editorial contributions' to an international journal. (Nov. 7, 2011)
David Cohen '85, an undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury, advised student not to fight, but join city hall, develop good work habits, learn to write and don't sweat it, speaking on campus Nov. 4.
Robert Frank, speaking at Museum of American Finance in New York City Nov. 2, says eliminating income taxes but instituting a steeply progressive consumption tax would free up $3 trillion annually. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Events on campus this week include a book talk with historian Mary Beth Norton, the Alloy Orchestra and silent films at Cornell Cinema, and plays at Risley Theatre and the Schwartz Center. (Nov. 3, 2011)
