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'Friend 2 Friend' increases students' awareness of how to help struggling peers

'Notice and Respond: Friend 2 Friend' is designed to help students to consider their role in Cornell's support network and offer ways they might respond when peers show signs of distress. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Endowment rises nearly 20 percent in fiscal 2011, marking second year of growth

The final numbers are in: Cornell's long-term investments jumped for a second year in a row. The total value rose 19.9 percent to $5.35 billion. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Resource fair shows local teachers how Cornell can help

Some 600 teachers in the Ithaca City School District attended the Resource and Networking Fair at Ithaca High School Oct. 7 to learn about Cornell resources they can use in their classrooms. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Collaboration is the key to successful IT streamlining

Collaboration among those with a stake in Cornell's information technology is going to be the key to streamlining it successfully, said project managers speaking at an Oct. 6 forum. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Human Ecology Building advances science and design

The new 89,000-square-foot Human Ecology Building debuts as a 'green' facility loaded with high-tech labs, studios, galleries and more. (Oct. 11, 2011)

Study: Community workforce agreements expand economic opportunity

Community workforce agreements have expanded job opportunities for returning veterans, women and minorities, according to ILR research. (Oct. 10, 2011)

Visiting African students see less class-consciousness

Eight students from the University of the Free State in South Africa reflected on what they observed and learned toward the end of their visit to Cornell, Oct. 5. (Oct. 10, 2011)

Professor: Easy money may prompt another financial crisis

Professor Peter Katzenstein said Oct. 5 that the financial crisis of 2008 was a foregone conclusion considering the economic climate, and he predicts a possible worse crisis in the future. (Oct. 10, 2011)

Extension trains Roosevelt Island maintenance staff in landscape horticulture

Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC Urban Environment Program has trained the grounds maintenance staff of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. on horticultural issues. (Oct. 10, 2011)

Law students help draft new constitution for South Sudan

Cornell law students drafted a new constitution for the new Republic of South Sudan under the tutelage of law professor Muna B. Ndulo. (Oct. 7, 2011)

Experts explore links between risk-taking, brain mechanisms

The Third Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, on campus Sept. 22-23, explored the connections between risky decision-making and brain mechanisms. (Oct. 7, 2011)

NYT reporter describes how deep he has to drill to cover natural gas boom

Ian Urbina, reporter for The New York Times, says he finds difficult-to-obtain documents, which readers can view, to support his stories on the natural gas drilling boom. (Oct. 7, 2011)