The Sept. 20 Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring at Stewart Park kicked off the United Way of Tompkins County campaign and organized goods from the food, personal care and school supplies drives. (Sept. 22, 2011)
Filmmaker and biologist Randy Olson, on campus Sept. 18-21, met with various student groups and scientists to give advice on how to convey science through 'storytelling.' (Sept. 22, 2011)
The Office of the Assemblies' update on the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly for the week of Sept. 19. (Sept. 22, 2011)
Mitochondrial depletion syndrome accounts for about 11 percent of the cases of children born with common myopathies, but a new Cornell finding may lead to a nutrition-based treatment. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Plummeting housing prices could lead to a decline in college enrollment as families cut back on expenses, finds a new Cornell study by economist Michael Lovenheim. Hardest hit may be poorer families. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Carla Gomes, director of the Cornell Institute for Computational Sustainability, has been selected as a fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. (Sept. 21, 2011)
In a new textbook, 'Food Policy for Developing Countries,' Cornell economist Per Pinstrup-Andersen analyzes how national and international food policies can reduce poverty and improve economic growth. (Sept. 21, 2011)
With new Iscol Internships for a Sustainable Future, three rising seniors spent the summer working with the Environmental Defense Fund on projects concerning the ocean, pollution and chemical testing. (Sept. 21, 2011)
For the fifth time, Cornell has been named to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's 'Top 100 Adoption-Friendly Workplaces' list. It has also made the AARP and Working Mother lists this fall. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Paul Alivisatos, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor of nanotechnology at University of California-Berkeley, is this year's Hans A. Bethe lecturer. (Sept. 21, 2011)
Cornell clinical law professor William A. Jacobson's talk on the Tea Party generated a heated discussion at the Cornell Club in Manhattan Sept. 19. (Sept. 21, 2011)
