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State accepts actions to prevent digester spills, permit to be amended

With four buildings in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences undergoing renovations, more than 800 people will be relocated. (Feb. 10, 2011)

United Way and championship women's ice hockey to be celebrated Feb. 12

The state has accepted the changes Cornell has made to comply with DEC requirements, following the Dec. 10-11 accidental discharge from Cornell's alkaline hydrolysis digester. (Feb. 10, 2011)

Cornell enters two-month national recycling contest

Cornell's women's ice hockey game against Yale, Feb. 12, includes a benefit for the United Way: For each person attending, two anonymous donors will give $1.11 to the county campaign. (Feb. 10, 2011)

Social media is behind Egyptian protests, but little has changed, panelists assert

For the first time, Cornell has entered a national recycling contest, Recyclemania, Feb. 7-April 2, coordinated by the Class of 2014 Council and Cornell's recycling team, R5 Operations. (Feb. 10, 2011)

Things to Do, Feb. 11-18

Three professors discussed the status of Egypt's turmoil Feb. 9. One stressed that social media played a key role in triggering the protests; another that nothing has changed yet. (Feb. 10, 2011)

'Homer & Langley' chosen for New Student Reading Project

Events on campus this week include Cinema's Elegant Winter Party, talks on NASA's new telescope, 'Precious Little,' Stewart O'Nan reading, and a lecture by the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. (Feb. 10, 2011)

Fred Schneider elected to National Academy of Engineering

New students entering Cornell in the fall will read and discuss E.L. Doctorow's 'Homer and Langley,' a 2009 historical novel based on the lives of New York City's reclusive Collyer brothers. (Feb. 10, 2011)

Committee continues exploring bridge safety

A committee of city of Ithaca and Cornell stakeholders met Feb. 7 to review preliminary conceptual options to potentially improve the safety of bridges spanning high gorges. (Feb. 9, 2011)

AguaClara to bring more water treatment plants to Honduras

A committee of City of Ithaca and Cornell stakeholders met Feb. 7 to review preliminary conceptual options to potentially improve the safety of bridges spanning high gorges. (Feb. 9, 2011)

Evolution is not anti-God, and evidence for it abounds

From new filtration technologies for their water plants to changes in fundraising efforts, AguaClara team members shared their latest innovations, insights and experiences at a Feb. 7 presentation. (Feb. 9, 2011)

Engineering background helps O'Nan as a fiction writer

Cornell evolution expert Mike Webster discussed some of the many misperceptions about it evolution in a talk Feb. 3 as part of this year's Darwin Days. (Feb. 9, 2011)

Spacecraft and comet fated for Valentine's Day rendezvous

Cornell has received a 2011 ENERGY STAR CHP (combined heat and power) Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for the campus's highly efficient CHP system. (Feb. 8, 2011)