Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services are using a pilot weatherization and pellet stove project to show how households can lower home energy costs. (Sept. 21, 2010)
Dave Bestys, materials handler for the textbook division of the Cornell Business Services Warehouse, wrote a book, recently re-released online, about his 19 years as a volunteer firefighter. (Sept. 21, 2010)
Assistant professor of computer science Ashutosh Saxena leads Cornell's Personal Robotics Lab, which develops software for complex, high-level robotics that could one day aid humans with daily tasks. (Sept. 21, 2010)
Although Harvard Professor Stephen Walt is a supporter of President Obama, he said his foreign policies are 'doomed to fail.' Walt spoke on campus Sept. 16. (Sept. 20, 2010)
Cornell is ranked No. 14 and No. 16 in world university rankings issued by Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds, respectively. Its graduates were also rated No. 14 by a poll of recruiters. (Sept. 20, 2010)
Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, will help develop the chapter on the physical science basis for climate change. (Sept. 20, 2010)
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Influential French writer, theorist and feminist scholar Helene Cixous will be on campus Sept. 19-23 for a conference and lecture during her first visit as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Homecoming features a student parade, Cornell vs. Yale football, an a cappella concert by 13 student groups, and a concert by the Cornell Glee Club. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Events this week include 'Exit Saigon' events, Czech Republic president, Glee Club and a cappella concerts and talks by Glenn Altschuler, Tariq Ali, Jefferson Cowie, Daniel Magaziner and Greg Graffin. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Plant biologist Charles Uhl, professor emeritus and a well-recognized expert on the cytogenetics of the stonecrop family, died Aug. 29 at age 92. (Sept. 16, 2010)
