Our Earth is a rare oasis in space and time, said Don Brownlee, University of Washington professor of astronomy and this year's Thomas Gold lecturer, in a public talk March 31 in Rockefeller Hall. (April 2, 2010)
Presenters at a Cornell Higher Education Research Institute conference reported on their research into why college students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics drop out. (April 2, 2010)
For the first time in its 13-year history, Cornell's student-staffed fundraising phonathon raised $1 million (and counting) in a single fiscal year. (April 2, 2010)
'Staff Notes,' a new program hosted by Gary Stewart, deputy director of Government and Community Relations, will launch on CornellCast April 8, 1 p.m., focusing on the daily lives of staff members. (April 1, 2010)
Postcolonial theorist Leela Gandhi delivered a range of approaches to ethics March 30 in Goldwin Smith Hall, in the inaugural talk in the College of Arts and Sciences' Humanities Lecture Series.
Events on campus this week include: a walking contest, Emerging Artists, former Brazilian president, poet Paul Muldoon, Union Days, museum reception, urban agenda, Glissant and sustainability month.
'Release' was just published online. The book is a collaborative effort between students in Tamar Carroll's fall 2009 service-learning course and young women in the Lansing Residential Center. (April 1, 2010)
The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative at the Law School has formed a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation to open the federal regulatory process to more citizen participation. (April 1, 2010)
The Dairy Bar's mascots, a fiberglass cow and calf, were stolen in August 2006; the cow was returned to the Hoy Field pitcher's mound in late November that year. (April 1, 2010)
Researchers have developed the Cornell Soil Health Test to evaluate soil response to management on different types of land. It's intended to assess changes due to gas drilling work. (March 31, 2010)
