On Cornell's West Campus, students hang out with faculty members who serve as house fellows, and a new Cafe Scientifique series brings faculty and students together for intellectual discussion. (Oct. 24, 2007)
Cornell Law School students listened to a dialogue on women leaders Oct. 22 from two experts on the subject: Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and Cornell Provost Biddy Martin. (Oct. 23, 2007)
Joan C. Williams, this year's ADVANCEments in Science Distinguished Lecturer, described how an archaic 'ideal worker' model discriminates against women in academia, Oct. 17. (Oct. 23, 2007)
Robert Parris Moses, a celebrated civil rights leader, will deliver three lectures at Cornell on the theme 'Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right,' Oct. 20-31. (Oct. 23, 2007)
Cornell's ongoing efforts to create an inclusive environment for all students, staff and faculty were recognized by Campus Pride, which named the university to its LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index. (Oct. 23, 2007)
Alexander Atkind, the former Cornell student who pleaded guilty in September to felony animal abuse, was sentenced to six months in county jail and five years probation in Tompkins County Court. (Oct. 23, 2007)
Astronomer Judith Pipher, who earned her Ph.D. from Cornell in 1971, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y., earlier this year. (Oct. 23, 2007)
Certain varieties of common fescue lawn grass come equipped with their own natural broad-spectrum herbicide that inhibits the growth of weeds and other plants around them. (Oct. 22, 2007)
Although Cornell's Solar Decathlon team did not fare as well this year as in 2005, the biennial competition held on the National Mall last week proved to be an invaluable experience for team members, students said. (Oct. 22, 2007)
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory in Portland, N.Y., will take place Oct. 29 at the site of the new lab in Chautauqua County at 1 p.m. (Oct. 22, 2007)
Irene Rosenfeld, CEO and chairman of Kraft Foods Inc., gave a summary of her strategy for turning around the fortune of the international corporation as the 2007 Lewis H. Durland Memorial lecturer, Oct. 18. (Oct. 22, 2007)
