The Future of Minority Studies Summer Institute has received a three-year, $630,000 renewal grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (Oct. 18, 2007)
Jon Kleinberg, Cornell professor of computer science, is one of 'America's Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences' featured in the fall 2007 issue of Smithsonian magazine. (Oct. 18, 2007)
The Cornell policy debate team, part of the Cornell Forensics Society, is now ranked 13th in the nation -- up from 22nd place just a couple of years ago. (Oct. 18, 2007)
'New York Guide to Sustainable Viticulture Practices,' published by Cornell Cooperative Extension, is available in both print and online versions. (Oct. 18, 2007)
With the Cornell Board of Trustees and University Council on campus Oct. 18-20 for their annual meeting, a variety of events for their members illustrate the persistence of Ezra Cornell's guiding vision. (Oct. 18, 2007)
Papers are being accepted for the CISSE 2007 conference; Pi Kappa Phi is hosting a charity haunted house; and submissions are being accepted for the first Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Prize. (Oct. 18, 2007)
To celebrate the end of Ramadan, more than 250 students, faculty and family members of different faiths came together at the annual Eid Banquet in Statler Hall, Oct. 14, to pray and eat together. (Oct. 17, 2007)
Derek Cabrera, Ph.D. '07, a visiting fellow at Cornell, focused his doctoral dissertation on a toy he invented called ThinkBlocks to teach abstract thinking skills in children and adults. (Oct. 17, 2007)
Two veterinarians in Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, Donald F. Smith and Ronald Riis, were honored by the New York State Veterinary Medical Society Sept. 29 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Oct. 16, 2007)
A recent Cornell class was the first to apply an ultrasonic technology used to make body bags for high couture. The hitch? No stitch -- no thread or glue were allowed to be used. (Oct. 16, 2007)
In an effort to improve lives and save African wildlife, Cornell researchers are helping farmers in Zambia develop such products as peanut butter and tofu under the It's Wild! brand name. (Oct. 16, 2007)
Cornell researchers have identified several key mechanisms in 13-year-olds that explain why impoverished children have more diseases and die younger in adulthood than more affluent children. (Oct. 16, 2007)
