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Film explores student work at Polish estate, family's Jewish roots

In the documentary "Reversing Oblivion," screening on campus March 21, filmmaker Ann Michel '77 searches for her roots as architecture students help reimagine her family's farm estate in Poland.

Barn swallow behavior shift may be evolutionary

A new population of barn swallows near Buenos Aires, established only about 30 years ago, has adapted both its migration cycle and its breeding cycle in a dramatically short time.

'Servant-leader' role suits Weber-Shirk, AguaClara program

Students teach students and make many of the key decisions in AguaClara, a program that for more than a decade has helped communities in Honduras have potable running water.

AguaClara opens its 14th Honduras plant, debuts micro system

AguaClara has opened its 14th water processing plant in Honduras, and has expanded its reach into that country's smallest villages with development of a new, compact system.

Cornell veterinary scientist Alan Dobson dies at 88

Alan Dobson, professor emeritus of biomedical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, died on Feb. 21 in Ithaca, New York.

Doctoral student named Future Leader in Science

Ann Bybee-Finley, a second-year doctoral student at Cornell studying cropping systems resilience with a focus on Northeastern dairy producers, has been named a 2017 Future Leader in Science.

Ambitious first-year students catch the research bug

Many Cornell students pursue research opportunities early in their college careers. Exposing undergraduates to research in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities is a university hallmark.

Hotel to rise in heart of Cornell Tech campus

Cornell announced plans March 14 to build a hotel on the university's new Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island that will open in 2019.

Grant explores using seminal fluid proteins to control mosquitoes

Cornell researchers are exploring a new approach to reducing the spread of mosquito-borne viruses through seminal fluid proteins from male mosquitoes that disrupt the reproductive biology in females.

Gregory Poe, expert in environmental economics, dies at 56

Gregory Poe, professor of applied economics and management, died unexpectedly March 11 at his home in Ithaca. His work focused on applied welfare economics, nonmarket valuation, experimental economics and water pollution policy.

Program to offer diagnostic services for animal shelters

Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has launched a pilot program to provide diagnostic services for animal shelters.

Former Japanese PM to give talk about Fukushima disaster

Naoto Kan, former prime minister of Japan, will deliver a public lecture, "The Truth about the Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima and the Future of Renewable Energy," Tuesday, March 28.