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Entrepreneurs celebrate two new co-working spaces

Two newly renovated spaces – eHub Collegetown and Rev: Ithaca Startup Works – opened their doors last week to students and community members, offering many new resources for local entrepreneurs.

Endowment return falls in fiscal year 2015-16

Cornell University has announced that its endowment, currently valued at $6.1 billion, generated an investment return of -3.3 percent during the year that ended June 30, 2016.

'GreeneFest' to honor retiring herpetologist Harry Greene

Friends, colleagues and former students of Harry Greene will gather at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Oct. 8, for "GreeneFest," a celebration of his science and of the lives Greene has influenced.

Sedimental journey: Scientists tackle toxin particle capture

As lakes and waterways are threatened by end-of-summer blue-green algae that produce cyanotoxins, new Cornell research shows how water chemistry controls toxic molecules captured by sediment.

President Rawlings responds to Stewart Avenue stabbing

Interim President Hunter Rawlings sent a message to students, faculty and staff on the Ithaca campus following a stabbing on the Stewart Avenue bridge Sept. 28.

Investment office to move to New York City by late 2017

The Office of University Investments will move from Ithaca to New York City by late 2017. The relocation "puts us closer to the world capital markets," said Executive Vice President and CFO Joanne DeStefano.

Freezing technique is effective alternative to lumpectomy

A deep-freezing technique known as cryoablation is a viable alternative to traditional surgery in many early-stage breast cancers according to Weill Cornell Medicine research.

Film, panel recall 1969 occupation of Willard Straight

In Willard Straight Hall's Cornell Cinema, alumni, faculty, students and members of the Ithaca community gathered Sept. 23 to remember the 1969 occupation of the building in which they sat.

Original Africana site dedicated at ceremony

A plaque commemorating the original home of Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center at 320 Wait Ave., destroyed by fire in 1970, was unveiled Sept. 24 following a dedication ceremony.

Campus labs find ways to curb water use during drought

Cornell's laboratories have jumped into the water-saving pool, as building managers and campus wet lab technicians face the drought.

Rawlings updates GPSA on health care, child care, housing

At the Sept. 26 meeting of the GPSA, Interim President Hunter Rawlings talked about the decrease in student health plan rates for dependents, an increase in child care grants and progress on a new housing community.

New imaging method developed for lipid with many functions

Cornell researchers report a new method for imaging a lipid with many functions, which could solve the mystery of how it plays so many roles.