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Red Runner pilot to serve staff, faculty who have disabilities

The Red Runner system has begun piloting a service similar to CU Lift to provide free transportation on campus for staff and faculty who have disabilities or chronic health conditions.

Fund aiding Cornellians in crisis accepts auction items

Donations for this fall's online Emergency CARE (Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees) Fund are being accepted now through Oct. 26.

Engineers' synthetic immune organ produces antibodies

Cornell engineers have created a synthetic immune organ that produces antibodies and can be controlled in the lab, completely separate from a living organism.

Graduate student Tonia Ko composes a soaring career

Accompanying her graduate studies at Cornell, Tonia Ko has earned national and international honors including commissions to create new works and a recent BMI Student Composer Award.

$10M grant aims to save citrus from greening disease

A diverse group of researchers received a five-year, $10 million United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant to find a solution to citrus greening disease.

Plant experts discuss new seeds and old seed catalogs

At Mann Library's Harvesting Heritage event June 5, researchers and home gardeners learned about efforts to preserve ancient traits in the tomato and Cornell's collection of historical seed.

Talks connect faculty, youth-focused extension partners

Ways to address major social problems among youth were discussed at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research's fifth Youth Development Research Update, June 2-3 in Ithaca.

Alumni hear international relations predictions

Cornell faculty offered their forecasts on international relations in Current Events Roundtable: America and the World, a Reunion Weekend event held June 5.

Examining black 'transness' through contemporary media

C. Riley Snorton, assistant professor of Africana studies and of feminist, gender and sexuality studies in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, documents little-known gender journeys of African-Americans.

Free app helps diagnose leaf-or-death situations

Leaf Doctor analyzes a photograph of a damaged leaf and quantifies the percentage and severity of disease, an important measure for researchers and extension agents in the field.

'Doctor in the house' Skorton delivers final address to alumni

Introducing President David J. Skorton June 6 during Reunion before his final State of the University Address, Professor Glenn Altschuler, Ph.D. '76, gave a heartfelt assessment of Skorton's nine years at the university’s helm.

School of Hotel Administration gala honors two in NYC

Barry S. Sternlicht, founder of Starwood Hotels, and Damian J. Mogavero, CEO and founder of Avero, Inc., were honored at a School of Hotel Administration gala in New York City June 2.