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Plan for Slope Day traffic detours

Access to a number of campus streets will be limited May 8 to accommodate increased pedestrian traffic on Slope Day.

New battery test center adds zip to New York economy

Replacing the gasoline economy with better batteries may be accelerated thanks to unique battery testing capabilities at Cornell, and anchored by a new testing and prototyping center that the university helped to establish.

President issues statement on sexual violence prevention

Cornell President David Skorton issued a statement to the community May 7 on a White House report that augments Cornell’s comprehensive approach to sexual violence prevention.

New sports rehab program gets pets back in the game

A new Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine service at Cornell University Hospital for Animals will help canine athletes, non-athletic dogs and cats recover from injury through interdisciplinary medical techniques.

Impressive finishes for steel bridge, concrete canoe teams

Both Cornell teams showed major improvement over last year, with the canoe team's second place overall finish propelling them to the national competition in June.

UV-B light zaps cucumber disease

A new study by scientists at Cornell and in Norway finds that UV-B light suppresses cucumber powdery mildew; less use of fungicides may result from the finding.

Jenny Sabin receives Young Architects Prize

Assistant professor of architecture Jenny Sabin has received a 2014 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, for a portfolio of her work.

Threats seen to 3 billion birds in vast Canadian forest

A new report calls for saving half of the 1.5 billion acres of North America's boreal forest – one of the world's last great forests – to protect the habitat for more than 300 migratory bird species.

Thinkers tackle atomic war, climate change in diacritics

The new issue of diacritics, the review of contemporary criticism published since 1971, focuses on climate change, the threat of nuclear war and the legacy of Jacques Derrida.

Watts down: Vintage Sheldon Court wins energy contest

Cornell’s venerable Sheldon Court – a Collegetown residence hall that's more than a century old – earned first place in Unplugged 2014, the university's first annual energy saving competition among dormitories.

Lehman Fund makes seven awards for China study

The Jeffrey S. Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China has made grants to Cornell faculty members and graduate students to support collaborative research projects.

Mellon courses are curating interest in museum practice

Undergraduates and graduate students are learning about museum practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in courses partnering the Johnson Museum with other academic resources at Cornell.