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Industry, academia to share Cornell Tech building

Cornell NYC Tech has announced it will develop its first "corporate co-location" building, a major advancement in its effort to bring industry and academia together on its Roosevelt Island campus.

Permaculture garden grows food for Trillium

A new student garden outside Kennedy Hall will grow food for Trillium and feature permaculture – a self-sustaining agriculture system in which crops are planted so they work together in mutual benefit.

Language fuels the Balkans' ethnic tensions, linguist says

Linguistics professor Wayles Browne says the use of the Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian languages can have specific cultural connotations that fuel ethnic tensions.

Study: Smoking spiked among former quitters post 9/11

A Weill Cornell Medical College public health study finds about 1 million people in the United States resumed smoking after 9/11, which could cost billions in health care expenses.

Changes made to sesquicentennial leadership

Planning for Cornell’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration in 2015 is progressing smoothly, and planning leadership of the celebration has changed.

Teachers delve into global water and culture issues

More than 50 middle and high school teachers were on campus June 24-26 for an International Studies Summer Institute at Cornell called The Cultural Geography of Water.

Faculty brief Congress, alumni on chemical risks

Three faculty members from the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future briefed Congress and alumni in Washington, D.C., on chemical risks June 18.

Book looks at the ties that bind and buoy us

The new book "Human Bonding: The Science of Affectional Ties" provides a scientific road map to human first attachments from infancy through old age.

Plant eaters, and the flora they eat, give peace a chance

Non-conflict may be the best strategy for both herbivores and plants, according to a new study.

Discovery offers hope against deadly cat virus

After a 30-year search, Cornell scientists have discovered how a benign cat virus mutates into a deadly killer.

Seth 'Yossi' Siegel wins Cornell Hillel's Tanner Prize

The prize is awarded annually to an individual, couple, family or other entity to recognize longtime contributions to the both Jewish people and to Cornell.

Alumni, staff help rebuild town hit by Hurricane Sandy

About 65 Cornellians joined a rebuilding effort in Breezy Point, Queens, N.Y. - a community especially hard hit by Hurricane Sandy - on June 15 in a day of service.