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'Cornell Now!' campaign tops $4 billion

Cornell has surpassed a fundraising-campaign milestone - $4 billion - making it only the fourth institution in all of higher education to do so.

Baja racing team takes first place

The Cornell Baja Racing Team brought home a first-place victory at the 2013 Baja SAE International Competition in Cookeville, Tenn.

Small meteors punch through Saturn's rings

The finding, published in Science today, makes Saturn’s rings one of the few locations where scientists have been able to observe these impacts in process.

Things to Do, April 26-May 3

Events this week include classical and jazz concerts, a PBS film on deer at Plantations, a German studies conference and an exhibition, open house and film for May Day.

Four inducted into graduate honor society

Doctoral candidates Chavez Carter, Christian Guzman, Michael Mitchell and Luisa Rosas were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at an April 19-20 conference at Yale University.

E-text rivals paper in these 'United Slates'

Cornell researchers have created a digital age active-reading system using an array of tablets to combine the best features of paper and electronic text.

Students put a price on trees for Arbor Day

Cornell horticulture students are hoping to highlight why trees are worth hugging, by hanging bright green 'price tags' on trunks around the Ag Quad to show the true value of trees.

Students explore hair and identity in exhibition

History of art students have organized a faculty symposium April 27 on the student-curated exhibition “Hair: Untangling Roots of Identity” at the Johnson Museum, examining hair’s political, social, cultural and artistic contexts.

N.Y. Giant Kevin Boothe advises JC Tretter on draft

New York Giants left guard Kevin Boothe '05 gives advice to Big Red offensive lineman JC Tretter '13, who awaits the outcome of the NFL draft this weekend.

Real estate award honoree to speak April 30

Gerald Hines, the Cornell Real Estate Industry Leadership Award recipient for 2013, will speak on campus April 30 in the Baker Program in Real Estate's Distinguished Speaker Series.

Biochar reduces nasty nitrous oxide emissions on farms

In the quest to decrease the world's greenhouse gases, Cornell scientists have discovered that biochar reduces the nemesis nitrous oxide from agricultural soil on average by about 55 percent and stanches emissions into the atmosphere.

Annual dinner honors long-serving staff members

President David Skorton and vice presidents Mary Opperman and Susan Murphy recognize 310 staff members celebrating 25, 30, 35, 40 or more years of service to Cornell at the 58th Annual Service Recognition Dinner, held April 17 in Bartels Hall.