The Backpack Program for area needy children is accepting donations. Participants are asked buy backpacks and school supplies for children kindergarten-sixth grade and deliver them to 130 Day Hall. (July 17, 2012)
A ribbon-cutting for a safe haven for homeless children was held at the Red Cross Friendship Center July 14, thanks to a partnership between the American Red Cross and the Cornell Child Care Center. (July 17, 2012)
Two studies find that romantic partners tend to perceive that if their partner shares food with someone else, it could lead to shared intimacy with them.
July's recent heat wave broke records for longevity and came close to all-time temperature highs in several major cities, says climatologist Jessica Rennells.
The six-week Cornell Plantation's PEEPS program aims to give high school students ecological awareness and to cultivate in them an environmental ethic for future actions.
The Cornell Leadership Program's inaugural learning session will be July 30 in the Physical Sciences Building. The program will include a panel discussions and small-group interactions.
The 2012 QS World University Rankings by subject have placed Cornell in the world's top 200 institutions in many categories, ranging from hard sciences to the humanities.
