Thirty-seven of New York state's 62 counties lost population since the 2010 census, but the New York City area gained more than 110,000 people in the same time frame. (April 11, 2012)
Randi Weingarten '80, leader of 1.5 million members of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks on campus April 12 as part of the ILR School's Union Days. (April 11, 2012)
Agroforestry experts are encouraging farmers to get into fungi, particularly shiitake and lion's mane mushrooms. Camp Mushroom at the Arnot Teaching and Research Forest, April 13-14, will show them how.
Scientists have developed an inexpensive, environmentally friendly way of synthesizing oxide crystal sheets, which have useful properties for electronics and alternative energy applications. (April 10, 2012)
Author Peter Matthiessen will present the 2012 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on 'Big Oil and Our First Climate Change Refugees,' April 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. (April 10, 2012)
Robert Morgan discusses 'Lions of the West' April 12 in Olin Library; the book tells the story of the settling of the American West through its colorful characters and historical anecdotes. (April 10, 2012)
PATCH, a student group, packaged 60 kits with plastic test tubes, jump ropes, inflatable balls, air pumps, stopwatches and more, with instructions for experiments in Haitian classrooms. (April 10, 2012)
Putting livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, and experts hope silvopasturing will appeal to farmers who could benefit from the practice. (April 9, 2012)
Cornell robotics researcher Hadas Kress-Gazit is part of a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation project to make computer programming faster, easier and more intuitive.
Cornell's John Blume and a team of law students worked on the mental retardation litigation in the case of Edward Lee Elmore, who was recently released from prison after 30 years of incarceration. (April 9, 2012)
A $650,000 bequest from the late Professor Emerita Helen L. Wardeberg will support scholarships for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' transfer students and Mann Library services and purchases. (April 9, 2012)
