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Matthiessen blasts big oil for polluting environment, displacing indigenous peoples

Author and conservationist Peter Matthiessen, a two-time National Book Award winner, delivered the 2012 Iscol Environmental Lecture before a packed Statler Auditorium April 23.

President Skorton approves resolution on student sexual violence cases

President Skorton has accepted the UA recommendation that the jurisdiction of investigations into allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment by students be covered by University Policy 6.4. (April 25, 2012)

Course helps grad students secure NSF fellowships

A new course in the College of Veterinary Medicine helped four of six graduate students who applied win National Science Foundation fellowships. (April 25, 2012)

Eco-friendlier Slope Day to feature water backpacks, free food and races

Slope Day will safer and greener this year with more volunteers, water backpacks and teams of roaming scouts. But the event still needs more volunteers. (April 25, 2012)

Statistics professor helps navigate the 'data deluge'

Cornell statistician Paul Velleman explained the various methods researchers use to sift through the enormous amounts of data being generated, April 21, in a talk for Math Awareness Month. (April 25, 2012)

Light for Africa wins Big Idea competition

Eight teams of Cornell undergraduates are preparing for their presentations to win this year's Big Idea competition, proposals for businesses and nonprofits. (April 11, 2012)

From body odor to democracy in Africa, social science research gets funding

Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support. (April 24, 2012)

M.F.A. writers tweeting to promote poetry project

Cornell poets are tweeting their work to promote and connect with readers for Poetry in Your Pocket, an annual event taking place in New York City April 26. (April 24, 2012)

Students to run vet clinic at Brooklyn YMCA May 5

Cornell veterinary students and clinical faculty will join volunteer alumni to offer a daylong animal wellness clinic in Brooklyn at the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA May 5. The cost will be $20 per pet.

Lunine explores life on other planets at NYC talk

Professor Jonathan Lunine explained how scientists look for life on other planets to a crowd at the 92nd St. Y in Manhattan. (April 24, 2012)

Students win dairy challenge

Four Cornell students won first place awards and $200 scholarships at the two-day North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge. (April 24, 2012)

Scientists celebrate beauty of light with bubbles, fireflies

A host of Cornell scientists participated in LUX, a light, art and nature exhibition with speakers April 21 in Milstein Hall auditorium. (April 23, 2012)