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On the New York veggie forefront: Tatsoi, shiso, maxixe and other ethnic delectables

The Cornell Vegetable Program is looking at how to promote the growing and marketing of such ethnic vegetables as shiso, maxixe, tasoi and komatsuna. (Jan. 11, 2012)

Pilot program will test electronic textbooks in four courses

Beginning this spring, Cornell will launch a pilot program to test electronic textbooks in four courses, involving about 1,000 students.

ILR faculty, alumni receive labor relations accolades

ILR School Dean Harry Katz and Professor Rose Batt were named Scholar Fellows Jan. 7 by the Labor and Employment Relations Association. Another ILR faculty member and two alumni were also honored. (Jan. 10, 2012)

CIT's Video on Demand makes posting on your website easy

Faculty and staff now have a free way to put videos on the Web in support of the Cornell mission. With the new Video on Demand service from Cornell Information Technologies, it takes just a few quick steps. (Jan. 10, 2012)

Cornell encourages veterans to join its workforce

The end of the Iraq war gives universities the opportunity to hire veterans with leadership abilities and relevant skills in areas such as operations, business, engineering, finance and hospitality. (Jan. 10, 2012)

Land-grant schools are democracy's colleges

Associate professor of education Scott Peters is helping to lead a national effort to deepen the civic identities of American educational institutions via the American Commonwealth Partnership. (Jan. 10, 2012)

Cornell's first police dog, who helped safeguard presidents and pop stars, dies

Sabre, a rescued black Labrador retriever who served as Cornell's first police dog and helped safeguard such notables as former President Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama, died Jan. 5 at age 12. (Jan. 10, 2012)

Center for Advanced Computing receives national award for hepatitis research

The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing has received a High-Performance Computing Innovation Excellence Award for crunching hepatitis C virus data on its experimental MATLAB computing resource. (Jan. 9, 2012)

TEEAL Electronic library resource expands its reach

El Salvador and Guatemala join 84 other countries that now have access to The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library project, run out of Cornell's Mann Library. (Jan. 9, 2012)

KAUST names 'intellectual architect' Frank Rhodes its first trustee emeritus

Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes has been named the first trustee emeritus of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. He was instrumental in the founding of that university. (Jan. 9, 2012)

Students and alumni collaborate to serve their communities

More than 350 students and alumni tackled community service projects in New York City and 19 other cities for Cornell Cares Day Jan. 7.

Study: Tomato, wine byproducts in filters could make cigarettes less toxic

Though quitting smoking is still best, Cornell researchers have found a way to make cigarettes less toxic. (Jan. 9, 2012)