The 40th Annual New York State Wine Industry Workshop in Geneva, N.Y., April 13-15, examined winemaking and its challenges in eastern, cool-climate wine regions.
At the 27th Cornell Fashion Collective spring fashion show April 16 in Barton Hall, 65 student designers 'put (their) hearts out on the runway,' said designer Nhu-Thu Nguyen '11. (April 18, 2011)
The winner of the 2011 Cornell Fashion Design Award for High School Students is Tiffany Zhang of California for her design of a fanciful extraterrestrial outfit. (April 18, 2011)
The Carol B. Epstein '61 Artist in Residence is the first endowment to support entertainment industry professionals who come to Cornell under the new Performance and Media model in Theatre, Film and Dance. (April 18, 2011)
The gamitana fish mostly eats fruit and can carry seeds down the Amazon River as far as 3 miles, reports a new Cornell study. The fish may play an important role in the structure of the Amazon forest. (April 18, 2011)
Art historian Terry Smith of the University of Pittsburgh will present a talk on contemporary art, past to future, April 26 at 4:30 p.m. at Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall. (April 18, 2011)
Doug James, associate professor of computer science, has received a Guggenheim fellowship to help support his research on computer sound synthesis. (April 18, 2011)
Robert D. Miller, professor emeritus of soil science and former dean of the faculty at Cornell, died April 11 in Ithaca at the age of 91. (April 18, 2011)
At the inaugural Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition, students who developed an idea for a healthy, quick-service sushi business, won first prize and $15,000. (April 18, 2011)
The big winner of the Big Idea competition went to two juniors for a technology-enhanced bed net that helps prevent malaria while using solar power to help residents charge cell phones and run fans. (April 18, 2011)
Peter H. Coors '69, head of Molson Coors Brewing Co., spoke about growing a family business into a brewing empire at the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration 2011, April 14. (April 18, 2011)
