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ILR School delegation explores service-learning in India

Development of the ILR School's global service learning curriculum continues in January, when a school delegation visits health, education and leadership learning sites in India. (Jan. 13, 2011)

Stephen Adler '62, former Israeli National Labor Court president, to teach at ILR School

Retired Israeli judge Stephen Adler '62 will teach a course comparing labor law in the U.S. and Israel at the ILR School this spring. (Jan. 13, 2011)

Things to Do, Jan. 14-21

Events on campus this week include: a teaching conference, Nano exhibit, talks on renewable energy and caregivers, first 'Soup and Hope' lunch, book reading and opening 'Light in Winter' events. (Jan. 13, 2011)

Six receive Bartels Award for Custodial Service Excellence

Six custodial staff were recognized with the Bartels Award for Custodial Service Excellence, others with scholarship awards. The awards are endowed by gifts from Phil Bartels '71 and his family. (Jan. 13, 2011)

Cornellians shot in Arizona continue to improve

President Barack Obama will lead a memorial service in Tucson Jan. 12, and the Cornell community reflected on the tragedy of six dead and 14 wounded, including Cornellians Gabrielle Giffords and Susan Hileman. (Jan. 12, 2011)

New academy focuses on science, technology of geothermal energy development

Cornell is taking a leading role in the country's first National Geothermal Academy, expected to launch this summer with an intensive training program. (Jan. 12, 2011)

ILR student's sunscreen business idea moves forward

ILR School student Kristen McClellan '12 is developing her business idea for a spray-on sunscreen system after appearing on an MTV-sponsored entrepreneurship contest.

Rowena Lohman receives NASA grant

The three-year, $318,000 grant from the NASA New Investigator Program will support Lohman's study of subsiding deltas and sea level rise worldwide with space-based geodetic observations. (Jan. 12, 2011)

Gehrke receives award to work in Germany for eight months

Computer scientist Johannes Gehrke has an Alexander von Humboldt award to support a collaborative research project at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Saarbruecken, Germany. (Jan. 12, 2011)

Hacking for the masses: Anyone can 'sidejack' your Web traffic on Wi-Fi

It is now 'point-click trivial' to break into someone's wireless Web activity, using a new Firefox plugin. (Jan. 12, 2011)

CU scientists advance research of lethal Listeria

New genetic analysis holds promise to prevent dangerous pathogen Listeria, which kills 300 Americans each year. Food scientist Martin Widemann's research tested for the presence of several genes. (Jan. 11, 2011)

Africa is key in fight against world hunger, says former World Bank adviser

The world could have enough food for it's burgeoning population with more investments in research and infrastructure, said Robert Thompson '67 at the New York State Ag Society Meeting Jan. 6. (Jan. 11, 2011)