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Plantations dedicates new ultra-green welcome center

The Cornell Plantations' Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center was dedicated Oct. 28, culminating a decade of building and renovation projects at the Plantations. (Oct. 29, 2010)

Researchers use functional MRI to study small-scale strokes

Two Cornell researchers aim to develop the first noninvasive functional MRI imaging technique for studying small-scale strokes in mice, which could eventually be used for clinical research in humans. (Oct. 29, 2010)

Digital age transformed marketing, says CNN's Scot Safon

Scot Safon, MBA '84, CNN Worldwide's chief marketing officer, talked about how the the digital revolution has transformed the field of marketing, in his Oct. 21 talk on campus. (Oct. 29, 2010)

Panelists examine link between rural poverty and farmer suicides in India

A panel of three Cornell academics discussed the controversy in India about the film, Peepli Live, and the representations of an epidemic of farmer suicides there, Oct. 26. (Oct. 29, 2010)

Historic gift creates Atkinson Center to bolster sustainability research, education, action

David R. Atkinson '60 and his wife, Patricia Atkinson, have committed $80 million to provide a permanent center on campus that will position Cornell to be a global leader in sustainability. (Oct. 28, 2010)

Streamlining initiatives for HR and support make headway

A program to streamline administrative support has saved nearly 90 percent of its $17 million target, Vice President for Human Resources Mary Opperman reported Oct. 26. (Oct. 28, 2010)

Leadership program held for selected 'high potentials'

Samuel Bacharach, director of ILR's Institute of Workplace Studies, believes that leadership is based on teachable pragmatic skills, and he's leading a Cornell leadership program to prove it. (Oct. 28, 2010)

USDA adopts Cornell-developed VIVO to network scientists

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be the first federal organization to use VIVO, a Web application conceived and developed at Cornell, to help scientists network and find potential collaborators. (Oct. 28, 2010)

David Lifka will help build IT infrastructure at Weill

David Lifka, director of the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, has taken on an additional role to help expand information technology support for researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Oct. 28, 2010)

$1 million grant to fund better video network research

A team of electrical and computer engineering faculty have received the grant from Intel Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. for research on 'video-aware networks.' (Oct. 28, 2010)

Schaffer selected for engineering education symposium

The assistant professor of biomedical engineering has been invited to the National Academy of Engineering's second annual Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium, Dec. 13-16. (Oct. 28, 2010)

Course examines contemporary Mexico in light of its revolutionary past

The ILR School's Maria Lorena Cook is teaching a course titled The Mexican Revolution at 100: Politics, Economy and Society, which examines the nation's present and past. (Oct. 28, 2010)