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Milstein Hall site is a teaching lab for architecture students

AAP faculty members have been using the Milstein Hall construction project as a teaching tool by incorporating it into course assignments and inviting key players in its design to visit classes. (April 28, 2010)

Professor Ross Brann stresses importance of personal life journeys in 'Last Lecture'

On April 26, Professor Ross Brann delivered his 'last lecture,' which focused on the importance of the personal life journey, and touched on culture, Mediterranean travel and his own life. (April 28, 2010)

Members of student club land much-coveted internships with venture capitalists

Seven students in the Undergraduate Startup and Venture Capital Club have landed much-coveted internships this semester with venture capitalists. The venture capitalists are all Cornell alumni. (April 28, 2010)

USDA funds Cornell extension work in childhood obesity prevention

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded nutritionist Christina Stark almost $500,000 to train extension/community teams on collaborative, ecological approaches for childhood obesity prevention. (April 28, 2010)

Netravali named greenest inventor by regional group

Cornell fiber scientist Anil Netravali reaped first place in the inventor/entrepreneur category of the first 'Green of the Crop' contest from New York's Creative Core, a public-private partnership. (April 28, 2010)

New book focuses on how to protect children's immune systems

A Cornell toxicologist has co-authored a book for parents and parents-to-be on how to protect their children's fragile immune systems from pollutants, drugs, pets, bad diets and more. (April 28, 2010)

Caring Community forum to address long-term strategies for campus well-being

Students, faculty and staff are invited to an open Caring Community forum Friday, April 30, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Malott Hall's Bache Auditorium.

Ladybug man: New York's state insect is all but lost, but foreign ones abound in the Big Apple

In a lecture at the American Museum of Natural History April 24, entomologist John Losey invited the audience - especially the children - to help the Lost Lady Project by searching for ladybugs. (April 27, 2010)

Baja racing team places second for endurance, fifth overall

The Cornell Baja Racing Team placed second in a grueling four-hour, head-to-head endurance race, third for maneuverability and fifth overall at this year's competition, April 8-11. (April 27, 2010)

Exhibition, lecture highlight Twain's life in letters, business

Letters, books and ephemera documenting Mark Twain's literary and commercial ventures are on display at Kroch library in 'Known to Everyone, Liked by All: The Business of Being Mark Twain.' (April 26, 2010)

Most speakers at April 22 fracking event express environmental concerns

Most of the attendees speaking at an event on hydraulic fracturing April 22 opposed the process to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale for environmental reasons. (April 26, 2010)

Jury clears university of discrimination charges

After a trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, a federal jury exonerated Cornell of charges by a former employee of age and sex discrimination. (April 26, 2010)