Elaine Ayres '75, deputy chief of the Lab for Informatics Development at the National Institutes of Health, spoke to nutrition students about how technology has revolutionized dietetics. (April 30, 2010)
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke of faith, hope, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the power of children, and the value of memory and 'bearing witness' in a talk April 29. (April 30, 2010)
Events this week include a student music fundraiser, Joseph Lin plays Bach, Sugarplum Fairy at the Johnson, 'Icarus Dreamt,' ceramics sale, Gen. Anthony Zinni, lecture on Judaism and artist Michael Ashkin.
The 2010 Perkins Prize for interracial harmony and understanding went to the Cornell Farmworker Program. Cornell IthaQatar Student Ambassadors and Cornell Urban Mentor Initiative received honorable mentions. (April 29, 2010)
The physicist is one of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 14 countries selected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. (April 29, 2010)
President David Skorton provided a review of Cornell's past year to local service clubs, April 28, noting that it has been a difficult year, but Cornell remains resource-rich and is poised to grow again. (April 29, 2010)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
