Clear skies all the way from Ithaca to Idaho made for a smooth five-hour flight to Boise for the men's basketball team, which will face the University of Missouri Friday in first-round NCAA tournament action. (March 18, 2009)
CU's newly released economic impact report finds that the university generated $3.317 billion statewide in fiscal year 2007, 8 percent more than in 2005, and again led universities in the state in research expenditures. (March 18, 2009)
Flyithaca.com enables passengers to book directly with airlines while offering discounted airfare rates, rental car deals and other benefits. It is part of a larger effort to preserve service at the airport. (March 18, 2009)
Karl Berkelman, the Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus of Physics and a leader in experimental particle physics at Cornell, died Feb. 26 in Sayre, Pa. (March 18, 2009)
The New York Beginning Farmer Project has just released a series of 12 online videos, 'Voices of Experience,' that are intended to mentor new farmers with advice from experienced farmers. (March 16, 2009)
'Local foods, first' is more than a new food fad. It is a high priority for Albany policymakers, said New York agriculture commissioner Patrick Hooker at a March 10 conference on campus. (March 16, 2009)
Lara Estroff, Daniel Cosley and Maxim Perelstein have received 2009 Early Career Development Awards from the National Science Foundation. (March 16, 2009)
Assistant professors Peng Chen, chemistry; Liam McAllister, physics; and Adam Siepel, biological statistics and computational biology, have been selected as 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research fellows. (March 16, 2009)
Roald Hoffmann, Geoffrey Coates, Garnet Chan and Paul Chirik have received awards from the American Chemical Society for outstanding contributions to the field. (March 16, 2009)
In a Cornell Perspectives article, ILR School senior extension associate Peter Lazes says the U.S. can save jobs and produce energy-efficient transportation by retooling auto plants. (March 16, 2009)
