Thirteen Cornell students served as Cornell Cooperative Extension interns this past summer, working with faculty on community outreach projects they helped to design. (Oct. 22, 2008)
The Freeman Foundation has awarded Cornell a new grant that will enhance language instruction in Chinese and Korean on campus and support the China and Asia-Pacific Studies major. (Oct. 21, 2008)
On Oct. 16, a delegation of eight finance officials from Indonesia's government visited Cornell to seek input from its Southeast Asia Program faculty members on financial issues. (Oct. 21, 2008)
Using algae for biofuels and harvesting wind energy around buildings are two of the five workshops and seven research projects funded by the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future. (Oct. 21, 2008)
The College of Engineering is offering a select group of students the chance to learn how to make their technological innovations into working businesses, thanks to a gift from Andrew J. Kessler '80. (Oct. 21, 2008)
The Architecture of Disbelief symposium will explore speculative work - designs that require a willing suspension of disbelief and projects that are not straightforward manifestation as buildings - Oct. 30-Nov. 1. (Oct. 21, 2008)
A farmer with surplus butternut squash waste turned to the New York State Food Venture Center at Cornell, which helped develop a new, nutty-tasting butternut squash seed oil. (Oct. 21, 2008)
How can Cornell reduce its greenhouse gas emissions? Some of the best answers to that question may emerge Oct. 22, Campus Sustainability Day, slated for 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Weill Hall. (Oct. 21, 2008)
In a question-and-answer period following the State of the University speech, Oct. 17, President David Skorton addressed such issues as financial aid, free speech on campus and faculty courseloads. (Oct. 17, 2008)
Weill Hall, the new state-of-the-art life sciences building, was officially dedicated Oct. 16 as its primary donors, Sanford and Joan Weill, unlocked a DNA-shaped gate.
A panel of Cornell faculty had a lively discussion on research and issues in the life sciences during the dedication of Weill Hall and the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Oct. 16. (Oct. 17, 2008)
The gift consists of $25 million to establish the Tata-Cornell Initiative in Agriculture and Nutrition, and $25 million for the Tata Scholarship Fund for Students from India.
