Graduate student Kevin McAvey has launched the Upstate Foundation to give grants to college graduates to encourage them to stay in the upstate New York region. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Two Cornell fiber scientists are working with researchers in Brazil to hunt for plants in the Amazon jungle that might prove to be useful for sustainable, high-performance materials. (Oct. 1, 2008)
The Risley Hall print shop gives students a hands-on lesson in early American technologies related to their freshman writing seminar, "American Literature and Culture: The Power of the Page." (Oct. 1, 2008)
Travelers who use a hotel's Internet network risk the possibility of data theft, concludes a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Cornell President David Skorton will co-chair the new advisory board of the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative, which will advocate for increased U.S. involvement in the development of higher education in Africa. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Robert Morgan, a poet, fiction writer and Cornell professor, discussed his Daniel Boone biography at the first Literary Luncheon, Sept. 25. Helena Maria Viarmontes will be the guest speaker Oct. 15. (Oct. 1, 2008)
Innovative artists who collaborated as part of the SoHo creative community in the 1970s reunited to discuss the era at the American Artistic Renaissance Symposium, Sept. 23-24 at Cornell. (Sept. 30, 2008)
About 1,000 people convened in Bailey Hall Sept. 26 to hear experts discuss the U.S. presidential candidates' positions on health care, immigration and Social Security. (Sept. 30, 2008)
Some 4,000 Cornellians and friends returned to campus, Sept. 26-28, for Homecoming Weekend, which saw the Big Red football team defeat the Yale Bulldogs, 17-14. (Sept. 30, 2008)
The 'ShakesQueer' symposium brought more than 20 scholars to campus Sept. 25-27 to discuss their work and present bold interpretations of Shakespeare where few before have dared to tread. (Sept. 30, 2008)
Rich Marin, former chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns Asset Management, and Johnson School professors Bob Jarrow and Maureen O'Hara, examined the roots of the nation's financial meltdown, Sept. 24. (Sept. 30, 2008)
