Sixteen student project teams in the College of Engineering hone their entrepreneurial skills by building vehicles and other projects to enter national competitions.
Cornell Police will be stepping up its collaboration with local law enforcement organizations to heighten the visibility of public-safety patrols around the Cornell campus for the rest of the spring semester. (April 3, 2008)
Three Cornell researchers will receive Hartwell awards for their cutting-edge research to benefit children: Charles Glatt and Anjali Rajadhyaksha of Weill Cornell Medical College and John March in Ithaca. (April 3, 2008)
A meeting and forum on campus emergency preparedness and strategies, hosted by the Campus-Community Coalition, will be held Wednesday, April 9, 6:30-8 p.m. at the Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Road. (April 3, 2008)
A cultural center on the Cornell campus that serves the Asian and Asian-American community is one step closer to reality after President David Skorton gave his support during a March 31 forum.
Anne Kenney's challenges include filling a number of senior library management positions, raising $40 million, investing in collections, expanding digital services and more. (April 2, 2008)
Panelists discuss Kenya's tribal warfare, politics and elections in a forum in conjunction with Heal Kenya, a campaign at Cornell to raise money to help Kenyans displaced by ethnic violence. (April 2, 2008)
Cornell's Big Red Relief will host a panel discussion of experts about Iraqi refugees on April 8 and a benefit concert April 11 in Bailey Hall to aid those refugees.
Feline Follies, a charity cat show event, will include contests, activities and adoptions as well as lectures on cat health and behavior in the atrium of the Veterinary Education Center.
New Orleans native Byron Suber, a senior lecturer in dance at Cornell, brought his 'Spoglia' dance production to his hometown March 21 for an outdoor performance. (April 2, 2008)
Cornell has been awarded a $26.8 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project, a broad-based global partnership to combat stem rust, a deadly wheat disease that poses a serious threat to global food security. (April 2, 2008)