A Cornell mini-conference on climate change was designed to build bridges across disciplines and departments, so faculty and staff could learn what others are doing and collaborate.
Law School graduate Juscelino F. Colares '03 will be the first American to hold a prestigious clerkship with the Conseil constitutionnel in Paris, where he will research American constitutional law for French justices. (May 7, 2008)
International students and English-language teachers helped the Cornell Campus Club celebrate the 60th anniversary of the club's International Hospitality Committee, April 26. (May 7, 2008)
Melissa Bank, MFA '98, the author of the best-seller 'The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing,' will teach seminars to undergraduates and graduate students in English and creative writing. (May 7, 2008)
Students are helping alumnus and former lacrosse player Joseph Lizzio '88 market his new wine, Rusty Red. All profits from the wine will go to a lacrosse-focused charity for underprivileged children. (May 7, 2008)
Ithaca-based Mezmeriz Inc., founded by Shahyaan Desai '00 and led by Bradley Treat, MBA 2002, won for most innovative and growth-oriented emerging business in central New York state. (May 7, 2008)
The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering introduced a new course this year on renewable fuels, taught by Samir Somaiya, executive director of the Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd. in India. (May 7, 2008)
Professors John Hopcroft and Michael Shuler of the College of Engineering will receive honorary doctorates in May for their contributions to research and education. (May 7, 2008)
The first 15 students to complete medical studies at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar were honored May 6 in a gala convocation, which featured remarks from the Emir of Qatar and a concert by famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. (May 7, 2008)
Cornell architecture students received real-world experience this semester with a community music center project in Valencia, Spain. Students visited the site over spring break. (May 6, 2008)
Cornell study has verified a theory that variations in the distance between atoms in cuprate superconductors account for differences in the temperature at which the material begins to superconduct. (May 6, 2008)
