M.F.A. candidate Lindsey Glover has won Cornell's inaugural Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Prize. Her entry will be on display outside the president's office through May. (March 10, 2008)
Dr. Michael Latham, professor emeritus of nutritional sciences at Cornell, was honored with a U.N. Standing Committee of Nutrition Award of Merit, March 5 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Six Employee Assembly seats are up for election for 2008-09. Individuals interested in running for the EA can pick up packets of information beginning March 10 at the Office of Assemblies, 109 Day Hall. (March 7, 2008)
A Cornell Master in Architecture program studio will visit the 2010 World Cup sites in conjunction with their design projects addressing the challenges of a global event for its host country.
Cornell will inaugurate the John L. Doris Memorial Lecture Series in honor of the founding director of the Family Life Development Center in the College of Human Ecology, who died Jan. 22 at age 84. (March 7, 2008)
Author of 28 books, guest on 'Oprah' and the 'Today' show and psychotherapist Bill O'Hanlon will present two workshops March 11 in the Memorial Room at Willard Straight Hall. (March 7, 2008)
Construction has begun on a state-of-the art Biofuels Research Lab that will convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into ethanol thanks to a $10 million grant awarded to Professor Larry Walker. (March 6, 2008)
The 27 projects funded by the New York Farm Viability Institute are designed to produce measurable results at the farm level and create a vibrant and viable agricultural industry statewide. (March 6, 2008)
Government pressure to use more of the university's endowment to support beefed-up financial aid packages for Cornell students can take a toll on research and teaching investments, the provost warns.
In an exchange program between Cornell's College of Human Ecology and Hong Kong's Polytechnic University, space and the future take on new meanings for Ithaca students.
With a new 'dark fiber' pipe, the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva will have a high-bandwidth data connection to the Ithaca campus, and Cornell will have backup access to nationwide research networks. (March 6, 2008)
