A portion of Hoy Road, from the Dwyer Dam Bridge (Dryden Road and Route 366) to the parking garage entrance, will be closed to all vehicular beginning May 27 through the summer for road work. (March 5, 2008)
A fifth-century mosaic of a lioness attacking an ibex, donated to Cornell by M.H. (Mike) Abrams, now graces the entrance of Goldwin Smith Hall, where Abrams wrote his acclaimed books of literary criticism.
Cornell food experts debated whether buying and eating more local food is worth it in terms of nutrition, emissions, food safety and land efficiency at a panel discussion, Feb. 28 in Emerson Hall. (March 4, 2008)
National Book Award-winning novelist and short story writer Denis Johnson hosted nine Cornell undergraduates enrolled in his seminar at a staged reading of his play 'Des Moines,' Feb. 29 at The Flea Theater in Manhattan. (March 4, 2008)
Two new courses for food science and undergraduate business majors teach leadership and team-building skills with help from Cornell's Team and Leadership Center. (March 4, 2008)
Representatives from the American Physical Society were on campus March 1 to unveil a plaque in Rockefeller Hall, where the Physical Review journal was first published by Cornell physicists in 1893.
About 80 girls from the Girl Scouts Seven Lakes Council learned about science March 1 when Cornell's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team presented 'Science is All Around Us' in Phillips Hall.
Though Newman Arena has been drawing near-sellout crowds this year with the success of Big Red men's basketball, the team has always counted on its most loyal fans, who have been with them for decades. (March 3, 2008)
The multimedia dance production 'Spoglia' combines the black-and-white cinema, culture and architecture of Rome, March 6-9 the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
Rural preschoolers in poor communities in New York state have significantly less access to quality early education programs than their urban and suburban counterparts, finds a new Cornell study. (March 3, 2008)
The global food system is in disarray: Prices of fuel and food are skyrocketing; weather is wreaking havoc; and subsidies are misdirected. There is an urgent need for new policy priorities, says Per Pinstrup-Andersen in a Cornell Perspectives piece. (March 3, 2008)
