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Visiting writer Denis Johnson hosts Cornell undergrads at a staged reading of his play in New York

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)

New courses teach food science and business majors leadership and team-building skills

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)

Plaque is dedicated in Rockefeller, recognizing birth of Physical Review at Cornell

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.

Can you hear me now? Girl Scouts get a science lesson

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.

Joyce Cima, retired assistant secretary to the Cornell Board of Trustees, dies

Joyce White Cima '52, assistant secretary emeritus to the Cornell Board of Trustees, died Feb. 29 at her home in Lansing, N.Y. (March 3, 2008)

Applied Economics and Management is No. 4 in BusinessWeek ranking

BusinessWeek magazine has billed Cornell's undergraduate business program the fourth-best in the nation, according to its most recent rankings survey. (March 3, 2008)

Through thick and thin, longtime fans have been there

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)

'Newman Nation' cheers CU men's basketball team to Ivy League championship

On March 1, the Cornell men's basketball team clinched the Ivy League championship title for the first time in 20 years by beating Harvard, 86-53.

'Spoglia' dramatically re-creates Rome

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 get short shrift in access to early education programs

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)

Business as usual not an option for rescuing world food system, says Cornell's Pinstrup-Andersen

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)

'Oh Joy! Oh Raptor!'

Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology is showing bird-related quilts and banners by fiber artists Elsie Dentes '77 and Alice Gant.