First it was bees that were mysteriously dying. Now it's bats. To help diagnose the problem, NYDEC scientists are sending samples to Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine. (Feb. 20, 2008)
The Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club will travel to cities in mainland China to perform for a wide range of audiences, building on the Cornell-China relationship founded more than a century ago. (Feb. 20, 2008)
Chef Michel Roux brought three-star French cuisine to the Statler Hotel's Taverna Banfi Feb. 16 as part of Cornell's 19th annual Guest Chefs Series. (Feb. 20, 2008)
A Cornell-led study that compared more than 10,000 sequenced genes from 15 African-Americans and 20 European-Americans suggests that European populations have more harmful variations. (Feb. 20, 2008)
Cornell and the Africana Studies and Research Center are co-sponsoring a major international conference, 'Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan,' at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 21-22. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Jack Freed, the Frank and Robert Laughlin Professor of Physical Chemistry, has been honored with the 2008 E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy for his advances in the use of electron spin resonance spectroscopy. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Cornell scientists have received a $2.19 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for developing a portable X-ray detector, which will serve as a novel set of 'eyes' for observing dynamic matter. (Feb. 19, 2008)
In an attempt to dispel stereotypes about Asian-Americans and to network with each other, more than 1,200 students gathered Feb. 15-16 at Cornell for the 31st annual East Coast Asian American Student Union conference. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Several members of Alpha Chi Sigma, Cornell's chemistry fraternity, went to Belle Sherman Elementary School, Feb. 11 and 12, to teach the children about batteries and metals. (Feb. 19, 2008)
College of Engineering alumni Carol Serna '06, M.Eng. '07, and John Erickson '07, are on one-year assignments in Honduras working as AguaClara engineering interns. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Well-known advertising executive, teacher of advertising and public relations and longtime Ithaca resident Howard S. Cogan '50, MPS '80, died Feb. 16 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. (Feb. 19, 2008)
