As Cornell President David Skorton concludes his visit to Asia with three days in Beijing, reports from Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai are making their way back to campus. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Twelve second-year pre-med students from Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar spent summer 2007 in Ithaca working with top researchers, and enrollment in the medical programs continues to increase.
Members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Honor Society taught local children about strategies to reduce poverty by bringing a sheep to their 4-H Urban Outreach Afterschool Program. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Cornell plans to test its emergency alert system at noon Wednesday, Nov. 7, by sending voice and text messages to everyone in the campus community who has supplied emergency contact information. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a fellow of the Optical Society of America for her work with silicon nanophotonics. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Matt Pritchard, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, uses satellites to calculate centimeter-scale movements of Earth's surface to learn more about earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides. (Nov. 1, 2007)
The music and dance ensemble Gamelan Cudamani gave audiences -- including more than 400 local school students -- a taste of cultural and spiritual life in a Balinese village in performances. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Researchers at Cornell and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research have identified a hormone from human urine that opens the door to developing novel medications to control sodium levels and treat hypertension. (Oct. 31, 2007)
In an Oct. 25 talk, David Patel, Cornell assistant professor of government, said the real reasons behind Iraqi violence aren't sectarian and religious, but economic and anti-occupation. (Oct. 31, 2007)
Two Cornellians have won honors in a national book collecting contest, the second year in a row that students from Cornell have been among the competition's finalists. (Oct. 31, 2007)
