Several dozen people attended the Step It Up! rally on the Arts Quad, Nov. 3. Hundreds of rallies were held across the country to raise awareness of climate change issues. (Nov. 6, 2007)
Ithaca nonprofit and government agencies receive consulting services free of charge from graduate students in the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs Public Service Exchange. (Nov. 6, 2007)
Will Rosenzweig '08 has won Cornell's 2007 Barnes Shakespeare Prize for his essay 'Evil with a hint of social consciousness: Iago and Edmund as advocates for social change.' (Nov. 6, 2007)
A Cornell team finished first in the Association for Computing Machinery Greater New York Programming Contest and will compete against more than 80 other teams in the world finals in April in Canada. (Nov. 6, 2007)
Cornell broke ground Nov. 1 for a new child-care center with space for 158 children of Cornell staff, faculty and students. The 16,240-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in fall 2008. (Nov. 5, 2007)
The Johnson School's Debra Paget and Jeffrey Berg Business Simulation Laboratory allows researchers to present people with realistic business situations in a controlled-experiment setting. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Outside of Tompkins County's educated pocket, upstate New York is plagued by a lack of educated workers. In fact, upstate has one of the largest net losses of educated workers in the nation. (Nov. 5, 2007)
President Bush has announced a new national strategy to preserve key habitats for migratory birds. In formulating the new policies, Bush drew upon recommendations from a report spearheaded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Cornell's Business Opportunities in Leadership and Diversity Program has a new certificate program that gives students faculty mentors and opportunities to develop competencies in leadership and diversity. (Nov. 5, 2007)
The National Dairy Shrine has given the 2007 Pioneer Award to Robert Foote '50, Cornell emeritus professor of animal science, and alumni Richard Keene '57 and Dale Van Vleck, Ph.D. '60. (Nov. 5, 2007)
Professor Chris Barrett believes that technology, new approaches to financing aid and international markets can pull billions of people permanently out of poverty. (Nov. 5, 2007)
