Cornell Police ordered the evacuation of Sage Hall for about two hours Aug. 28 after a faculty member reported receiving an e-mail claiming that a bomb was in the building. (Aug. 28, 2007)
President David Skorton, a resident of Mary Donlon Hall this week, served as the master of ceremonies Aug. 27 to open the Donlon Games. (Aug. 28, 2007)
Stewart's Shops of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has been named the 2007 Best Milk by Cornell's New York State Milk Quality Improvement Program. (Aug. 28, 2007)
Hundreds of students, faculty and staff gathered on the Arts Quad to mingle at the second annual Welcome Weekend Picnic on the Quad, Aug. 23, the first day of classes. (Aug. 28, 2007)
Cornell researchers hypothesize that the accepted model of circadian rhythmicity may be missing a key link, based on a mathematical model of what happens during the sleeping/waking cycle in fruit flies. (Aug. 27, 2007)
Aluminum toxicity in acidic soils limits crop production in as much as half the world's arable land. Now, Cornell researchers have cloned a novel aluminum-tolerant gene in sorghum and expect to have genetically engineered aluminum-tolerant sorghum lines by next year. (Aug. 27, 2007)
President David Skorton got off on the right foot at the 161st New York State Fair in Syracuse Aug. 23 by taking Cornell Cooperative Extension's "Choose Health" walking challenge, a 4-H initiative. (Aug. 24, 2007)
The Cornell Center for Materials Research recently named Jurriaan Gerretsen as associate director. Gerretsen also serves as associate director of the Center for Nanoscale Systems. (Aug. 24, 2007)
The Cornell Law School's Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, attracts students from all over the world to study how other legal systems function. (Aug. 24, 2007)
Larger portions, larger plates and even noise and bright lights can contribute to freshmen gaining weight, Cornell nutritionist Michele Wilbur told a group of new students in an Aug. 22 presentation on how to avoid the so-called 'freshman 15.'
Sage Chapel has launched a new series of programs aimed at letting the Cornell and Ithaca communities know there's a peaceful place on campus to visit that's open to all faiths. (Aug. 23, 2007)
