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Domestic, exotic and aquatic: Vet College shares joys of its curriculum

Thousands of visitors streamed through Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine April 14 to two floors and several arenas featuring animals large and small, demonstrations, exhibits and clinics. (April 18, 2007)

'Green and luxurious' Hotel Ezra Cornell wows guests with food both innovative and sustainable

Attention to every detail was a behind-the-scenes theme at the Hotel Ezra Cornell, April 12-15. The more salient theme this year, however, was sustainability through innovation. (April 17, 2007)

Leland Pillsbury '69 challenges students and alumni to view school and work with entrepreneurial state of mind

In the keynote address for Hotel Ezra Cornell April 13, Leland Pillsbury '69 encouraged students and alumni to view school and work with an entrepreneurial state of mind. (April 17, 2007)

Africana Center to host international symposium 'Imaging Ethiopia' April 20-21

Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center will host an international symposium, 'Imaging Ethiopia: Monarchy and Modernity,' April 20-21 in the center's Multipurpose Room, 310 Triphammer Road. (April 17, 2007)

New York state budget 'best in 20 years' for higher education, say Cornell officials

Cornell administrators say the 2007-08 New York state budget, which the Legislature passed April 1, is excellent for the state's higher education institutions and Cornell in particular. (April 17, 2007)

Poem in Your Pocket: Students present poems in NYC's Bryant Park

Cornell is co-sponsoring the fifth annual 'Poem in Your Pocket,' a day celebrating National Poetry Month, April 27 in Bryant Park. (April 17, 2007)

American Muslims need an indigenous culture of their own, says Islamic scholar

Muslims in the United States need to build a common culture that doesn't lead to broken psyches, said scholar Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, at an Islam Awareness Week lecture, April 13. (April 17, 2007)

Biochemical warfare was waged in antiquity, says classics scholar

Speaking in Goldwin Smith Hall, April 12, Stanford's Adrienne Mayor presented a lecture on chemical and biological warfare in cultures dating to the Sumerians and Hittites, circa 1700 B.C. (April 17, 2007)

Feminist writer Katha Pollitt blasts the media for perpetuating myths about women

Blasting the media as an 'engine of falsification,' feminist columnist Katha Pollitt spoke her mind April 11 in a lecture at Carl Becker House. (April 17, 2007)

President of Shell Oil blames public policy for rising gas prices and other energy woes

It's not a shortage of fuel that is pushing the price of gas toward $3 per gallon again in New York, but U.S. public policy, said John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil, speaking on campus April 11. (April 17, 2007)

Jonathan Culler appointed to humanities board

Jonathan Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, has been appointed a member of the board of directors of the New York State Council for the Humanities. (April 17, 2007)

Skorton offers sympathy to Virginia Tech community, and announces Sage Chapel remembrance on Thursday

President David Skorton has issued a statement in response to the April 16 tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, and he has announced a Sage Chapel remembrance scheduled for April 19. (April 17, 2007)