Cornell researchers believe that the rediscovery of New York state's official insect, the nine-spotted lady beetle, promises a brighter future for this rare species. (April 17, 2007)
The lobby of the Johnson Museum thrummed in anticipation April 12 as a dozen poets and an audience of 50 gathered for a poetry slam, a quasi-competitive event whose real purpose is to share the enjoyment of performing poetry. (April 16, 2007)
Cornell's concrete canoe sundered, but the steel bridge team placed second in aesthetics at the annual ASCE student competition that featured 11 regional schools, April 13-14. (April 16, 2007)
The Cornell community will fete Cornell's entrepreneurial spirit during a two-day event, April 19-20, featuring five symposia, a dinner honoring the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2007, a resource expo and a networking event. (April 13, 2007)
Twenty-three teams of student investigators from East Side Middle School displayed science projects on March 20 for the Cornell Science Challenge Fair, a community education program that trains seventh-graders in the scientific method. (April 13, 2007)
For the second year in a row, the Cornell's Police Department has been won the New York State Law Enforcement Challenge award for state police agencies employing 26 to 50 officers. (April 13, 2007)
Novelist, counterculture icon and Cornellian Kurt Vonnegut Jr., who died April 11 in Manhattan at age 84, recalls getting his liberal arts education from the Cornell Daily Sun.
Steven Stucky, the Given Foundation Professor of Music at Cornell and a pre-eminent American composer, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Former senator and presidential candidate George McGovern spoke in Statler Auditorium April 11, addressing issues of world hunger and politics. (April 12, 2007)
Two project proposals by Cornell students have received $10,000 grants from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace program. (April 12, 2007)
Cornell experts in computational biology and bioinformatics have made key contributions to the analysis of the genome of the rhesus macaque. (April 12, 2007)
