David Herman '07 has been awarded the J. Keith Brimacombe Presidential Scholarship Award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. (Feb. 26, 2007)
President David Skorton has signed the Presidents Climate Commitment, a multi-university effort toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (Feb. 23, 2007)
As part of Cornell's Africa Initiative, students at Weill Cornell Medical College organized a forum on neglected diseases that included some of the most important names in global health. (Feb. 23, 2007)
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer toured Cornell's Agriculture and Food Technology Park in Geneva, where he met with Cornell plant scientists to discuss new research in grape genomics and pitched a plan to improve education in math and science nationwide. (Feb. 22, 2007)
Climate change plays a role in ecosystem changes along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, reports a Cornell oceanographer in the Feb. 23 issue of Science. (Feb. 22, 2007)
The newly redesigned Banfi's restaurant in Cornell's Statler Hotel offers Tuscan-style dining including an antipasto bar, a wine bar, regional Tuscan-inspired specialties and Tuscan art. Taverna Banfi reopened earlier this month and is serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. (Feb. 22, 2007)
Following the closing of the campus on Feb. 14 due to heavy snow, an ad hoc committee is being formed at the request of President David Skorton to review the university's inclement weather policy. (Feb. 21, 2007)
Feb.14 was an ordinary day at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals: Ten emergency visits, 62 patients, a thoroughbred horse giving birth. All this went on while a snowstorm closed the rest of the university at 12:30 p.m. (Feb. 21, 2007)
The office, which opened Jan. 15, provides education and resource services to help promote safety and a high quality of life for students living off campus. (Feb. 21, 2007)
The seventh annual BR Ventures Business Idea Competition is accepting entries from students, faculty, staff and alumni through March 4. The winning idea will receive $10,000. (Feb. 20, 2007)
Associate Professor Amy Villarejo spoke on 'TV Time, or Thughts on TV' at the Society for the Humanities annual invitational lecture Feb. 15. (Feb. 20, 2007)
