Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Donald Smith confirmed the presence of a pet food contaminant, melamine, at a Washington, D.C., press briefing March 30.
Early in 1857, Ezra Cornell purchased the 300-acre DeWitt farm (the future site of the university). Naming it Forest Park, he developed a model farm and raised shorthorn cattle. (April 4, 2007)
The College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked the best in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's 2008 edition of 'America's Best Graduate Schools.' The Law School, Johnson School and Weill Cornell Medical College also made the top schools lists. (April 3, 2007)
The How, When and Why of Forest Farming Resource Center is a new Cornell online resource to help forest owners learn to cultivate economically viable and environmentally sustainable crops.
The second annual Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration, April 19-20, will feature symposiums, an expo highlighting Cornell technology and panel discussions for students, faculty, staff and alumni. (April 3, 2007)
Entrepreneurial education is not just for business majors anymore, stresses Cornell's universitywide Entrepreneurship@Cornell program, which offers 100 courses across eight colleges. (April 3, 2007)
Fostering entrepreneurship at Cornell not only includes courses, lectures and other events in Ithaca, but also a national network of alumni entrepreneurs. (April 3, 2007)
Cornell engineering alumni from all over the world will converge on Ithaca, April 20-21, for the 24th annual Cornell Engineering Alumni Association conference. (April 3, 2007)
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning has received the Joseph Pettit Award from the Consortium on Financing Higher Education for its the originality, elegance and value of its research for the university. (April 3, 2007)
At a campus lecture March 28, Law Professor John Blume expressed optimism that capital punishment ultimately will be abolished in the United States. (April 3, 2007)
Cornell's CUSat has been chosen as the winner of the University Nanosatellite Program's Nanosat-4 competition. The prize is a NASA launch into orbit. (April 2, 2007)
John Prendergast, former adviser to President Bill Clinton, called for taking a three 'P' approach to the crisis in Darfur: peacemaking, protection and punishment, during a lecture on campus March 28. (April 2, 2007)
