The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing $25M in a project, hosted at Cornell, that seeks to improve cassava crops in sub-Saharan Africa. (Nov. 30, 2012)
Geo-economics, not military might, is the main tool of international negotiations, said Richard Burt '69, former ambassador to Germany, as failing states seek nuclear weapons. (Dec. 6, 2010)
Cornell University, on a temporary basis, will be using a portion of Libe Slope on West Campus to allow for contractor parking for the West Campus Residential Initiative project. The work on creating the temporary parking lot will begin this week and will be completed prior to the Aug. 22 arrival of students for the fall semester. (August 7, 2003)
Some 25 student organizations and departments committed to sustainability participated in Earth Day 2010 festivities on Ho Plaza April 22. (April 23, 2010)
President David Skorton detailed accomplishments, new initiatives and challenges as he led Cornell's leadership on virtual tours of the university in the present day and in 2015 during his first State of the University Address.
Howard Evans, professor emeritus of biomedical sciences, gives biweekly talks on campus about natural history, from antlers and fossils to rocks and minerals. He also speaks at area public schools. (Nov. 23, 2010)
President David Skorton welcomed doctoral degree recipients to 'the end of a long and complex journey' at the 15th Ph.D. recognition ceremony in Barton Hall on May 26. (May 27, 2007)
Cornell deepened its century-long commitment to western New York's wine, grape and juice industries when it opened its new $5.4 million Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory, Aug. 25.
An assistant professor in anthropology will study plant biology and international intellectual property law to keep African healers from commercialization without remuneration with a Mellon fellowship. (June 8, 2011)