CU Women Lead will start the fall meetings with a talk from Pat Wynn, on “Demystifying the Art of Networking,” Oct. 29, 3:30-4:30 p.m., in the Garden Room in Willard Straight Hall.
Cornellians Stephen Mugo, Ph.D. ’99, and former postdoctoral student Sylvester Oikeh came full circle recently when they returned to the university Oct. 7 to share the story of how they’ve used their education for humanitarian purposes in Africa.
Cornell’s mobile communication lab, one of a handful in the country, is changing the face social sciences research. It enables scholars to study the socio-economic, racial and geographic groups hardest hit by society’s problems.
Judges have chosen first-place winners for each category of photograph. Cornell faculty, staff, students and retirees have until Oct. 26 to vote for the best of these for "People's Choice."
Cornell researchers will tap into genetic information found in more than 700 species of related grasses to improve maize and sorghum, thanks to a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
The $674 billion Defense Appropriations bill signed into law recently includes $8 million to CHESS, to extend a 10-year partnership with the Air Force Research Lab.