More than 175 items are up for bid for the online CARE Fund auction, which will run Nov. 1-16. The fund assists staff and faculty members faced with unexpected financial hardships. (Nov. 1, 2012)
For deans Michael Kotlikoff and Kathryn Boor, an opening day visit to the 2010 New York State Fair Aug. 26 was a welcome chance to relax, explore and reminisce. (Aug. 27, 2010)
Cornell's Society for the Humanities has received a challenge grant of $1,330,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, contingent on a $2 million match. (Oct. 24, 2012)
Alumni Peter and Stephanie Nolan have endowed the David J. Nolan Directorship of the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell. Professor Loren Tauer will hold the position.
A Gates Foundaton-funded collaboration to make genomic tools for crop breeders held a workshop last week to solve their "big data" issues to make a massive genomics database for staple crops.
An artificial intelligence that can automatically plan and execute experiments may soon provide new insights into the biology of addiction to drugs and alcohol. (Jan. 8, 2010)
After eight years of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania, residents still have mixed feelings about it, report researchers at Cornell's Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference, Dec. 13. (Dec. 14, 2011)