The impact of new wine shipment legislation, the 2007 Farm Bill and trends in specialty crops are a few of the highlighted topics that will be explored at the annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference Dec. 6 at Cornell University. (November 23, 2005)
Researchers at Cornell and Michigan have joined teams in France to find out if native speakers of American English and French use the same brain structures to understand a story when it is read to them in their own language.
The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities is bringing veterans interested in the hospitality industry to campus to learn how to start and run their own businesses.
As students moved in Aug. 22, West Campus workers moved out. President David Skorton climbed aboard a departing bulldozer and expressed delight that construction was completed two years ahead of schedule. (Aug. 25, 2008)
Isabel V. Hull, the John Stambaugh Professor of History, has won the inaugural International Research Support Prize of the Max Weber Stiftung and the Historisches Kolleg.
The Cornell Venture Challenge, formerly the Business Idea Competition, is sponsored by BR Ventures and rewards unique business ideas with a top prize of $10,000. Entries are being accepted through March 1. (Feb. 10, 2009)
Several undocumented people, including Cornell students, attended a Law School workshop Sept. 29 to apply to remain in the United States. (Oct. 2, 2012)
Fifteen-year-old Kate Eldredge of Vernon, N.Y., has been active in 4-H, including her local 4-H dog-training club in Oneida County, since she was 5. That experience has resulted in several well-behaved dogs -- and a new book. …
New York state has awarded a $1 million grant to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to help fund the construction of a clean and efficient cogeneration plant and help lower the hospital's energy costs.
The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell has issued information on where to go to find snow for Thanksgiving. Maine offers the best odds; avoid Baltimore and surrounding areas. (Nov. 17, 2010)