The Heckscher Foundation for Children recently awarded a $900,000 grant to the Cornell Urban Scholars Program, in which students from Cornell University help address challenges confronting New York City's poorest children, families and neighborhoods. The grant will provide three years of operational funds for the Urban Scholars Program.
About 175 people, more than ever before, attended Cornell's Floriculture Field Day July 24 to hear about new plants on the market and learn about the younger generation of plant retailers. (July 25, 2007)
City and regional planning students surveyed New Orleans' 9th Ward in March and looked at sustainable options for rebuilding the neighborhood as part of an ongoing Cornell planning initiative. (May 8, 2008)
The Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell is hosting 11 faculty fellows as part of its new in-residence program, awarding each a $10,000 grant to pursue their research beginning in September. (June 9, 2008)
Carolyn Klass, a senior extension associate in entomology at Cornell University was honored by the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association with their 2005 Gold Medal of Horticulture.
Posters and postcards were distributed across campus earlier this semester as part of a hazing prevention campaign that aims to promote positive social connections and end hazing practices. (March 28, 2012)
More than four dozen teachers attended a three-day workshop at Cornell to get ideas on how to integrate information about international food customs and food production into their curricula.
Events this week include activities at Cornell Plantations, an MFA student reading, a "Frozen" sing-along at Cornell Cinema, student exhibitions and Michael Jerling on "Bound for Glory."
Events this week include a legal debate on voting rights, a Cornell astronomy-themed family night at the Museum of the Earth, a classic horror film in Sage Chapel and "Sweeney Todd" in Risley Theatre.
A pair of common kitchen ingredients inspired Cornell researchers’ improvement of the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a promising alternative to today’s lithium-ion batteries.