Mike Hoffmann, associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, discussed climate change issues July 29 for the Agricultural Working Group of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in Washington, D.C.
Native American sites abound in the Ithaca area but are hard to reach due to subsequent development and poor documentation, according to Kurt Jordan of the American Indian Program in a talk Sept. 19.
The challenges of growing market-grade malting barley, paired with the rising demands of the state's three-year old farm brewery law, dominated discussion at the Southern Tier Farm Brewery Summit.
Students in the class Race and Social Entrepreneurship: Food Justice and Urban Reform have been researching, reading about and discussing food policy, politics, access and sustainability in Ithaca.
New this year, Environmental Exploration Days enticed a dozen local youths, ages 12 to 14, to spend five days exploring the area's natural beauty and learning how they can help protect it. (Aug. 29, 2011)
The world’s largest public opinion archive – the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, founded in 1947 - will become the Roper Center at Cornell University on Nov. 7.
The next Campus-Community Coalition forum, April 28, 7-8:30 p.m., at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, will focus on outreach and awareness strategies tied to alcohol abuse and underage drinking. (April 19, 2011)
People who love the natural areas of the Finger Lakes region and who care about preserving them might consider joining Cornell Plantations' Natural Areas Academy.