Borough of Manhattan Community College, Suffolk Community College and Nassau Community College will join Cornell's Pathway to Success Community College Partnership program. (July 25, 2008)
Cornell greenhouses contain plants for teaching, research and public viewing. With 163 complexes, Cornell now has the largest noncommercial greenhouse operation in New York state. (Aug. 30, 2007)
A new Cornell study, published March 26 in Science, is one of the first that shows how plants at the bottom of the food chain have evolved mechanisms that influence ecosystem dynamics. (March 25, 2010)
Staff and faculty members can now apply to the 2010 Child Care Grant Subsidy Program, which awards up to $5,000 a year, tax-free, to help pay for child care expenses. Application deadline is Sept. 4. (July 29, 2009)
U.S. News and World Report has placed Cornell at the top of its rankings for best undergraduate engineering science/engineering physics program for the second year in a row. In overall rankings, Cornell tied for 12th place. (Aug. 18, 2006)
Cornell and Auburn University researchers report that they can improve the sniffing abilities of detection dogs by adding fat and reducing protein in the dogs' diets.
Cornell's Graduate School has named Brenda Wickes '85 assistant dean for graduate student life, a new position created to oversee all aspects of graduate student life and help build a stronger graduate community. (July 20, 2007)
Slope Day, the annual student celebration of the end of the school year, is May 7 with a concert by Chance the Rapper and reggae band Magic! starting at noon on Libe Slope, and activities on Ho Plaza.
The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering Earth's atmosphere, says new Cornell research. (June 24, 2009)