A new three-year, $1.8 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will extend TEEAL, The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, to many more college libraries in sub-Saharan Africa. (Aug. 19, 2009)
Cornell undergraduates joined 200,000 green advocates to parade down Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue for the Peoples Climate March April 29 – in sultry heat – to advocate for rescuing the world from environmental deterioration.
During Ag Day, a biannual event hosted by the Cornell chapter of the co-ed fraternity Alpha Zeta, the Ag Quad was transformed into a farm with animals and tractor activities to expose students to farming.
Cornell researchers hypothesize that the accepted model of circadian rhythmicity may be missing a key link, based on a mathematical model of what happens during the sleeping/waking cycle in fruit flies. (Aug. 27, 2007)
A Cornell team finished first in the Association for Computing Machinery Greater New York Programming Contest and will compete against more than 80 other teams in the world finals in April in Canada. (Nov. 6, 2007)
The ILR School's Northeast ADA Center is a clearinghouse for information on the Americans with Disabilities Act, which turns 20 on July 26. (July 19, 2010)
Using a novel approach for computing real-time game strategy, engineers have developed an artificial Ms. Pac-Man player that chomps the existing high score for computerized play.
Cornell Glee Club will preview its upcoming, competitive performance in Wales at Grace Church in Manhattan, Saturday, June 30 at 8 p.m. (June 21, 2012)
Veterinary epidemiologist Yrjo Grohn has a new grant to study the bug that is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals, using what he's learned from studying pathogens in farm animals.
Events this week include a winter reception at the Johnson Museum, the inaugural Startup Fair, a film series devoted to sound, and lectures on international relations in China and 1970s politics.