The rebuilt Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Greenhouse reopened Feb. 9 with modern equipment designed for increased energy savings and improved plant growth. It houses more than 500 species.
William J. Lynn III, J.D. '80, has been nominated by President-elect Barack Obama for deputy defense secretary, the No. 2 position at the Pentagon. (Jan. 14, 2009)
Cornell Cooperative Extension specialists excelled in a recent statewide disaster response simulation administered by New York State's Office of Emergency Management.
Matthew Nagowski ’05, a Buffalo native, ILR School graduate and a group vice president at M&T Bank, was honored for his leadership and volunteer service in the Buffalo community and presented with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award Dec. 7.
Cornell's new faculty fellowship in fisheries and aquatic sciences named for Dwight A. Webster, the professor of Fishery Biology who laid the groundwork for the Adirondack Fishery Research Program.
With a $1 million Mellon grant and a goal of building a model college-in-prison network, the Cornell Prison Education Program will expand to offer classes and degree programs in four upstate prisons.
The Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative is teaming with a federal bureau to give mortgage consumers input into new rules that will effect their borrowing. (Aug. 13, 2012)
Members of Cornell's Senior Leaders Climate Action Group presented highlights of their report, 'Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035,' at a public meeting March 28 in downtown Ithaca.
RFID technology repurposed for tracking birds automates data collection, requiring scientists to spend only a few hours a week tending to feeders wired with tracking technology.
New York's land-grant university brought its message of education, discovery and engagement to the state capital Jan. 26 for Cornell Day in Albany, and took the opportunity to show off its diverse offerings to lawmakers and visitors alike.