Longtime civil and environmental engineering faculty member Leonard B. Dworsky died March 28 after a short illness. He was 93 years old. (April 4, 2008)
A tree grows in Brooklyn — despite big-city air pollutants. Meanwhile, identical trees planted downwind of city pollution grow only half as well — a surprising finding that ecologists in a Cornell University-based study, reported in the current issue of Nature.
Roanna Ruiz, a Ph.D. student in the field of biomedical engineering, has been selected out of more than 2,900 applicants to receive a 2011 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. (April 20, 2011)
In the new student-written, original production, the writer-actors perform autobiographical monologues that draw from their personal experiences, each monologue a confession as well as a performance. (Feb. 4, 2010)
While Cornell will never standardize all of its information technology, it must narrow down some of its IT options, said Steve Schuster, interim executive director of CIT, at an open forum Nov. 10.
Some 40 educators from 18 New York counties attended a Cornell Educational Resources for International Studies workshop June 27-29 on teaching world knowledge via food customs and production. (July 1, 2010)
Cornell University was announced as one of five universities to receive the 2015 Active Minds Healthy Campus Award because of its student-focused efforts to create a caring, healthy campus environment.
Duncan Hilchey, agricultural development specialist with Cornell's Farming Alternatives Program, will deliver the keynote address, 'Hops and Terroir: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Community,' at the Northeast Hops Alliance Dinner.
A new study finds that who we perceive as responsible for fixing the digital divide - those with and without Internet access - depends on how the issue is presented. (March 29, 2011)
The L.H. Bailey Conservatory Greenhouse was closed last month by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences due to safety concerns, but CALS leaders say they are committed to meeting the conservatory need. (Nov. 15, 2010)