Students in Restoration Ecology this semester are gathering data to analyze whether Cayuga Inlet should be dredged, and what the options are for the sediment. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Steven W. Squyres has been named chairman of the NASA Advisory Council, an assembly of experts that offers guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency. (Nov. 7, 2011)
AguaClara, Cornell's water treatment and technology development program, has won a $50,000 cash prize in association with the 2011 Intel Environment Award. (Nov. 7, 2011)
The North American Maple Syrup Council awarded its inaugural Richard G. Haas Distinguished Service Award to the Maple Program; Peter Smallidge received an award from the Society of America Foresters. (Nov. 7, 2011)
Professor Norman Uphoff received the International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering Review Award for 2011 for his 'significant editorial contributions' to an international journal. (Nov. 7, 2011)
David Cohen '85, an undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury, advised student not to fight, but join city hall, develop good work habits, learn to write and don't sweat it, speaking on campus Nov. 4.
Robert Frank, speaking at Museum of American Finance in New York City Nov. 2, says eliminating income taxes but instituting a steeply progressive consumption tax would free up $3 trillion annually. (Nov. 7, 2011)
A streamlining initiative is enhancing the depth and breadth of university communications and is on track to meet a 2015 savings goal of $500,000 nearly three years early. (Nov. 3, 2011)
The Belleville-Henderson Central School District in northern New York is helping Cornell scientists study grass as a low-tech, local renewable energy system by maintaining switchgrass trial plots. (Nov. 3, 2011)
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies celebrates its 50th anniversary at Cornell with a symposium Nov. 14-15 and reflection on its achievements and future direction. (Nov. 3, 2011)