An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly. (Dec. 1, 2011)
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Cornell $7.07 million to focus on developing the resistance of the East African Highland banana in Uganda to pests and major diseases. (Dec. 1, 2011)
Cornell cleared another hurdle in its effort to install steel mesh nets on seven area bridges: The city of Ithaca's planning board has said the nets will not harm the environment. (Nov. 30, 2011)
Cornell's Conference Services could boost its revenue by $500,000 annually by fiscal year 2014, an initiative manager said at a Nov. 16 streamlining discussion. (Nov. 30, 2011)
Food scientist Martin Wiedmann is collaborating with 3M to test a new molecular diagnostic system that could cut pathogen detection times from 72 hours to just 18 hours.