Cornell's first comprehensive tree inventory, conducted this summer, quantifies the ecosystem services that trees provide and helps with the university's climate plan, to be unveiled Sept. 15. (Sept. 9, 2009)
Humanists writing on German topics are gaining a new channel for publication with Signale, a book series based at Cornell that aims to become a sustainable model for humanities scholarship.
President Skorton and CALS Dean Susan Henry made their annual visit to the New York State Fair Aug. 27, where they toured Cornell's solar house and met with Gov. David Paterson and young 4-H members. (Aug. 28, 2009)
Artisan Durand Van Doren has spent the last six months shaping steel into daisies, daffodils, roots and rhizomes for a landmark gate in Cornell's Lua A. Minns Garden. (May 19, 2008)
The expansion will enhance the art education of the entire community and give visitors of all ages a better understanding of other cultures, other centuries and other values, says museum director Frank Robinson. (May 15, 2008)
Cornell officials, responding to reports of the impending appearance of a dragon on the campus Thursday, March 15, have issued a dragon warning and road closure alert for Thursday afternoon.
Nearly three years late, and amid speculation and some controversy, the National Research Council will release the gold standard of graduate school rankings Sept. 28. (Sept. 16, 2010)
A group of 15 prominent Jordanian scientists visited Cornell Nov. 2 to begin work on a long-term project to study life forms that live in extreme conditions.
Their weeklong visit, during which they trained with Cornell…
There are always ways to improve a situation and do things better than they've been done before, said Howard Milstein '73, the 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year, at the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration. (April 14, 2008)
Events on campus this week include films on utopias, Street Fair at Ho Plaza, Clubfest at Barton Hall, Bienvenidos barbecue, a folk concert, humanities lecture and discussion of nature in literature. (Aug. 26, 2010)