Cornell Students for Hunger Relief have just completed compiling more than 100 recipes from faculty and staff across about 40 departments on campus into a cookbook, Big Red Recipes. The book is on sale at the Cornell Store and Manndible for $15.
A white pine-decimating fungus has mutated, allowing it to infect immune and resistant plants, which is alarming researchers, growers, loggers and forest managers.
Household goods, clothing, toiletries and most anything else in decent shape that can be reused will be collected until May 31 to benefit local charities. Look for collection bins around campus. (May 17, 2010)
Veterans' rights activist Gus Kappler ’61, M.D. ’65, spoke on campus Sept. 23 about his experiences as a surgeon in Vietnam and ongoing poor treatment of U.S. veterans.
Forty Cornellians helped plant trees and remove debris Nov. 9 in Breezy Point, Queens, N.Y., where residents are still recovering from the impacts of last year’s Hurricane Sandy.
The New York Campus Compact - hosted by Cornell - has received $12,000 to support 100 part-time AmeriCorps community service positions on five New York college campuses. (Sept. 23, 2010)
Officials from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture traveled to Cornell during the week of Sept. 15 to explore promoting rural development, collaborating and sharing information and technology. (Sept. 24, 2008)
Speaking to a sold-out Schwartz Auditorium May 22, Alan Alda brought his experience as an actor to initiate a dialogue on communication's vital role in science.