Peter Davies, a Cornell plant physiologist, will serve as an adviser to the U.S. government on agricultural and food policy issues as a Jefferson Science Fellow in the U.S. Department of State. (April 27, 2011)
George Peter, who revolutionized the status of Cornell employees and served as a tireless ambassador for Cornell University, died Aug. 10. (Aug. 12, 2008)
Although Cornell University's former low-level radiation disposal site (RDS) in Lansing does not pose unacceptable health risks, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced a final, $10 million strategy for cleaning up the site. The state plan, known as a record of decision, calls for constructing an underground clay wall around the waste area, injecting cement grout into fractured rock to isolate the most highly contaminated groundwater and using recovery wells to remove paradioxane, the main contaminant at the site, from the groundwater. (May 7, 2002)
A Sept. 30 concert in Bailey Hall by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will benefit mental health initiatives at Cornell. (Aug. 31, 2010)
In his Iscol lecture, land-mending advocate Luc Gnacadja warned that the worldwide problem of soil erosion contributes to poverty and hunger and threatens security and freedom.
Agronomist and business strategist Daniel Fungai Mataruka, Ph.D. '92, has been appointed executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya. (March 4, 2009)
On Saturday, April 24, Cornell University Police will hold a "Child Safety Seat Check" event at the Cornell Grounds Department shops at 307 Palm Road. (The shops are located off state Route 366, by the Cornell Orchards.) The event will be from 9 a.m. to noon, and the public is encouraged to attend. Child safety seat experts will be on hand to check safety seats for proper installation, damage or recall. A limited number of free safety seats also will be available at the event. For more information, contact the Cornell Crime Prevention Unit at G-2 Barton Hall, (607) 255-7404. (April 14, 2004)
David Lipsky, an early proponent of distance learning and director of the Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell, has been named director of educational planning and review for eCornell. The announcement was made on March 21 by Francis Pandolfi, president and chief executive officer of the university's distance-learning subsidiary.