The student-led Cornell University Sustainable Design has published 'Schoolhouse South Africa: Comprehensive Context,' a book on their design approach to building a school in South Africa this summer. (Feb. 22, 2011)
Cornell researcher Paul Bowser and Sea Grant fisheries specialist Dave MacNeill have received the first Research to Application Award for work on a fish virus and applying it in non-academic settings. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Don Rakow, director of Cornell Plantations, has co-authored the first textbook on managing public gardens. 'Public Garden Management' is intended for students, visionaries and staff at public gardens. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Cornell's corpse plant bloomed for the first time in March 2012, attracting more than 10,000 visitors over five days, and is expected to bloom again in the next few days.
Students in Cornell's Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service and the Urban Semester Summer Program co-hosted a free health fair July 28 in Brooklyn. (Aug. 9, 2012)
Eight students and a professor spent 10 days in Ghana over winter break, talking to women about their concerns for their communities. The findings will help shape future service trips to Ghana.
In an interview with the Cornell Chronicle, Kent Fuchs outlines the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Cornell, and for all top research universities in the U.S., as he prepares to step down as provost.