Seven students in the Undergraduate Startup and Venture Capital Club have landed much-coveted internships this semester with venture capitalists. The venture capitalists are all Cornell alumni. (April 28, 2010)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded nutritionist Christina Stark almost $500,000 to train extension/community teams on collaborative, ecological approaches for childhood obesity prevention. (April 28, 2010)
Cornell fiber scientist Anil Netravali reaped first place in the inventor/entrepreneur category of the first 'Green of the Crop' contest from New York's Creative Core, a public-private partnership. (April 28, 2010)
A Cornell toxicologist has co-authored a book for parents and parents-to-be on how to protect their children's fragile immune systems from pollutants, drugs, pets, bad diets and more. (April 28, 2010)
In a lecture at the American Museum of Natural History April 24, entomologist John Losey invited the audience - especially the children - to help the Lost Lady Project by searching for ladybugs. (April 27, 2010)
The Cornell Baja Racing Team placed second in a grueling four-hour, head-to-head endurance race, third for maneuverability and fifth overall at this year's competition, April 8-11. (April 27, 2010)
The Fellows of the Society for the Humanities will hold a public workshop on 'Critical Mobilities: Thought, Culture and Performance' April 29-30, with results from their yearlong research seminar. (April 26, 2010)
Letters, books and ephemera documenting Mark Twain's literary and commercial ventures are on display at Kroch library in 'Known to Everyone, Liked by All: The Business of Being Mark Twain.' (April 26, 2010)
Most of the attendees speaking at an event on hydraulic fracturing April 22 opposed the process to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale for environmental reasons. (April 26, 2010)