The world food crisis may not be new, said food-policy experts speaking on campus April 3, but it is certainly growing increasingly complex in terms of water, climate, energy and cost, to name just a few factors. (April 8, 2009)
James Grieger of Environmental Health and Safety is serving on a technical advisory group to formulate positions on nanotechnologies for the International Organization for Standardization. (April 8, 2009)
As part of National Public Health Week, New York Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., visited Cornell April 6 to open a statewide campaign to promote healthy living. (April 8, 2009)
Two professors addressed agriculture and climate change in Washington, D.C., March 27, to launch a new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences series of educational briefings for policymakers.
In her first visit to Cornell as New York's junior U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand pledged to advocate for the university's agriculture and veterinary programs as a way of revitalizing New York state's economy. (April 8, 2009)
Cornell President David Skorton and his wife, Robin Davisson, professor of biomedical sciences, spent the weekend dining with students, watching ping-pong and even making a run to the Hot Truck. (April 7, 2009)
Many respondents to a Hotel School survey said they liked the convenience of online reservations but didn't want to give up the personal contact that a phone call affords. (April 7, 2009)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $699,000 grant for research and training in higher education economics to the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.
'New Politics, New Policies: Prospects for Labor in the Obama Administration' is the theme of the 2009 Union Days. Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan will deliver the keynote address April 15. (April 7, 2009)