For the second year in a row, Cornell's Formula SAE team has won the University of Toronto Shootout, a race for student-built and -driven race cars. (Sept. 19, 2007)
Cornell researchers and Sathguru Management Consultants have led an international consortium through the first phase of developing a pest-resistant eggplant, which is expected to be the first genetically engineered food crop in South Asia. (Sept. 19, 2007)
India's manufacturing and service sectors are experiencing very high growth rates, but agriculture is stagnating, said C. Ramasamy, vice chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, while visiting campus Sept. 13. (Sept. 19, 2007)
In a new venture in Africa, Cornell will support a new doctoral program at the University of Ghana to train African plant breeders to tackle issues related to crops vital to Africans' diet. (Sept. 19, 2007)
Researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have found evidence that the 'drying up' of Australia over the past 20 million years triggered an explosive diversification of skinks. (Sept. 19, 2007)
Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced a new task force to address the problem of employee misclassification. The announcement referenced an ILR study, 'The Cost of Worker Misclassification in New York State.' (Sept. 18, 2007)
To give the community an overview of its draft Comprehensive Master Plan and an opportunity to provide feedback, Cornell will hold two open houses, Sept. 26, one on campus and one in downtown Ithaca. (Sept. 18, 2007)
At the first Cornell Conference on International Development, held Sept. 15-16, a panel discussed opportunities, inequalities, women's rights and more. About 160 alumni and dozens of students and faculty attended. (Sept. 18, 2007)