The Cornell Center for Materials Research is administering a new $2.9 million Cornell graduate student training program, funded by the NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program. (Sept. 11, 2007)
Growing interest in using flexible electronics for next-generation biomedical devices has prompted the creation of a new graduate student research program at Cornell, funded by the National Science Foundation. (Sept. 11, 2007)
JumpStart projects, supported by small NYSTAR grants, allow a business to work with a faculty researcher for a short time on a specific problem. The projects often lead to a longer-term collaboration. (Sept. 11, 2007)
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar and political activist, will deliver a talk, 'Peace in the Middle East: Who Needs It?' Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public. (Sept. 11, 2007)
Craig Kielburger, who founded Free the Children at age 12, spoke at Cornell, Sept. 10. He told students to not get overwhelmed by the scope of the problems in the world, but to focus on specific issues they care about. (Sept. 11, 2007)
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., will celebrate its 125th anniversary with an open house, Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The official welcome will take place at 11 a.m. (Sept. 10, 2007)
The Automotive X Prize, which promises a multimillion-dollar award for the development of a practical, marketable 100-mpg car, has so far attracted 31 competitors, only one of which is a university: Cornell. (Sept. 10, 2007)
The fourth annual Shabbat 1000, sponsored by Cornell Hillel, put great emphasis not only on cooperation among people from different backgrounds but also on environmental consciousness. (Sept. 10, 2007)
Students in Marcia Eames-Sheavly's Art of Horticulture class created a 10-ton earth-and-sod sculpture Sept. 4 at Cornell's turfgrass plots. (Sept. 10, 2007)
Smart growth and small business development in South Florida were the focus for five Cornell students this summer serving as interns in the Cornell in Miami Program. (Sept. 10, 2007)