As Cornell President David Skorton concludes his visit to Asia with three days in Beijing, reports from Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai are making their way back to campus. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Twelve second-year pre-med students from Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar spent summer 2007 in Ithaca working with top researchers, and enrollment in the medical programs continues to increase.
Members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Honor Society taught local children about strategies to reduce poverty by bringing a sheep to their 4-H Urban Outreach Afterschool Program. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Cornell plans to test its emergency alert system at noon Wednesday, Nov. 7, by sending voice and text messages to everyone in the campus community who has supplied emergency contact information. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a fellow of the Optical Society of America for her work with silicon nanophotonics. (Nov. 1, 2007)
Matt Pritchard, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, uses satellites to calculate centimeter-scale movements of Earth's surface to learn more about earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides. (Nov. 1, 2007)
The music and dance ensemble Gamelan Cudamani gave audiences -- including more than 400 local school students -- a taste of cultural and spiritual life in a Balinese village in performances. (Nov. 1, 2007)
The Cornell pumpkin prank of 1997 remains one of the university's most celebrated news events, capturing the fancy of major media and providing months of fun and even some learning experiences across campus. (Oct. 31, 2007)