FEAST for Health is a Cornell food-based nutrition education program in which children prepare unfamiliar, healthy foods in class and the foods become part of school lunch. (Aug. 1, 2007)
Elsie Frost McMurry, professor emerita of textiles and apparel -- an apparel historian, scholar, designer, dressmaker and former curator of the Cornell Costume Collection -- died July 25 at age 99 in Michigan. (July 31, 2007)
Professor emeritus Duane Chapman died at his home in Newfield, N.Y., July 29, after a brief illness. He was an expert in energy use, world oil prices and security, renewable energy costs and policy, and climate change. (July 31, 2007)
A large-scale dust storm on Mars is preventing light from reaching the two rovers, and if the skies continue to darken, Spirit and Opportunity could run out of power, say Cornell professors Jim Bell and Steve Squyres. (July 26, 2007)
Cornell President David Skorton called international education and research among the nation's most effective diplomatic assets, during testimony before the Committee on Science and Technology, July 26. (July 26, 2007)
Alumnus Seth Cochran climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in June to raise money for The Smile Train, a charity that provides cleft palate and lip surgeries to children in underdeveloped countries. (July 26, 2007)
Cornell Cooperative Extension volunteers collected more than 5 tons of compostable materials as part of an expanded composting program at the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance.
Sergio Servetto, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, died July 24 in a private plane accident. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the accident. (July 25, 2007)
About 175 people, more than ever before, attended Cornell's Floriculture Field Day July 24 to hear about new plants on the market and learn about the younger generation of plant retailers. (July 25, 2007)
Christine M. Stallmann, who currently serves as manager of global environmental health and safety and facilities services for Alcoa Inc., will begin her new post at Cornell in mid-August. (July 25, 2007)