The American Indian Program marked its 30th anniversary and reflected on its history at Cornell at a conference April 12-13 with native community leaders, scholars, program alumni and faculty.
Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel laureate in chemistry and the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Humane Letters at Cornell, has received the 2009 Public Service Award from the National Science Board. (May 14, 2009)
The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell, which maintains datasets for researchers, has been renewed with $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (April 20, 2011)
Do dairy cows raised on organic farms produce different amounts of milk or suffer from less disease? A $1 million grant from the USDA will study 300 dairy farms - of which 200 meet organic standards. (May 11, 2009)
The Cornell Elves, a program that started with holiday giving but now has extended to supporting area schoolchildren when school starts, gave out a record number of backpacks this year: 449. (Sept. 13, 2010)
Nearly 50 high school physics teachers gathered at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education Institute for Physics Teachers workshop Oct. 27. (Nov. 1, 2012)
Volunteers gathered at the Cornell-run Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., to harvest potatoes for area food banks. (Oct. 31, 2012)
Cornell's agricultural experiment stations and cooperative extension will allocate annual federal grants to land-grant universities of $9 million to study food systems, environmental problems. (Oct. 29, 2012)