Assistant professor of architecture Jenny Sabin has designed a pavilion for Nike in New York City using photo-luminescent, solar-active and reflective threads, inspired by the company's new footwear. (Sept. 20, 2012)
Smart Clothing, Smart Girls: Engineering via Apparel Design, a weeklong course, taught 24 middle school girls on campus many principles of science to attract them to STEM fields.
Cornell researchers met with Ithaca-area practitioners to set a research agenda for the little-studied field, which offers treatments to alleviate pain and suffering for seriously ill patients.
Professor Mitchel Lasser, author of the new book 'Judicial Transformations: The Rights Revolution in the Courts of Europe,' was honored with a panel discussion in Myron Taylor Hall Nov. 2. (Nov. 11, 2009)
Law professor Steven Shiffrin spoke about his new book, 'The Religious Left and Church-State Relations,' at a panel discussion in his honor in Myron Taylor Hall Oct. 30. (Nov. 11, 2009)
Bounty from a student garden at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva is being donated to a local food pantry. (Sept. 14, 2012)
Cornell has exceeded its largest campaign goal ever - $790,000, presenting a check for $792,637 to James Brown, president of the United Way of Tompkins County, at the men's basketball game Feb. 12. (Feb. 15, 2011)
Cornell President David Skorton will co-chair the new advisory board of the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative, which will advocate for increased U.S. involvement in the development of higher education in Africa. (Oct. 1, 2008)
With the grants, researchers will examine pest and disease management techniques, crop productivity and plant health in New York's specialty crops sector, which generates $1.3 billion annually. (Nov. 2, 2009)
A program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, BR MicroCapital pairs first-year MBA students with self-employed entrepreneurs who live or work in the Tompkins County area. (Feb. 11, 2009)