Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County has received some $317,000 of stimulus funding to provide training to 120 veterans, many with disabilities, for green jobs. (Sept. 22, 2009)
Geo-economics, not military might, is the main tool of international negotiations, said Richard Burt '69, former ambassador to Germany, as failing states seek nuclear weapons. (Dec. 6, 2010)
The Departments of Food Science and of Plant Pathology each host about one dozen undergraduates from around the country as summer scholars to garner career interest in their fields. (June 20, 2011)
Sometimes, says Cornell law professor Eduardo Penalver in a new book, breaking property laws can be a vital step toward changing a legal system, and a society, for the better. (May 3, 2010)
Cornell received a Forrester Groundswell Award Nov. 19 for the globalrust.org website, which provides tools for people fighting the virulent new diseases of wheat that threaten world food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)
This past fall, the Geneva Head Start marked its 20th year touring the various facilities at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. (Jan. 8, 2009)
President David Skorton provided a review of Cornell's past year to local service clubs, April 28, noting that it has been a difficult year, but Cornell remains resource-rich and is poised to grow again. (April 29, 2010)
Third-year Cornell Law School student Michael Zuckerman '09 won three national awards for his article, 'The Offshoring of American Government.' (Jan. 6, 2009)
Howard Evans, professor emeritus of biomedical sciences, gives biweekly talks on campus about natural history, from antlers and fossils to rocks and minerals. He also speaks at area public schools. (Nov. 23, 2010)
Graduate students at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station raise scholarship money for local students interested in agriculture through sales of apple cider. (Nov. 7, 2012)