Events this week include a film by Bobbito García on hip-hop, basketball and sneaker culture; a talk on conserving falcons in India; Jill Frank on reading Plato's "Republic"; foreign films at Cornell Cinema; and a reading by Creative Writing Program alumni.
An experimental drug that blocks the activation of an immune cell component effectively prevented rejection of heart transplants in mice, says new research from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Robin L. Davisson, Cornell professor of biomedical sciences, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. (Nov. 14, 2007)
The NYS Integrated Pest Management program has been cut from the proposed New York budget. Yet it saves farmers millions of dollars and keeps New Yorkers safer and healthier, says a Cornell expert.
The new theater for The Cherry Arts being built on Ithaca's Cayuga Inlet will be a "multidisciplinary locavore arts venue," and Cornell faculty members are deeply involved.
To the editor:
Great to read, and concept of lottery to choose representatives: Terrific.
Mixing students/faculty/staff: Great.
Seeing Cornell students actively involved in the world around them and voting: It's what education is…
Cornell's Community Improvement Through Youth Project has been recognized for its successful urban 4-H programs by the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents for the second year in a row. (Feb. 12, 2008)