To improve human health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, barriers that exist between the food and health systems need to be broken down, said Per Pinstrup-Andersen speaking at the U.N. (Nov. 15, 2010)
AAP faculty members have been using the Milstein Hall construction project as a teaching tool by incorporating it into course assignments and inviting key players in its design to visit classes. (April 28, 2010)
The Johnson Museum explores Australian aboriginal painting with a new exhibit, 'Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya,' and a symposium, 'Papunya Then and Now,' planned for Feb. 14.
Events on campus July 2-16 include free Arts Quad and Schwartz Center concerts, lectures by Rachel Dickinson and Jim Maas, family films, paddling at Beebe Lake and gardening at the Minns Garden. (July 1, 2010)
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning will explore the design and environmental and social impacts of Tata Motors' new car in 'Unpacking the Nano,' opening in January at the Johnson Museum. (Nov. 10, 2010)
Teens from New York City low-income neighborhoods participated in 'Island Explorers,' a Cornell outdoor adventure and environmental education program, on historic Governors Island in New York Harbor. (Aug. 29, 2007)
'Big Idea' competition winners included a system to alert consumers to potential savings with their credit cards and an invention to deter robbers in poor countries. (April 22, 2010)
The recently designed intercampus Web site includes a matchmaking service to forge research connections between Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses. (May 23, 2008)
Cornell is sponsoring a regional conference to foster new farm-to-school links and to strengthen networks among farmers, school dining-service buyers, processors, distributors, educators and policy-makers. The conference, Farm-to-School Cafeteria: Partnerships for Improving Health, Supporting Farms and Building Community.
Cornell Cooperative Extension leaders gathered for 'Bridging the Gap Between Science and Service: the First 100 Years of Cooperative Extension,' at the Cornell Club in Manhattan Nov. 1. (Nov. 3, 2011)