At the Town-Gown Awards (TOGO) ceremony at Morrison Hall Dec. 7, Cornell administrators bestowed awards to celebrate partnerships between the university and local organizations.
Events on campus this week include concerts in Barnes Hall, migratory birds, Mother's Day breakfast, sustainability symposium, making yogurt, child safety seat checks, and a garden fair and plant sale.
Ritch Savin-Williams, professor of developmental psychology and director of Cornell's Sex and Gender Lab, talked with media members about the dangerous myth of 'fragile' gay youth. (Nov. 10, 2010)
Milstein Hall architect Rem Koolhaas showed contrasting architectural conventions and how innovations changed architecture in the early 20th century in an April 13 lecture in Kennedy Hall. (April 14, 2010)
Cornell researchers have prompted rural women to walk more regularly through a worksite intervention that helps change an office's environment and culture to encourage more walking. (April 13, 2010)
At a celebration of the Einaudi Center's 50th anniversary, President David Skorton pledged several actions to strengthen the international experience at Cornell. (Nov. 17, 2011)
The Toward New Destinations diversity planning document has been revised to reflect outcomes as well as plans to promote diversity and inclusion across campus, making them integral to university life.
Cornell University scientists are launching a full-scale study on the influence of climate on mosquito populations that transmit diseases such as West Nile virus (WNV) to humans. Funded by a $495,000 Global Programs grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the three-year project is a collaborative effort involving medical entomologists, climatologists, social scientists and risk analysts, as well as local and state health department officials. "We propose to develop a system for predicting and monitoring risk of mosquito vectors, West Nile virus transmission and human health risk that will be readily usable by public health professionals for decision-making," says Laura Harrington, Cornell assistant professor of entomology and the project's principal investigator. "This system will provide a mechanism for early warning of West Nile virus risk and serve as a model for other existing and future vector-borne disease risks for which vectors are already present in the United States. These risks include Rift Valley fever, Japanese encephalitis and Ross River viruses." (July 12, 2004)
Two visitors to campus spoke about the moral and practical aspects of capitalism and how a growing regulatory state compromises capitalism. (April 5, 2010)
Ninth- and 10th-grade biology students in Seneca Falls, N.Y., are investigating social and scientific issues behind a controversial proposal to expand an existing landfill in their town. High school students in Ithaca are evaluating the relative toxicity, effectiveness and cost of different highway de-icing compounds to find the most environmentally friendly alternatives to road salt. And in 11 cities around the country, young people are working with elders to study plants, people and cultures in urban community gardens. Now, Environmental Inquiry, the Cornell University program that inspired these efforts, has earned the Environmental Quality Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is the agency's highest honor. (May 9, 2003)