Cornell's Latin American Studies Program will mark its 50th anniversary at a luncheon Nov. 4 that will feature graduate student research and guest speakers including former director Tom Holloway. (Nov. 3, 2011)
More than 600 Cornell students hit the streets Oct. 29 to hand out some 12,000 free bags containing a compact fluorescent light bulb and information on inexpensive ways to save money on energy. (Nov. 1, 2011)
Vladimir Nabokov's passion for science and art is kept alive via a cross-departmental collaboration in the course Reading Nabokov, which includes a lecture and demonstration at the Cornell Insect Collection. (Oct. 28, 2011)
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, the most prestigious national awards for undergraduate students in the fields of science, mathematics or engineering, have been won by four Cornell undergraduates. Now in its 15th year, the Goldwater Scholarship programs honors the late U.S. senator from Arizona and provides awards of up to $7,500 per year for each recipient to help cover the costs of tuition, fees, books and room-and-board.
Rare, valuable plans are being stolen from the Cornell Plantations at alarming rates, says the Plantations director. The thefts are likened to stealing priceless exhibits from a major museum.
Scientists in the Craighead lab have figured out how to stretch out tangled strands of DNA from chromosomes, line them up and tag them to reflect different levels of chemical modification. (Oct. 27, 2011)
Hunter R. Rawlings III, president emeritus of Cornell and currently a professor in the university's Department of Classics, will become interim president of Cornell following President Jeffrey S. Lehman's departure June 30. Subject to approval by the Cornell Board of Trustees, Rawlings will serve until the university names a new president, said Peter Meinig, chairman of the board.
Eighteen ongoing faculty research projects, ranging from Greek archaeology to studies in early and contemporary Islam and modernist poetry, have been awarded grants by the Society for the Humanities.
Cornell is helping six New York state schools use high tunnels to grow their school gardens and studying how they benefit the schools' educational programs. (Oct. 26, 2011)