Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has partnered with the Center for Teaching Excellence to launch the first subject-specific teacher training offered on campus. (Sept. 14, 2011)
At the annual meeting of the President's Council of Cornell Women, members heard about Cornell's global programs and the Language House, got career advice, networked and more. (March 8, 2011)
Jackie Robinson Foundation/Sinclair scholars attended a Nov. 19 dinner at the Statler Hotel with Keith Sinclair, who, along with this wife, Esther Sinclair, has established scholarships for minority students at Cornell. (Nov. 29, 2007)
Biological engineer Jonathan Butcher won first place at Cornell's Third Annual Public Engagement and Science Communication Symposium, May 12 for clearly explaining his work on 3D X-rays. (May 13, 2009)
In recent days New York state has faced a major outbreak of illness, and a fatality, caused by the E. coli O157:H7 bacterium. The bacterium is believed to have been spread through infected well water.
The Cornell colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and of Veterinary Medicine have launched a new interdisciplinary doctoral training program in food safety that will provide instruction in new methods of detecting, eliminating and controlling pathogens in the food system.
Development sociologist Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue spoke at a Washington, D.C., conference about a study he's involved in on the implications of the world population growing to 9 billion by 2050. (Feb. 25, 2011)
Events on campus this month include free performances, lectures and concerts; new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, wearable tech in the Jill Stuart Gallery and an exoplanet researchers' symposium.
The demand for organic food in the United States has increased by approximately 200 percent over the past 10 years, a trend that is expected to accelerate in the coming decade. Organic farmers in New York state will be better able to capitalize on this trend thanks to three new grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture received by researchers in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.