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.
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.
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)
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.
At the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium Aug. 26-27, Cornell professor Eswar Prasad said emerging economies can improve their stability by avoiding advanced economies' debt. (Sept. 1, 2011)
On March 13, Jeff Hancock will address adult learners at One Day University in New York City about technology's impact on the brain and whether heavy social media use makes us stupid. (Feb. 23, 2011)