This year, Maple Weekend is March 29-30, but by 2080, it could be as early as Jan. 29-30 in northern New York, say climate change experts. (March 24, 2008)
A business idea that would allow people to manage their receipts online was the top winner in the Oct. 29 Cornell Entrepreneur Organization's Elevator Pitch Contest. (Nov. 18, 2008)
Researchers played a key role in helping Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island eliminate rabies in raccoons. Cornell's been managing rabies-control efforts in the two counties since 2006.
Cascadilla Gorge has been officially closed since September 2009 for restoration, but work is ongoing, especially in the lower half of the trail and at the Treman Triangle entranceway at Linn Street. (Aug. 19, 2010)
Gardeners beware: This year in the eastern U.S., late blight is killing tomato and potato plants earlier than ever before, and basil downy mildew is affecting plants in gardens and on commercial farms. (July 1, 2009)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $25 million to Cornell to support the construction of the signature building for a planned information campus.
There's no arguing with success. Nine members of the Cornell Forensics Society, a debate and speech team with up to 40 members, secured a first place trophy at the 30th annual Bloomsberg University tournament in November.
A Cornell researcher is trying to promote greater maple production in the Northeast; in New York, for example, less than 1 percent of the tappable trees are being used for maple syrup production. (Nov. 4, 2008)
A central plank of David Levitsky's teaching philosophy, honed over 40 years of instructing Cornell students, is to make his lessons unpredictable, and his style has earned him a USDA teaching award.
Robert H. Foote, a professor emeritus of animal science whose pioneering research led to in vitro fertilization in agricultural livestock, died of lung failure in Ithaca Oct. 27. A memorial service will be held Nov. 9. (Nov. 3, 2008)