http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/NewFarmersGrant.html Cornell's Small Farms Program has received a new three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to broaden its support for new farmers in the Northeast. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:09:48 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/LetsGetReady.html Volunteers with the Cornell branch of the national organization Let's Get Ready help low-income high school students net a 180 point increase with their SAT preparation. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:07:14 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/BookfestVolunteers.html Without the help of Cornell volunteers, organizers say they never could have offered a free 2009 Kids' Book Fest that took place Nov. 14 and attracted more than 2,000 parents and children. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:19:07 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/fungi.kr.html University delegates returned a rare collection of fungi to China Nov. 7, 70 years after it was smuggled out of the country and brought to Cornell for safekeeping. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:04:14 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/Laricobius.html Cornell researchers released a well-studied beetle predator to test its ability to ward off a hemlock-killing aphid-like insect. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:48 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/CULChinaCollab.html Cornell University Library and Tsinghua University Library in China cemented a formal collaboration during an Oct. 29 ceremony on Cornell's campus. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:49:13 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/Ciencia.html A new Web site will help Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking scientists interact, find funding opportunities and even trade equipment. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:59:13 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/IntoStreets.html About 1,200 Cornell students streamed 'Into the Streets' for the 18th annual day of service Oct. 31, proclaimed by Mayor Carolyn Peterson as Into the Streets Day in the City of Ithaca. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:55:31 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/CornellChinaMOU.html A Sept. 24 agreement between Cornell and China will increase Cornell researchers' understanding of real problems in China and help China benefit from Cornell's agricultural expertise. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:08:40 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/VIVOweb.ws.html A $12.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will create VIVOweb, a multi-institutional version of Cornell's VIVO system to encourage communication between biomedical researchers. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:15:37 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/WaterPlant.html AguaClara, a program in civil and environmental engineering in which students design municipal drinking water plants, celebrated the groundbreaking of its fifth full-scale facility last month. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:22:49 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/FarmDays2009.html A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences exhibition at New York Farm Days Oct. 7 featured the college's undergraduate teaching programs that prepare leaders for the state's agricultural industries. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:01:01 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/EconomicImpact.html Together Cornell and other area institutions of higher education employ more Tompkins County residents than any other business sector, contributing $1.5 billion to the county economy. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:20:32 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/SolarDecathlon.html Cornell's Silo House begins competition today against 19 other entries in the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Energy's biennial contest continues through Oct. 16. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:35:14 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/ILRDisability.html The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy has awarded a $1.6 million grant to the ILR School's technical assistance center for employers on employment of people with disabilities. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:08:03 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/MetzgerGrant.html Metzger Grants were awarded to three Arts and Sciences students - Rachel Jacobs '10, Mara Perman '11 and Emma Tall '11 - who used the funds for service projects in the U.S. and abroad. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:57:20 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/SquyresSagan.html Squyres, principal scientific investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover mission, has received the 2009 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:55:18 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/Insectapalooza.html Insectapalooza 2009 on Oct. 3 featured an arthropod zoo, live butterfly house, tours of the world-famous Cornell Insect Collection and more. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:47:44 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct09/DesignClub.html Students in architecture, engineering, city planning and other design-based fields are working together in Cornell's Design and Planning Club on community-based outreach projects and design competitions. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:04:04 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/OLPCSenegal.html Two Cornell students spent part of last summer delivering rugged, child-friendly laptop computers to a school in Senegal and showing teachers how to use them. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:16:40 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/NYCShahVisit.html To see how research can serve the public in urban and rural areas, the undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture turned to Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York City, Sept. 25. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:19:34 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/NYC.NYPL.gl.html In a partnership that will build on the resources of New York City's largest educational and cultural institutions, Cornell and the New York Public Library (NYPL) joined forces to create Cornell@NYPL. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:04:10 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/DayofCaring09.html The 2009 Cornell United Way Campaign was launched Sept. 17 with the 2009 Stephen E. Garner Day of Caring, which gathered more than 10,000 pounds of food and personal-care items. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:59:03 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/VeteransGreenJobs.html Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County has received some $317,000 of stimulus funding to provide training to 120 veterans, many with disabilities, for green jobs. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:33:25 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/egbokJustus.html Ben Justus '08 is founder of the EGBOK (Everything's Gonna Be OK) Mission, a philanthropic organization to support education for children and young adults in the developing world. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:34:54 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/SmithAwardProposals.html The committee for the 2009 Robert S. Smith Award for community progress and innovation is calling for grant proposals for up to $3,000 from student leaders and organizations by Oct. 31. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:15:10 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/CAP.html Cornell's new Climate Action Plan, released Sept. 15, will not only make the university far more energy efficient but also could save Cornell hundreds of millions of dollars over the next 40 years. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:17:05 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/JumpStartFall09.html Four New York small businesses have been selected to receive technical assistance from Cornell faculty under the JumpStart program. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:28:52 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/GlobalHealthTrips.html Forty-seven students minoring in Cornell's new Global Health Program spent the summer in various low-resource countries doing volunteer work and research as part of the requirements for their minor. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:25:01 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/WLPrisonEd.html Volunteers for Cornell Prison Education Program gain as much as they give in helping to teach Cornell courses at Auburn Correctional Facility. Classes started Sept. 8, and volunteers are welcome any time. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:46:34 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/ILRSmithers.html ILR School Professor Sam Bacharach and his colleagues have filmed the personal stories of recovering alcoholics as they reflect on their lives and struggle to remain sober. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:41:17 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/Gk12Project.html A National Science Foundation grant is allowing science teachers from rural school districts to assist Cornell biomedical engineering graduate students with a research project this summer. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:43:34 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/UWDayCaring.html Collection boxes for food and personal-care items will soon spring up around campus. The collection drive precedes the 2009 United Way campaign launch, slated for Sept. 17, this year's Day of Caring. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:40:29 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/StateFairCover.html President Skorton and CALS Dean Susan Henry made their annual visit to the New York State Fair Aug. 27, where they toured Cornell's solar house and met with Gov. David Paterson and young 4-H members. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:20:01 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/PortlandNYLab.html Cornell deepened its century-long commitment to western New York's wine, grape and juice industries when it opened its new $5.4 million Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory, Aug. 25 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:17:14 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/TEEALGates.html A new three-year, $1.8 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will extend TEEAL, The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library, to many more college libraries in sub-Saharan Africa. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:25:26 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/POST2009.html In its 14th year, the Cornell Public Service Center's Pre-Orientation Service Trips is hosting 65 new students this week; they'll do community service and get to know Ithaca - and each other. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:19:46 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/NYcomptroller.html N.Y. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli kicked off a workshop of the Local Government Leadership Institute on campus, Aug. 13, aimed at helping local governments deliver services at a lower cost to their constituents. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:13:11 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/AfricaTrip.html In July President David Skorton visited Ethiopia to congratulate graduates of the inaugural class of Cornell's MPS degree program in international agriculture and rural development at Bahir Dar University. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:47:35 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/empiredays.html The 76th annual Empire Farm Days, the largest outdoor agricultural fair in the Northeast, Aug. 11-13, in Seneca Falls, N.Y., featured 600 exhibits of agricultural technology and products. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:58:49 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/DeerStudy.html In a pilot program, Cornell is using both sterilization and hunting to reduce deer populations on campus. They hope to develop a model that other campuses and communities can use to manage deer. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:54:47 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/breastcancerObesity.html A Cornell program, Small Steps Are Easier Together, is reaching out to rural communities and workplaces to get women to be more active and eat more healthfully to lower breast cancer risk. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:53:34 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug09/Eat3.html A new Cornell Cooperative Extension program encourages New York families to prepare home-cooked meals with local produce for healthier eating that also benefits the local economy. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:49:25 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/Grade2Scientists.html Cornell's Thinking Like a Scientist program shows that even second-graders can learn how to distinguish good from bad sources of information and the elements of sound experimental design. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:19:08 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/AXPCar.html A group of Cornell students are working day and night to get their full-size, fuel-efficient, plug-in hybrid vehicle ready for on-road testing Sept. 1 in preparation for the Automotive X Prize Competition. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:47:12 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/CIBTsummer.html Each summer, the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers instructs middle and high school biology teachers on new teaching methods and activities, and the teachers don't have to pay a dime. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:12:24 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/MellonGrant.html Cornell Library has received a $375,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to continue to help historically black colleges and universities create and manage digital collections. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:19:55 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/BigRedKenya.html Track coach Kevin Thompson also directs a nonprofit organization that he founded, which recently took several Cornell athletes and computers to Olympic runner Kip Keino and his schools in Kenya. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:58:01 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/VicosRevisited.html More than 50 years ago, a Cornell mission to a small village in Peru made profound changes, some good, some bad. Today, Cornell may help the community again. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:45:00 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/ApolloAnniv.html The July 18 anniversary celebration featured a panel discussion with Cornell astronomers, who recounted the significance of the Apollo 11 moon landing and layered it with historical context. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:45:10 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/CALScitrusGreening.html The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is working against a recently introduced disease known as citrus greening, which destroys citrus foods' taste and economic worth. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:17:46 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/Duxbury.html Cornell has been selected to lead a $5.5 million-plus project in Bangladesh as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food for Progress program to provide international assistance in 2009. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:28:15 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/CURWTurkey.html An interfaith delegation from Cornell explored religious and cultural sites in Turkey on a 10-day trip in May, gaining insight from interaction with Turkish people of various faiths. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:26:35 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/RwandaTrip.html The trip was organized by the Cornell Public Service Center and conceived by Stephen Paletta '87, whose nonprofit organization, the International Education Exchange, hosted the students. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:52:40 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/CCEShaleShow.html Cornell Cooperative Extension will host public meetings across New York's Southern Tier in July and August to educate residents about the development of natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:42:12 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/ApolloPreview.html Free and open to the public, the July 18 event will commemorate the July 1969 landing of NASA's Apollo 11 and man's first steps on the moon. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:32:22 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/TFAranking.html Among large universities, Cornell has the third-highest number of recent graduates joining Teach for America this fall, according to the organization. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:08:26 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July09/lateblight.html 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. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:13:36 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/Sathguru.html Cornell honored its 15-year collaboration with India-based Sathguru Management Consultants and the 10th anniversary of the Cornell-Sathguru Agribusiness Management Program June 25. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:02:50 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/WilsonOpenHouse.html The hallways of Wilson Lab, home to Cornell's synchrotron radiation facility and electron storage ring, were open to all ages during the public event on June 27. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:53:08 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/MotorolaCATALYST.html The CATALYST Academy at Cornell will host a one-week summer program to engage underrepresented minority high school students in science and engineering. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:59:40 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/SkortonAfrica.html President David Skorton will visit Ethiopia, Tanzania and Rwanda during a two-week trip, beginning July 1. Skorton will speak at the Bahir Dar University graduation and discuss opportunities for collaboration. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:58:18 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/collaborativePoll.html A Cornell/New York Times/NY1 poll asked New Yorkers their views on obesity, key politicians, the economy and gay marriage in early June. Questions were contributed by Times pollsters and Cornell faculty members. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:56:37 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/DefiantGardens.html Cornell is helping the military plant Defiant Gardens to give military families a way to connect with each other, with civilians and with their deployed parent or spouse. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:51:45 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/foodsafetyPolicy.html Just days before a U.S. House committee voted to expand the FDA's power to monitor the U.S. food supply, food scientists Kathryn Boor and Robert Gravani briefed D.C. staffers about food safety issues. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:15:43 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/HughPriceMalawi.html Hugh Price recently returned from a CNFA Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer assignment to Malawi, where he worked with farmers, exporters and entrepreneurs to assess the country's horticulture industry. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:19:21 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/WilsonPreview.html Visitors of all ages can participate in a host of physics-related activities at the Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory Open House, June 27, 1-4 p.m. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:25:52 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/NewYorkWater.html Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a wide range of researchers working on water issues to make sure New York state continues to have plenty of clean water to offer. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:52:18 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/vineyardSite.html The Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences New York State Agricultural Experiment Station has launched a new Web tool to help state grape growers identify prime grape-growing locations. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:40:49 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/TataLectures.html Ratan Tata '59, chairman of India's Tata Group, presented the new $2,500 Nano minicar and addressed 'Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century' with President David Skorton June 5. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:57:15 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/Gore.kr.html The conference brought together 100 green-technology pioneers and entrepreneurs to work on action plans to accelerate a 'convergence' of clean technology and business development at the 'base of the economic pyramid.' Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:40:31 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/ORIEtopsoil.html For their 2008-09 master of engineering project, four operations research students set out to optimize the redistribution of topsoil over a farm in Iowa. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:58:35 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/GK12Grant.html Graduate students will spend the summer and upcoming school year working with area teachers on science curricula, supported by a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to Cornell. Fri, 29 May 2009 14:23:56 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/PellLecture.kr.html Creating community partnerships and developing new techniques to share information are key ways that Cornell and other U.S. universities can help developing countries, says Vice Provost Alice Pell. Thu, 28 May 2009 19:58:57 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/MBAProjects.html The MBA Project Initiative offers students short-term work over the summer, paid and unpaid, at both large corporations and small nonprofits across the country. Tue, 26 May 2009 16:38:25 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/translationServices.le.html After 14 people were killed at a Binghamton immigration center, where many people don't speak English as their first language, Cornell students helped out for months, translating in 40 languages. Fri, 22 May 2009 00:24:29 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/PalettaRwanda.html Stephen Paletta '87, winner of the reality TV show 'Oprah's Big Give' in April 2008, is helping to organize a service-learning trip to Rwanda for eight Cornell students starting June 4. Tue, 19 May 2009 21:37:46 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/soldiersHonored.html Cornell honored local members of Delta Company, Second Battalion, 108th Infantry Division that deployed to Afghanistan in 2008 and their families at a ceremony May 17 at Bailey Hall. Mon, 18 May 2009 18:59:35 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/SkortonTaskforce.html Cornell President David Skorton has been tapped by New York Gov. David Paterson to lead the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy Through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. Thu, 14 May 2009 18:58:51 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/OneLaptopGrant.kr.html This summer, two Cornell undergraduates will hand out free laptops to 100 elementary schoolchildren in the rural city of Tidjikja, Mauritania, in northwest Africa, thanks to a $30,000 grant. Tue, 12 May 2009 19:02:55 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May09/SunshineGrants.sh.html For the fourth year in a row, a class in the College of Human Ecology is giving $10,000 to local nonprofit organizations in the Ithaca community as part of a learning experience about philanthropy. Mon, 04 May 2009 15:08:59 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/NewApples.html Thirty apple orchard owners around New York state are growing new apple varieties developed at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva to test whether the apples should be commercialized. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:25:20 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/labyrinth.html Professor Bill Miller's Herbaceous Plant Materials class planted a more ambitious labyrinth with more than 14,000 bulbs of daffodils, tulips and muscari topped with pansies. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:20:49 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/ChinaEcoBuilding.html A Cornell team traveled to China to participate in an eco-urban design workshop, where they developed an innovative urban model for China to consider as it prepares to build new cities. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:07:57 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/ColombiaTrip.html Thirty-three Johnson School students spent an intensive spring break in Colombia, advising business leaders on ways to grow their operations and forge into new markets. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:02:26 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/consumerCamp.tb.html About 80 professionals attended the the Cornell Food and Brand Lab's annual Consumer Camp April 17-18 to learn about how everyday external cues can affect how much people eat. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:54:36 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/vetsHonduras.ss.html Seven students practiced clinical skills on exotic animals while in Honduras with the International Veterinary Medicine Abroad program for 10 days earlier this semester. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:36:38 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/Tangelo.Harris.html Over spring break a group of students worked with children in Tangelo Park, Fla., where they were hosted by Harris Rosen '61. Rosen has offered to fund college for high school graduates in that neighborhood. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:24:12 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/nurse.homevisits.sh.html A series of Cornell studies in the 1970s and '80s showed that a nurse home-visiting program for low-income women pregnant with their first child can help alleviate some problems caused by poverty. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:47:16 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/ILR.AAA.mc.html An unprecedented partnership between the ILR School's Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution and the American Arbitration Association begins this year with a series of seminars. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:08:16 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/CALSinDC.html Two professors addressed agriculture and climate change in Washington, D.C., March 27, to launch a new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences series of educational briefings for policymakers. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:33:23 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/SickInAmerica.html The Sick in America series begins April 20 and will highlight issues of health care from the perspectives of physicians, patients, economists and policymakers. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:28:19 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/CERC09.html Graduate students presented their work in Duffield Hall April 3 at the revamped and renamed Cornell Engineering Research Conference. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:23:19 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/gardenBelize.sl.html This semester a horticulture class prepared for a spring break trip to Belize - not to hit the beach but to show how school gardens can enrich curricula and serve as a foundation for community education programs. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:40:32 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/Batavia.CCE.jd.html Cornell and extension are helping upstate municipalities engage in a dialogue about merging or sharing services to be more sustainable. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:56:53 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/geospatial.Ontario.jd.ssl.html A 4-H group in Ontario County is helping local firefighters and other emergency responders by mapping hydrants and other vital information. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:54:28 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/altbreaks.le.html More than 100 Cornell students spent their spring break tackling such issues as urban poverty and hunger on service-learning trips in a number of different places on the East Coast. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:50:37 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/AlumOperationOF.html Seth Cochran '00, M.Eng. '01, has started a nonprofit called Operation OF, now being piloted in Uganda, dedicated to ending obstetric fistula worldwide. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:40:25 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April09/bikesGhana.jm.html Anne-Lise Cossart '09 and Liz Bageant '10, with a grant from the Public Service Center, are collecting used bicycles to ship to Ghana. They hope to have 500 bikes by April 4, when the bikes leave Ithaca. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:29:35 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/Educator.Day.html The fifth annual Educator Professional Development Day and its 110 workshop offerings attracted some 1,200 teachers from the Ithaca, Dryden and Lansing school districts. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:33:31 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/NYC.sciTeach.nn.html The Science Leadership Academy provides ideas, supplies, mentors and networking opportunities that the academy hopes the teachers will use to engage students in biology, chemistry and physics. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:56:53 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/FlyIthaca.html Flyithaca.com enables passengers to book directly with airlines while offering discounted airfare rates, rental car deals and other benefits. It is part of a larger effort to preserve service at the airport. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:33:24 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/farmerVideos.html The New York Beginning Farmer Project has just released a series of 12 online videos, 'Voices of Experience,' that are intended to mentor new farmers with advice from experienced farmers. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:01:40 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/programCouncil.lc.html 'Local foods, first' is more than a new food fad. It is a high priority for Albany policymakers, said New York agriculture commissioner Patrick Hooker at a March 10 conference on campus. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:54:27 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/hemlock.kr.html Cornell natural-areas staff spotted small fluffy white sacs along the base of the needle on an eastern hemlock: telltale signs that a devastating pest had invaded Cornell's hemlocks for the first time. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:08:01 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/CU.changemakers.html A March 7 forum on campus recognized 35 students who were nominated by faculty members as 'Cornell changemakers' - people who are working to make a difference internationally. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:31:28 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/prisonEd.da.html Each semester, volunteer faculty and teaching assistants teach a liberal arts curriculum free of charge to inmates at the Auburn Correctional Facility who can now work toward an associate's degree. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:29:12 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/AvonLaw.html The new Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, funded with a $1.5 million grant from the Avon Foundation for Women, will work with judges in an effort to bring justice to women survivors of violence. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:14:35 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/GhanaTrips.html Giving high school students access to computers and spreading awareness of what causes malaria were the goals of two different student groups who conducted service trips to Ghana over winter break. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:33:27 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/Workshops.kr.html Cornell announces volunteer training sessions to help identify and report new infestations of deadly hemlock pest around Cornell and in Ithaca's gorges. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:45:58 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/GameDesignOutreach.ws.html Cornell computer science students are using computer games to attract public school students to computer science with a free after-school course in game-making. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:23:40 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/teenSexHealth.html African-Americans account for nearly 70 percent of all new HIV/AIDS cases, and teen pregnancy rates may be rising again. Text messaging may be one way to help address such daunting public health issues. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:55 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/CUAUVLakeTest.html In 2008, the CUAUV team began conducting experimental tests with their vehicle Triton in Cayuga Lake. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:14:03 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March09/SungrantDC.html The event will feature a bevy of speakers and will showcase the latest innovations in bioenergy research, March 10-13 in Washington, D.C. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:05:14 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/StimulusLecture.html The associate professor of applied economics and management and a frequent commentator on macroeconomic issues also made some predictions in his Feb. 26 lecture. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:23:33 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/AmazonPOD.ws.html In a partnership between Cornell University Library and Amazon.com, some 90,000 titles from Cornell's library shelves will be available as print-on-demand books as well as online. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:46:59 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/RikersHydroponics.aa.html Philson Warner, an extension associate with Cornell's Cooperative Extension in New York City, has set up a hydroponics lab for teen inmates at the Rikers Island jail. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:18:13 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/girlsSports.sl.html National Girls and Women in Sports Day, celebrated on campus Feb. 21, drew girls in grades one through six to Bartels Hall's Ramin Room, where they received pointers from Cornell women athletes. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:50:42 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/IARDIndia.kr.html Cornell students and Indian students from four universities added to their global perspective through the International Agriculture and Rural Development field course. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:10:14 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/tGEISupdate.html The town of Ithaca has adopted a findings statement on Cornell's transportation-focused Generic Environmental Impact Statement. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:47:26 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/prez.honor.roll.html The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Cornell to its President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, With Distinction, for the second year in a row. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:03:47 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/ILRinterns.html Eleven students used their computer skills at job centers last month to help older workers identify and compete for work as part of an unemployment prevention internship program. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:17:18 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/BRMicrocapital.html A program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, BR MicroCapital pairs first-year MBA students with self-employed entrepreneurs who live or work in the Tompkins County area. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:48:06 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/IndiaEggplant.kr.html Small farmers in India will soon have a cheaper, safer and more effective option for growing one of India's favorite foods: genetically modified eggplant, developed with Cornell's help. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:37:22 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/KenyaTrip.sl.html Seven students recently returned from a three-week service-learning trip to Kenya, where they taught nutrition and HIV prevention. The students found that teaching and learning went both ways. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:30:55 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/10goodminutes.tb.html The job market may look increasingly bleak for graduating seniors and young alumni, but '10GoodMinutes,' a free weekly podcast of interviews with experts can help. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:23:35 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/ILRdisabilities.html The ILR School's Employment and Disability Institute, as a partner in a $12 million initiative, is working to help overcome the problems that New Yorkers with disabilities have in getting jobs. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:57:05 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/HallWonders.cl.html Scores of families attended the 'Hall of Wonders,' a presentation of interactive displays of science, art and music in Statler Hall, Jan. 24. The event was part of the annual Light in Winter Festival. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:18:02 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/Arabic.intensive.da.html The Department of Near Eastern Studies will launch an Intensive Arabic Program in the fall, with a full semester of language study on the Cornell campus and a semester living and studying in Jordan. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:52:09 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/RichardsonParis.da.html Associate professor Riche Richardson recently spent a week in Paris as a cultural envoy. She gave talks, and her art quilts depicting Barack Obama, Josephine Baker and Simone de Beauvoir were exhibited. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:48:27 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/Botswana.project.sl.html Over winter break, a Cornell team went to Botswana to help a fledgling natural-food products company that produces snacks from plants in the wild while benefiting local communities. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:39:26 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/seniorInnov.sh.html Students have developed ideas for a machine that allows seniors to put on their pants without bending over, a coat that cushions a fall and a jacket that is easy to pull on and off while sitting in a wheelchair. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:48:41 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/MichellePatersonVisit.sh.html New York first lady Michelle Paige Paterson visited campus Jan. 5 with hopes to improve the health of New York's children and reduce childhood obesity with help from Cornell University. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:38:35 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/headStartApples.jo.html This past fall, the Geneva Head Start marked its 20th year touring the various facilities at Cornell's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:37:02 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan09/jumpstart.ws.html Three New York state small businesses will receive JumpStart awards to work with the Cornell Center for Materials Research this spring. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:17:07 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/whiteXmas.html Cornell's Northeast Regional Climate Center has released the odds of a white Christmas for cities in the Northeast. Pinkham Notch, N.H., tops the list with a 95 percent chance of having snow on the ground Dec. 25. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:42:15 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/beesOnline.html Cornell's Mann Library has added the first 20 volumes of The American Bee Journal, the first English-language journal devoted to the beekeeping field, to its online library of historical beekeeping materials. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:39:15 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/student.businesses.kh.html For entrepreneurial Cornell students, the 168 entrepreneurship classes offered on campus prepare them for a business future -- but many students don't wait until graduation to start a business. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:42:02 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/NYSERDA.climate.tb.html Conservationists, policymakers and industry leaders were in Ithaca Dec. 8 to hear from Cornell experts on how climate change affects state ecosystems and how best to respond to a warming planet. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:23:00 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/Cameroon.demogr.bc.html Cornell development sociologist Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue is working to improve Francophone African students' training in population science so they can help improve policies in their home countries. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:01:58 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/CopsKidsToys.html Ensuring that every child in Tompkins County gets a toy for the holidays is a year-round effort for the large group of volunteers who are the force behind Cops, Kids and Toys. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:54:07 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/SantaPhoto.html Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Director Frank Robinson, dressed as Santa Claus, reads 'T'was the Night Before Christmas' to children at the museum's holiday celebration Dec. 7. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:49:33 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/KendalModels.sh.html Interior design and behavioral science students collaborated on a project this semester to design new fitness and physical therapy spaces at Kendal at Ithaca. They built full-scale models of their proposed solutions. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:29:04 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/CRPGenesee.da.html A strategic conservation plan created by a City and Regional Planning graduate class for the Genesee Land Trust was recognized by the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Planning Association. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:34:53 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/CoachForAmerica.html The College of Human Ecology graduate is coordinating a new national program, Coach for America, that will one day place thousands of trained coaches into schools, nonprofit organizations and clubs. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:12:05 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/computer.reuse.doc.html The Cornell Computer Reuse Association is collecting computers and software from Cornell University Library and other campus departments to send to Iraqi schools. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:24:15 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/MusicPhila.da.html More than 60 student musicians in the Cornell Wind Ensembles participated in an outreach and education project with young instrumental music students in the Philadelphia school district in November. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:03:55 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/HighTunnel.ALS.mw.doc.html Fred Forsburg's tomatoes are perfect and blemish free - tough to do in a certified organic operation where no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides are used. The secret? He grows all his tomatoes in high tunnels. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:52:06 EDT