Cornell Outreach http://www.news.cornell.edu News about Cornell University outreach to the community and the world en-us (C) Cornell University ws21@cornell.edu Engineered beans show promise for Africa http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/CALSbeans.html Green beans native to Africa but bred and grown at Cornell hold the promise of generating higher-paying crops for sub-Saharan farmers. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:14:18 EST Borlaug fellow starts food science program in India http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/BorlaugFellow.html A 2006 Borlaug fellow from India has taken what he learned while at Cornell and established a food science and technology program in India. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:12:13 EST Math Club hosts high schoolers for monthly puzzles http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/MathClub.html Cornell's Math Club hosts Puzzle Nights monthly (where all, including high school students are invited), which includes cookies and camaraderie. Attendees don't have to be good at computation. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:11:10 EST Doctoral student to raise money for abandoned kids http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/EDUphdWalks.html Barrett Keene, Ph.D. '13, is walking from Miami to San Francisco. En route, he will raise money and awareness for poor children and conduct dissertation research on teacher-leaders. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:36:21 EST Join the Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20 http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/BirdCount.html This year's annual Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20, may yield unusual results with lack of snow cover, experts suggest. The event is open to the public. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:33:10 EST Workshop helps research vessels with trawling http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/Trawling.html Cornell's Biological Field Station on Oneida Lake is a springboard for research in fisheries and aquatic ecology in New York state and place for such workshops as a November one on trawling. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:55 EST Towns call on DesignConnect for solutions http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/CALSdesign.html Through DesignConnect, Cornell graduate and undergraduate students work in interdisciplinary teams to solve design problems for upstate New York communities. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:24:16 EST Itai Dinour leads City Year New York http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/NYCDinour.html Itai Dinour '01 leads City Year New York, which attracts Cornellians to work with at-risk public school students and stem the tide of drop outs. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:04:52 EST Student musicians' trip to Costa Rica a success http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb12/CUWindsCostaRica.html The Cornell Wind Ensemble shared their music and musical expertise with communities, schools and disadvantaged local students on a biennial tour of Costa Rica in January. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:03:10 EST Parent educators, researchers share wisdom at conference http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/HEparenting.html New York state parent educators gathered at Cornell Jan. 25-26 to share research-based information on building parenting skills. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:24:17 EST All of this month's stories http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/imonth12/Feb12.shtml This week's Cornell Chronicle (PDF) http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/12/02_10_12.pdf Featured campus events http://www.news.cornell.edu/pages/Events.shtml