http://www.news.cornell.edu Recent news from Cornell University en-us (C) Cornell University ws21@cornell.edu http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/Library.endowment.gg.html A $30,000 endowment from the Class of 1956 will establish a fund to boost Cornell's humanities print collection, allowing the university library to purchase additional English-language monographs and a range of materials in foreign languages. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:28 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/SibleyRenovation.da.html Sibley Hall is undergoing renovations this summer and fall to provide full access to people with disabilities. The work includes a wheelchair ramp, two new elevators and six new or upgraded restrooms. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:47:29 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/Tranquili.tea.honor.sl.html The 'cosmeceutical' TranquiliTea won honorable mention at the Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting in New Orleans, July 1. The cucumber-honeydew melon-flavored tea uses aloe vera as a functional ingredient. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:38:26 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/clinton.greenenergy.html The senator visited Syracuse's City Hall July 2 for an alternative energy forum featuring exhibits by the Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative and other sustainable energy projects. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:20:02 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/Budbreak.kr.html The Cornell project encourages concerned citizens to study the effects of global warming on plants in their own backyards. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:59:19 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/CarbonHoofprint.html Cornell researchers find that recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST), a biotech product in use by American farmers for the past 15 years, significantly reduces the environmental impact of milk production. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:13:49 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/Hangar.campaign.launch.gl.html Ithaca's Hangar Theatre raised the curtain June 30 on a $4.6 million campaign to make its facilities equal its talent. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:30:51 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/Quagga.kr.html Pipe-clogging invasive mussels caused up to $1.5 billion in damage across 23 states between 1989 and 2007, said senior extension associate Chuck O'Neill told a House subcommittee, June 24. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:16:36 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/Lincoln.expert.html Harold Holzer, one of the country's pre-eminent authorities on Abraham Lincoln, will lecture July 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Statler Hall's Alice Statler Auditorium on campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:02:08 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July08/Hotel.sustainability.nk.html More than 150 hospitality leaders from industry, academia and trade media gathered in Washington June 12 to hear a panel of experts address the need to further develop sustainable business practices. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:39:50 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June08/ashcroft.ras.html Condensed matter physicist Neil W. Ashcroft, the Horace White Professor of Physics emeritus, has been elected a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:50:03 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June08/Computerworld.html For the second consecutive year, Computerworld Magazine has named Cornell University a top employer of information technology professionals. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:24:03 EDT http://www.news.cornell.edu/current_month.raw http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/08/06_13_08.pdf http://www.news.cornell.edu/pages/Events.shtml