Asia Night 2007: Celebrating cultures with food and entertainment
Showcasing 36 student organizations of Asian heritage, Asia Night 2007 featured Thai and Indian cuisine and live entertainment, April 28, in Barton Hall. (April 30, 2007)

A presidential handshake on 'Amazing Race' seniors' agenda
Dozens of students lined up outside President Skorton's office April 27 to shake his hand and check off one more item on the list of 'The 161 Things Every Cornellian Should Do.' (April 30, 2007)

ICON finds local consultants for local businesses
Cornell's Dual Career Program has created a Web site to help connect local consultants and employers. (April 30, 2007)

Cornell named a top adoption-friendly employer
Cornell has been recognized by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption as one of the nation's 'Top 100 Adoption-Friendly Workplaces.' (April 30, 2007)

Where are all the women in physics?
Why the shortage of women in physics? They are hindered not by a lack of talent, but by biases and outmoded structures, said Chicago astrophysicist Evalyn Gates, speaking April 23. (April 30, 2007)

CU launches forestry education Internet seminars for landowners
A monthly seminar series on forests and woodlot management is being offered in an interactive Web format and will teach participants strategies to enjoy and utilize their property. (April 30, 2007)

Michael Kotlikoff is named dean of Vet College
Michael I. Kotlikoff, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, has been named dean of the veterinary college, effective July 1. (April 26, 2007)

Raymond Craib and Ralph Christy win Kaplan service-learning awards
Raymond Craib and Ralph Christy have won Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Service-Learning Awards, recognizing their projects that involve students in research, teaching and outreach. (April 26, 2007)

Library helps students and faculty comply with 'fair use' rules
Cornell Library offers services to help instructors understand and use the 'fair use' provisions of the copyright law, which allow for the use of excerpts from copyrighted works under certain conditions. (April 26, 2007)

Architect Tschumi presents 'clear, radical approach' to design
Bernard Tschumi showed some of his creative, unique solutions to challenging assignments in cities around the world in a public lecture April 17 on campus. (April 26, 2007)

Rare abolitionist newspapers available to scholars worldwide
The Friend of Man, a newspaper published for the New York State Anti-Slavery Society between 1836 and 1842, is now available online to scholars worldwide, thanks to Cornell University Library. (April 26, 2007)

Scholarly journal finds an online home at Cornell
Medieval Philosophy and Theology, an important scholarly journal that was once in danger of being discontinued is now thriving as an online publication. (April 26, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Ezra Cornell and the Civil War 1861-62
Ezra Cornell was active in the war effort in Ithaca. While taking medical supplies Washington, D.C., he even found himself at the first battle of Bull Run. (April 26, 2007)

Engineering students selected for NASA flight
Cornell's Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) Research Team travels to Houston April 28 to participate in NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. (April 25, 2007)

Global climate change must be addressed without delay, Whitman says
The best way to confront climate change is by encouraging trading in greenhouse gas credits, said Christine Todd Whitman, former administrator of the EPA and ex-governor of New Jersey, April 23, at Cornell. (April 25, 2007)

Much can be done to reduce risk of violence on campus
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Gregory Eells, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, says that although violence cannot be completely prevented, Cornell offers many services to help students at risk. (April 25, 2007)

Model minority myth distorts reality, panelists say
Model minority is a 'myth of the American dream,' says a panelist at the April 20 'Deconstructing the Model Minority' discussion, sponsored by the Asian Political Action Committee, a Cornell student group. (April 25, 2007)

Plants not good choice as energy resource, Dow official says
Producing energy from plants is not efficient enough, said William Banholzer, corporate vice president and chief technology officer of Dow Chemical Co., at a lecture April 18. (April 25, 2007)

Vet Jim Richards -- Cornell's 'kitty' doctor -- dies at 58
The director of the College of Veterinary Medicine's Feline Health Center and a nationally recognized expert in cat care, James R. Richards, died April 24 following an April 22 motor vehicle accident. (April 25, 2007)

Library partnerhip with Amazon.com offers print-on-demand
A selection of rare and out-of-print historical materials at Cornell University Library is only a click away for readers using a new print-on-demand service. (April 24, 2007)

Library specialists create digital collections
Cornell Library's Digital Consulting and Production Services provides faculty and staff with expertise to transorm their teaching and research materials into digital formats that are accessible to scholars worldwide. (April 24, 2007)

Ding Kong '08 wins a 2007 Udall scholarship
Ding Kong, a senior majoring in natural resources in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has won a Morris K. Udall Scholarship in recognition of his work and career plans regarding the environment. (April 24, 2007)

Researchers find plant protein that may aid biofuel production
In a breakthrough that could make the production of cellulosic ethanol less expensive, Cornell researchers have discovered a class of plant enzymes that potentially could allow plant materials to be broken down more efficiently than is possible using current technologies. (April 24, 2007)

Nobelist and ex-NIH head Harold Varmus to lecture April 30
Harold Varmus, president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, will speak on 'The Future of Science in America,' in this year's Atkinson Forum in American Studies. (April 24, 2007)

Carpenter advising award winners announced
Rosemary Avery, John Belina, Laurence moore and John Weiss have won 2007 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards. (April 24, 2007)

Social networks in job searches is becoming more common in China
In China's expanding economy, who you know is increasingly important in filling jobs. That was one issue discussed at the Conference on Chinese Capitalism, held April 20-21 on campus. (April 24, 2007)

John Agresto speaks on democracy and higher education in Iraq
On April 17 Agresto lectured about his experiences as senior adviser to Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2003-04 and the influence they had on his ideas about democracy. (April 24, 2007)

Katrina Firlik '91 on life as a writer, mother, neurosurgeon
Dr. Katrina Firlik '91, a clinical assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine and an author spoke about life as a mother, writer and surgeon during an April 19 luncheon. (April 24, 2007)

Tracking genes for self-pollination in arabidopsis
Cornell researchers are zeroing in on genes that turn a plant's ability to self-pollinate on and off, a key to creating hybrid seed. (April 23, 2007)

Student theater troupe Ordinary People wins 2007 Perkins Prize
The James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony has been awarded to Ordinary People for its work in challenging bias, including racism, sexism, homophobia and anti-Semitism. (April 23, 2007)

Evolution or creationism? Undergrads challenge high schoolers
On April 18, members of the undergraduate Bioethics Society of Cornell visited a class at Ithaca's Cascadilla School to explore the evolution versus creationism debate. (April 23, 2007)

Transatlantic alliance is disintegrating, warns Joschka Fischer
Joschka Fischer, foreign minister and vice chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005, spoke on campus April 18 as the 2007 Bartels World Affairs Fellowship lecturer. (April 20, 2007)

Alumni William Eaton and Stephen Ettinger are elected trustees
William V. Eaton '61 of Severna Park, Md., and Stephen J. Ettinger '62, DVM '64, of Los Angeles have been elected to the Cornell Board of Trustees. They will serve a four-year term, beginning July 1. (April 20, 2007)

Chronic family turmoil and other problems cause physical changes
Adolescents who are chronically exposed to family turmoil, violence, noise or other chronic risk factors show more stress-induced physiological strain on their organs than other youth. But when they have supportive mothers, they do not experience these changes, finds a new Cornell study. (April 20, 2007)

Undergrads present their research at spring forum
Theories behind people's eating habits and ideas on revamping hospital inventory management were just two of the nearly 100 Cornell undergraduate research topics featured April 18 in Duffield Hall. (April 20, 2007)

CU officials hold open discussion on economic impact statement
On April 16, Cornell officials discussed the report 'The Economic Impact on New York State,' which shows the university generated an estimated $3.3 billion in economic activity in New York in 2005. (April 20, 2007)

Cornellians meet to share concerns and offer support
After a vigil and remembrance at Sage Chapel Thursday, members of the Cornell community met at Willard Straight Hall's International Lounge to voice concerns, offer support and learn about campus resources. (April 19, 2007)

Cornellians fill Sage Chapel to memorialize Virginia Tech victims
Cornell held a ceremony memorializing the 33 students and faculty members at Virginia Tech university who had lost their lives three days earlier in a campus shooting. (April 19, 2007)

Robert Morgan wins American Academy of Arts and Letters prize
Poet, novelist and short-story writer Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell, will receive an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters May 16. (April 19, 2007)

'Walk in Beauty' showcases American Indian art at the Johnson
'Walk in Beauty: Discovering American Indian Art' features more than 40 paintings, works on paper and sculptures, juxtaposing traditional motifs and contemporary concerns. (April 19, 2007)

Climate change is challenging the American spirit, professor says
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, plant ecology professor David Wolfe explains how the new world of climate change and disruption of nature is challenging the American spirit. (April 19, 2007)

Students discuss climate for diversity at working group forum
Student perspectives on diversity were the focus of the University Diversity Council's Working Group meeting, April 9, in Alice Cook House. (April 19, 2007)

The Ezra Files: Cornell, the political man, 1850s-'60s
Ezra Cornell became increasingly political, aligning himself with the new anti-slavery party, the Republicans. He campaigned for Lincoln and was elected to the New York State Legislature. (April 19, 2007)

In response to Virginia Tech tragedy, CU offers vigil, support
The Cornell community is invited to attend a gathering in remembrance of the victims of the April 16 Virginia Tech tragedy, attend support meetings and send condolences from stations set up across campus in the coming days. (April 19, 2007)

Seed grants fund collaborative research with medical school
Eight research teams from Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses each received $50,000 toward projects that could lead to medical advances in areas from genetics to organ transplants. (April 18, 2007)

New wave simulator may help predict tsunamis
An improved wave simulator being developed by Professor Philip Liu will help predict the effects of tsunamis on buildings and may contribute to improved early warning systems. (April 18, 2007)

ILR School announces new program, Globalization and the Workplace
Globalization and the Workplace will be administered by the international programs committee of the ILR School and will have a substantial presence both in New York City and Ithaca. (April 18, 2007)

Alumni sow seeds to increase CU's prominence in Asia
Leaders of Cornell clubs throughout Asia met at the inaugural Cornell Asia Leadership Conference, March 17-18, in Hong Kong. (April 18, 2007)

CU hosts international conference on Chinese capitalism
Bringing together scholars from around the world April 20-21, the conference will explore how the rise of capitalism in China affects politics, markets, entrepreneurship, property rights and social structure. (April 18, 2007)

Seven receive Cook Awards for improving climate for women at CU
Barbara Bartholomew, Jake Benninger, Hollis Erb, Amanda Erdman, Francine Herman, Sabrina Stierwalt and Zellman Warhaft are winners of the 2007 Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards. (April 18, 2007)

Law students honor Bernadette Meyler with Lukingbeal Award
Assistant Professor Bernadette Meyler has been named the winner of the 2007 Anne Lukingbeal Award, which honors individual contributions to the positive experience of women at the Law School. (April 18, 2007)

Weill Cornell seniors match to prestigious residency programs
Just after noon on March 15, fourth-year medical students at Weill Cornell received good news: They would be doing their residency training at some of the most prestigious medical institutions in the country. (April 18, 2007)

Cornell Cinema celebrates 50 years of Janus Films classics
Cornell Cinema is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Janus Films -- the renowned distributor of foreign and classic films -- with screenings of several Janus titles and a raffle of the 50-DVD boxed set. (April 18, 2007)

Domestic, exotic and aquatic: Vet College's annual open house
Thousands of visitors streamed through Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine April 14 to two floors and several arenas featuring animals large and small, demonstrations, exhibits and clinics. (April 18, 2007)

82nd Hotel Ezra Cornell wows guests
Attention to every detail was a behind-the-scenes theme at the Hotel Ezra Cornell, April 12-15. The more salient theme this year, however, was sustainability through innovation. (April 17, 2007)

Pillsbury speaks on 'The Entrepreneurial State of Mind'
In the keynote address for Hotel Ezra Cornell April 13, Leland Pillsbury '69 encouraged students and alumni to view school and work with an entrepreneurial state of mind. (April 17, 2007)

Africana Center to host 'Imaging Ethiopia' symposium
Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center will host an international symposium, 'Imaging Ethiopia: Monarchy and Modernity,' April 20-21 in the center's Multipurpose Room, 310 Triphammer Road. (April 17, 2007)

Cornell officials pleased with 2007-08 New York state budget
Cornell administrators say the 2007-08 New York state budget, which the Legislature passed April 1, is excellent for the state's higher education institutions and Cornell in particular. (April 17, 2007)

Poem in Your Pocket: Students present poems in NYC's Bryant Park
Cornell is co-sponsoring the fifth annual 'Poem in Your Pocket,' a day celebrating National Poetry Month, April 27 in Bryant Park. (April 17, 2007)

Six CU students win prestigious fellowships to study in Germany
Six Cornell students will spend the 2007-08 academic year studying in Germany as the result of winning DAAD grants and Cornell/Heidelberg Exchange Fellowships. (April 17, 2007)

Scholar: American Muslims need an indigenous culture of their own
Muslims in the United States need to build a common culture that doesn't lead to broken psyches, said scholar Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, at an Islam Awareness Week lecture, April 13. (April 17, 2007)

Stanford classicist lectures on ancient biochemical warfare
Speaking in Goldwin Smith Hall, April 12, Stanford's Adrienne Mayor presented a lecture on chemical and biological warfare in cultures dating to the Sumerians and Hittites, circa 1700 B.C. (April 17, 2007)

Katha Pollitt blasts the media for perpetuating myths about women
Blasting the media as an 'engine of falsification,' feminist columnist Katha Pollitt spoke her mind April 11 in a lecture at Carl Becker House. (April 17, 2007)

President of Shell Oil blames public policy for rising gas prices
It's not a shortage of fuel that is pushing the price of gas toward $3 per gallon again in New York, but U.S. public policy, said John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil, speaking on campus April 11. (April 17, 2007)

Jonathan Culler appointed to humanities board
Jonathan Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, has been appointed a member of the board of directors of the New York State Council for the Humanities. (April 17, 2007)

Skorton offers sympathy to Virginia Tech community
President David Skorton has issued a statement in response to the April 16 tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, and he has announced a Sage Chapel remembrance scheduled for April 19. (April 17, 2007)

After 14 years, nine-spotted lady beetle rediscovered
Cornell researchers believe that the rediscovery of New York state's official insect, the nine-spotted lady beetle, promises a brighter future for this rare species. (April 17, 2007)

Poetry energized, democratized at Johnson Museum
The lobby of the Johnson Museum thrummed in anticipation April 12 as a dozen poets and an audience of 50 gathered for a poetry slam, a quasi-competitive event whose real purpose is to share the enjoyment of performing poetry. (April 16, 2007)

Students build steel bridges and concrete canoes
Cornell's concrete canoe sundered, but the steel bridge team placed second in aesthetics at the annual ASCE student competition that featured 11 regional schools, April 13-14. (April 16, 2007)

Entrepreneurship@Cornell hosts annual celebration
The Cornell community will fete Cornell's entrepreneurial spirit during a two-day event, April 19-20, featuring five symposia, a dinner honoring the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2007, a resource expo and a networking event. (April 13, 2007)

Weill Cornell science mentoring program celebrates 10th year
Twenty-three teams of student investigators from East Side Middle School displayed science projects on March 20 for the Cornell Science Challenge Fair, a community education program that trains seventh-graders in the scientific method. (April 13, 2007)

Cornell Police win traffic safety award
For the second year in a row, the Cornell's Police Department has been won the New York State Law Enforcement Challenge award for state police agencies employing 26 to 50 officers. (April 13, 2007)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. dies at 84
Novelist, counterculture icon and Cornellian Kurt Vonnegut Jr., who died April 11 in Manhattan at age 84, recalls getting his liberal arts education from the Cornell Daily Sun. (April 12, 2007)

Steven Stucky elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters
Cornell Professor Steven Stucky elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters (April 12, 2007)

George McGovern speaks on world hunger
Former senator and presidential candidate George McGovern spoke in Statler Auditorium April 11, addressing issues of world hunger and politics. (April 12, 2007)

Cornell projects receive funding for world peace project
Two project proposals by Cornell students have received $10,000 grants from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace program. (April 12, 2007)

NSF grants early career awards to 10 young faculty
Ten Cornell faculty members received National Science Foundation Early Career Development grants this year. (April 12, 2007)

Macaque genome analysis will help find human disease genes
Cornell experts in computational biology and bioinformatics have made key contributions to the analysis of the genome of the rhesus macaque. (April 12, 2007)

Twelve projects to receive 2007 social science grants
The Cornell Institute for the Social Sciences has awarded 12 new small grants as part of its biannual funding program. (April 11, 2007)

Sociologist Victor Nee wins 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship
Victor Nee, Cornell's Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology, is one of 189 artists, scholars and scientists selected from more than 2,800 applicants for the 83rd annual competition. (April 11, 2007)

Researchers create smallest organic light-emitters
A Cornell team of researchers has produced microscopic 'nanolamps' -- light-emitting nanofibers about the size of a virus or the tiniest of bacteria. The potential applications are in flexible electronic products, which are being made increasingly smaller. (April 11, 2007)

Johnson School-Engineering College program promotes innovation
Companies seeking teams of innovators with equal parts technological prowess and business acumen need look no further than Cornell's Business of Science and Technology Initiative, a new program launched this year. (April 11, 2007)

Innovations: Professor's biodegradable composites go to market
Biodegradable composites made entirely from plant materials, developed by Professor Anil Netravali, promise to save landfill space, reduce environmental carcinogens and boost the local economy. (April 11, 2007)

Astronomer, 'mating expert' team up to teach about outreach
The Cornell professors are teaching a course on developing outreach programs to give children and teens in a less-privileged area of the Ithaca community a taste of what Cornell might offer them in the future. (April 11, 2007)

Physicist's 'landmark' paper receives accolade by Nature Materials
The work of Professor David Muller and colleagues in interfacing single layers of atoms has been chosen by the journal Nature Materials as one of its top 10 papers of 2006. (April 11, 2007)

Helena Viramontes re-creates 1960s Los Angeles in new novel
From the first page of Helena Maria Viramontes' book 'Their Dogs Came With Them,' the reader is bombarded with a kaleidoscope of sensory images that create a world like a tile mosaic, one small, vibrant piece at a time. (April 11, 2007)

Cornell Chordials celebrates 10 years of a cappella
The Chordials, a student a cappella group, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a new CD and concert featuring current members and alumni performing side by side, April 14. (April 11, 2007)

Humanities conference to address 'Postmodern Problematics'
Faculty and visiting scholars will consider the postmodern in the arts and literature and in related scholarship in the disciplines at the Society for the Humanities' conference, April 13-14. (April 11, 2007)

Lemley is elected fellow of Agrochemicals Division of the ACS
Professor Ann Lemley received the honor 'for outstanding contributions in the endeavors of the division and in the science of agrochemistry.' (April 11, 2007)

Ezra Files: Toward a new agriculture, 1858-1862
Although business was looking up, Ezra Cornell still felt financially insecure during this period. His interest in farm machinery led to his investment in the Albany Agricultural Works and the Steam Agricultural Co. (April 11, 2007)

Researchers find gene mutation that causes infertility in male mice
Because this is the first time that a dominant mutation that leads specifically to infertility in a mammal has been discovered, the researchers say they can now look for similar mutations in the DNA of infertile men. (April 10, 2007)

TV journalist Soledad O'Brien to deliver Convocation address
Soledad O'Brien, television journalist and former anchor for CNN, will give the Senior Convocation address during Cornell's 139th Commencement Weekend, May 26-27. (April 10, 2007)

Journalist Helen Thomas recalls highlights from her 65-year career
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas was true to form when she spoke at Cornell April 9 -- she held nothing back in questioning President Bush's policies and the war on Iraq. (April 10, 2007)

Planetary science students take 'out of this world' trip
Over spring break, 18 Cornell students traveled to Mars -- well, almost. For planetary scientists, Arizona is the next best thing. (April 9, 2007)

Eating with our eyes: Why people eat less at unbused tables
People who saw how much they had already eaten -- e.g., leftover chicken-wing bones -- ate 27 percent less than people who had no such environmental cues, finds a study by Cornell's Brian Wansink. (April 9, 2007)

Conference will look at the forces reshaping English language
'Going Global, Going Vernacular' will bring together scholars from India, Africa and the United States, April 27-28, to look at how the English language is being reclaimed and transformed. (April 9, 2007)

Conference explores challenges faced by women labor organizers
The 'Sisters on the Frontline: Organizing Women, Building Power' conference drew more than 200 women labor organizers for one of the first national events of its kind, March 30-April 1 in New York City. (April 9, 2007)

Incarceration and fatherhood workshop is April 13
The Cornell Institute for the Social Sciences is sponsoring an 'Incarceration and Fatherhood Workshop,' Friday, April 13, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in 290 Myron Taylor Hall. (April 9, 2007)

Former Army chaplain James Yee tells of Guantanamo experiences
James Yee told a campus audience April 5 of the human rights violations at Guantanamo prison and of his arrest and release documented in his book, 'For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire.' (April 6, 2007)

China's ambassador calls for consultation, not confrontation
Zhou Wenzhong, China's ambassador to the United States, spoke about 'China-U.S. Relations and China's Peaceful Development' in a public lecture April 5. (April 6, 2007)

Three Cornell juniors named Goldwater scholars
Michael Barany, Alexandra Denby and Alisa Mo are among 317 undergraduates nationwide to earn the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for academic excellence in math, science and engineering. (April 6, 2007)

Bringing the world home: 2007 Cornell Abroad photo exhibit
Photos taken by Cornell Abroad students offer a window into some of the exotic and enriching experiences they encountered this past year while studying in one of about 40 countries. (April 5, 2007)

India's food system has not kept pace with demand of middle class
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Cornell's Ronnie Coffman explains why so many in India are not doing so well and why they are ready for the American supermarket. (April 5, 2007)

Researchers identify gene that plays key role in size of dogs
An international team of scientists, including researchers from Cornell University, has found a mutation in a single gene that plays a key role in determining body-size differences within and among dog breeds and probably is important in determining the size of humans as well. (April 3, 2007)

Remembering an off-campus fire that killed nine in 1967
The Chronicle revisits a tragic Cornell fire that killed eight students and a professor 40 years ago in the off-campus Cornell Heights Residential Club. (April 4, 2007)

Cornell works to keep drinkable water flowing to New York City
Millions of residents in the Big Apple enjoy unfiltered potable water, partly due to Cornell Cooperative Extension in Delaware County and its partners. (April 4, 2007)

Melamine found in recalled pet food samples
Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Donald Smith confirmed the presence of a pet food contaminant, melamine, at a Washington, D.C., press briefing March 30. (April 4, 2007)

Allmendinger addresses world's energy and climate crisis
Exponential population growth combined with finite resources is the fundamental source of the planet's energy and climate problems, says Richard Allmendinger, Cornell professor of earth and atmospheric sciences. (April 4, 2007)

The Ezra Files: A new home and new vocation
Early in 1857, Ezra Cornell purchased the 300-acre DeWitt farm (the future site of the university). Naming it Forest Park, he developed a model farm and raised shorthorn cattle. (April 4, 2007)

Veterinary College is No. 1 in U.S. News national rankings
The College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked the best in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's 2008 edition of 'America's Best Graduate Schools.' The Law School, Johnson School and Weill Cornell Medical College also made the top schools lists. (April 3, 2007)

New site shows forests aren't just timber: think gourmet products
The How, When and Why of Forest Farming Resource Center is a new Cornell online resource to help forest owners learn to cultivate economically viable and environmentally sustainable crops such as shiitake mushrooms and ginseng. (April 3, 2007)

Entrepreneurship Expo slated for April 19-20
The second annual Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration, April 19-20, will feature symposiums, an expo highlighting Cornell technology and panel discussions for students, faculty, staff and alumni. (April 3, 2007)

Entrepreneurship@Cornell fosters the entrepreneurial spirit
Entrepreneurial education is not just for business majors anymore, stresses Cornell's universitywide Entrepreneurship@Cornell program, which offers 100 courses across eight colleges. (April 3, 2007)

Cornell Entrepreneur Network fosters links in CU community
Fostering entrepreneurship at Cornell not only includes courses, lectures and other events in Ithaca, but also a national network of alumni entrepreneurs. (April 3, 2007)

Engineering alumni will gather on campus to discuss globalization
Cornell engineering alumni from all over the world will converge on Ithaca, April 20-21, for the 24th annual Cornell Engineering Alumni Association conference. (April 3, 2007)

Institutional Research and Planning staff earn COFHE award
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning has received the Joseph Pettit Award from the Consortium on Financing Higher Education for its the originality, elegance and value of its research for the university. (April 3, 2007)

Blume recounts recent argument before U.S. Supreme Court
At a campus lecture March 28, Law Professor John Blume expressed optimism that capital punishment ultimately will be abolished in the United States. (April 3, 2007)

Cornell's satellite wins a NASA launch
Cornell's CUSat has been chosen as the winner of the University Nanosatellite Program's Nanosat-4 competition. The prize is a NASA launch into orbit. (April 2, 2007)

Clinton adviser says U.S. should pressure Sudan government on Darfur
John Prendergast, former adviser to President Bill Clinton, called for taking a three 'P' approach to the crisis in Darfur: peacemaking, protection and punishment, during a lecture on campus March 28. (April 2, 2007)

Cornell physicist Ken Greisen dies March 17
Kenneth I. Greisen, Cornell professor emeritus of physics and a pioneer in the study of cosmic rays, died March 17 at Hospicare of Ithaca. He was 89. (April 2, 2007)