Humphrey fellow shares Armenian culture with local children

Harutyun Gevorgyan, a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at Cornell, brings Armenian language and culture to area schoolchildren.

Mechanical grape thinning pays off for growers

Western New York grape growers who used mechanical crop thinning techniques saved millions of dollars of crop damage.

Statler Hotel recycles soap to boost global hygiene

Cornell’s Statler Hotel has recycled more than 2,518 bars of soap through its partnership with the nonprofit Clean the World.

Outreach program teaches disabilities awareness

Ithaca middle school students learned about disabilities awareness in a four-part curriculum developed by senior lecturer of communication Kathy Berggren and three Cornell undergraduates.

Veterinary college to open Long Island equine hospital

Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine will open Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists, a referral and emergency care hospital, near the Belmont Racetrack in Elmont, N.Y., in April 2014.

NY teacher pay is all about location, location, location

A new ILR School report finds wide variation in pay for public school teachers in New York state.

Civil rights activists to be honored at local gala

Civil rights activists Andrew Young, Vincent Harding and Dorothy Cotton will speak at the first Dorothy Cotton Institute Gala Dinner Tuesday, Dec. 10, when the three will receive Martin Luther King Jr. Awards from the Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Biotech awards plant seeds for New York startups

Six new technologies received 2013 Center for Advanced Technology awards for feasibility and proof-of-concept research to enhance the commercial value of such innovations.

New website is 'one-stop shop' for climate change info

The new website, climatechange.cornell.edu, is a one-stop shop for everything climate change. It's searchable and includes research, outreach programs and issue-specific pages.