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Public engagement showcased in San Francisco

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 12:04pm
Cornell's public engagement mission was showcased March 12 to about 225 Bay-Area alumni, parents and friends. Also in March, Cornellians hosted an event at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
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Alumna applauded for efforts against human trafficking

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 12:04pm
Jean Baderschneider, Ph.D. '78, then an ExxonMobil executive, found a new career while waiting to board a flight from Angola to London.
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Expo features flyers, hoverers, soarers and wind catchers

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 12:04pm
The first on-campus Aeronautics/Alternative Energy Expo March 28 showed visitors the power of flight and wind.
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Student founds sustainable seafood program

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 12:04pm
Katharine Leigh '15 is following her passions for seafood and marine biology through an outreach program, Green Catch: Sustaining the Blue by Catching Green.
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Faculty stir up solutions at climate change forum

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 12:04pm
About 100 faculty members and graduate students from fields ranging from the physical and natural sciences to economics and the humanities gathered March 28 at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Forum.
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Exhibitions, events celebrate hip-hop culture

Thu, 03/28/2013 - 4:03pm
Hip-hop pioneers return to Ithaca April 4-7 for the opening of the Cornell Hip Hop Collection’s first major exhibition and a community-wide celebration of 40 years of hip-hop culture.
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All of this month's stories

Wed, 03/27/2013 - 1:35pm
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Featured campus events

Wed, 03/27/2013 - 1:35pm
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President Martinelli of Panama to lecture on campus

Wed, 03/27/2013 - 1:28pm
President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli will deliver a public lecture April 11, sign a memorandum of understanding and meet with students and faculty.
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Researchers help restore arid soil in China

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 5:11pm
Cornell researchers have tested their method to restore agricultural land in China by adding components into the soil and collecting water to make the most of meager rainfall supplies.
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Compost helps restore soil in arid region of China

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 12:03pm
Cornell researchers have tested their method to restore agricultural land in China by adding components into the soil and collecting water to make the most of meager rainfall supplies.
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Expert testifies to U.S. Senate on commercial fishing

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 12:03pm
Aiming to correct imbalances, extension expert Emerson Hasbrouck testified before the U.S. Senate on federal rules that put New York's commercial fishermen at a disadvantage.
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Panel discusses world financial crisis

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 5:10pm
Alumni and faculty panelists speaking in Washington, D.C., March 19 identified the heart of the world financial crisis: severe imbalances of wealth.
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Wealth imbalances, lack of structure drive economic crisis

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 8:03am
Alumni and faculty panelists speaking in Washington, D.C., March 19 identified the heart of the world financial crisis: severe imbalances of wealth.
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In triplicate, genes make maize tolerant to toxic soil

Mon, 03/18/2013 - 2:03pm
Rendering some of the world’s toxic soils moot, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and Cornell researchers are learning to grow stress-tolerant crops on formerly non-farmable land.
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New method makes puffed rice pop with more nutrients

Mon, 03/18/2013 - 1:03pm
Puffed rice just got more snap, crackle and pop, thanks to a new method for making puffed rice that retains nutrients and allows producers to fortify cereals with vitamins and protein.
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Older small breed dogs can get free heart checkup

Mon, 03/18/2013 - 12:03pm
Owners of older cocker spaniels, dachshunds, cavalier King Charles spaniels, Malteses, miniature poodles, Norfolk terriers and Yorkshire terriers are invited to Cornell March 22-23 to receive a free canine cardiology screening.
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Female farmers important in global development

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 4:58pm
Catherine Bertini, World Food Prize laureate, discussed 'The Feminization of Agriculture' at a March 8 campus panel discussion.
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Wood’s Earth digs deep to bring local foods to schools

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 9:03am
A collaborative approach and a 2.5-acre field in Ithaca, with a drip irrigation system and a black-locust deer fence, are at the heart of Wood’s Earth’s four programs.
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Female farmers are growing in importance in global development

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 8:03am
Commemorating International Women's Day March 8, a panel moderated by Catherine Bertini, World Food Prize laureate, examined consequences of the increasing role of women in agriculture in the developing world.
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