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Cornell Awarded Gold in Sustainability Contest
2/9/12, Source: ChronicleOnline
Cornell Student Groups Gather for Sustainability Summit
2/7/12, Source: ChronicleOnline
Cornell scores gold with STARS sustainability rating
1/31/12, Source: ChronicleOnline
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Feb 20, 2012 - New wheat varieties resist global wheat threat..more
Feb 16, 2012 - Farmers team up with food banks to feed the hungry..more
Feb 15, 2012 - Soybeans can grow in New York, thanks to climate change..more
Feb 15, 2012 - Christine Shoemaker elected to engineering academy..more
Events
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A few simple repairs and improvements can make your old windows perform as well as new ones. In this Green Building Seminar, Mark Pierce, Extension Associate with the College...Location: First Unitarian Church of Ithaca Annex -
Feb 27 12:20pm Dept. of Horticulture seminar: Dwarves, Worms, Sex Change, and Bunch Rot: Exercises in Grapevine Breeding and Genetics
Dwarves, Worms, Sex Change, and Bunch Rot: Exercises in Grapevine Breeding and Genetics
Peter Cousins, Geneticist, USDA-ARS Grape Genetic Reources Unit, Geneva
Plant...Location: Plant Science -
Lance Collins, Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering, presents a seminar in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.Location: Olin Hall -
Department of Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
(Ithaca) Spring 2012 Seminar
12:20 PM - 1:30 PM
H. H. Whetzel Seminar Room
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Feb 29 9:30am Small Farm Summit, Ithaca and locations around NY.The Summit is an interactive meeting with an opportunity for all participants to take part in lively discussion and provide important feedback, both locally, and across the...
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Two local experts will discuss different strategies for keeping your green building projects affordable. Featuring Scott Reynolds, Director of Construction Services for Ithaca...Location: First Unitarian Church of Ithaca -
Mar 7 12:20pm Biofuel Policies and Food Grain Prices
Harry de Gorter, Cornell Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and ManagementLocation: Emerson Hall -
Nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to...Location: Mann Library -
So, you've made your home as energy-efficient as possible and now your old boiler isn't just inefficient, it's oversized! There are a lot of options these days. We'll discuss...Location: First Unitarian Chuch of Ithaca Annex -
This year's Iscol Lecture will feature Peter Matthiessen, two-time National Book Award-winning novelist, non-fiction writer and environmental activist.
In the late 1950s,...Location: Statler Hall -
Oct 27 4:30pm Diversity and You!
Come and explore the issues of diversity within the student coordinator group. Learn how to experience ways of sharing and addressing differences. Talk about the visible and...Location: Willard Straight
