On Saturday, Sept. 20, Pomona College hosted the Mom Said Have Fun flea market at Walker Beach. Grateful to have a moment of respite from midterm season, students wandered around over 60 different booths, browsing through potted plants, handmade jewelry, vintage clothing and more. Students expressed their excitement about getting to pick out new clothes and decorations for the fall while also supporting small businesses. Amidst digging through piles of clothing, perusing hand-printed posters ...| The Student Life
“This collaboration connects classroom learning with hands-on technology evaluation in the Cornell Agriculture System Testbed and Demonstration Site's farm environments,” said Dr. Shahidul Islam, a professor at historically Black University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. “Together, UAPB and Cornell are building pathways for students and producers to engage with cutting-edge agricultural research." The post University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Cornell University to Collaborate on Digital...| The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Cornell administrators are trying to track down the source of hateful emails circulated around the university community.| EdScoop
School district budgets are crunched, and with the school year approaching, not every family can outfit their kids as well as they'd like with a full set of school supplies. Enter back-to-school supply drives and backpack programs that give the community an opportunity to help. [...]| 14850.com
Researchers have built the first “microwave brain” chip capable of processing both ultrafast data and wireless communication signals at once.| Neuroscience News
During sugaring season, Aaron Wightman can’t seem to stay off Maple TV. That’s what he calls the phone app he relies on to monitor the forest he oversees near Cornell University. Earlier this spring, the news was sweet. “Right now, it's pouring in. It's quite a sap run we've got going,” Wightman says when interviewed in March — peak time for maple sugar production. The app lets him and the rest of his team at Cornell track virtually every part of the complex, vacuum-sealed netwo...| Scienceline
Tamara Taggart and Oumar Ba have been selected for endowed faculty appointments at Rutgers University and Cornell University, respectively. Columbia University has named Farah Jasmine Griffin a University Professor, the institution's highest faculty designation.| The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
"Ya te dije! Y más te vale que no les digas que eres pobre!!!" Those were my mom’s last words as I left for graduate school: "I already told you! And for your own sake, do not tell them you are poor!!!" I was shocked. For years, my parents never understood academia; they never grasped…| Blog of the APA
A new report has sounded the alarm on the evolution of the avian influenza virus, with comprehensive genome sequencing showing that the current strain is now capable of multidirectional infections across species. While human-to-human risk remains low, it's a worrying step towards the virus honing…| New Atlas
On Monday, Colorado state veterinarian Dr. Maggie Baldwin issued an order that licensed dairies in the state must submit weekly samples of their milk to test for H5N1 bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza. If a dairy’s sample comes back positive, the Colorado Department of Agriculture will order the facility to quarantine its cattle.| SHTF Plan