Dr. William H. Miller, professor of medicine at the Vet School and a medical director at the Companion Animal Hospital, gives Stella the cow a smooch April 18. The annual student-run Kiss the Cow event raised $112 for the Cornell University Hospital for Animals’ Patient Assistance Fund.
The following photos, on exhibit through April 23 in the Willard Straight Hall art gallery, won this year’s Cornell Abroad photo contest. First place by Vincent Cusma ’12, Hotel: herders on the grasslands, Inner Mongolia. Second place by Angelina Brown ’12, A&S: a leisurely lunch at the tapas bar, Seville, Spain. Third place by Gregory Kim ’12, A&S: villager waves at first-ever tourists, Hani village, China.
Memorial Day, Beebe Lake: Steve Bogdanowicz ’82, who works in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, fishes under the watchful eye of Cornell Police officer Michael Robinson.
Cornell’s 100-mile-per-gallon hybrid car, RedShift, competed in the Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International Motor Speedway April 15. The all-electric drive train and diesel engine team achieved 127.5 MPG in the 50-mile road rally.
Cornell Police K9 team member Reggie poses with his handler – and rescuer – Officer Kevin Noterfonzo.
Noterfonzo rescued Reggie from being euthanized; the black lab had been in three adoptive homes and the caregivers were unable to handle him, but Noterfonzo brought him to Ithaca and trained him. So man rescues dog. And now dog rescues humans.
In the video below, Noterfonzo and Reggie demonstrate police dog behaviors and the jobs they do, including explosive detection and human tracking.
March 11 seismometer reading of the Japan earthquake at the Cornell-affiliated Paleontological Research Institution; on display at the Museum of the Earth.
A new plaque in Bartels Hall honors one of the Big Red’s greatest fans ever: M.H. “Mike” Abrams, the Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, who has attended every Cornell football game since 1945. Abrams, 98, also attends many wrestling, basketball, hockey and lacrosse contests.
From sunny Cuba to edgy NYC, photographer Abelardo Morell has played with camera obscura and other techniques throughout his career. Born in Cuba in 1948 and educated at Bowdoin and Yale, Morell spoke March 3 at the Johnson Museum of Art. Photography is a “real language” for Morell, whose subjects range from books and money to Venetian bedrooms and Alice in Wonderland.
Dr. William H. Miller, professor of medicine at the Vet School and a medical director at the Companion Animal Hospital, gives Stella the cow a smooch April 18. The annual student-run Kiss the Cow event raised $112 for the Cornell University Hospital for Animals’ Patient Assistance Fund.
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