The Town of Ithaca pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region by 30 percent before 2020 at a town board meeting Monday night.

The lecture was part of a series of lectures held by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Although most speakers are Cornell faculty, Ott came to Cornell after Virginia Winkler ’14, read Ott’s book, Not One Drop, and sent Ott an email. After reading the e-mail and learning Winkler was a student at Cornell, Ott requested to come to Cornell to give the lecture.

Ben Koffel grad makes the tired old argument that Americans should denounce the automobile and go back to using horses as our primary means of transportation.

Dr. Steven Koonin, the Department of Energy’s undersecretary for science, spoke on the agency’s goals, mission and future this past Friday in Olin Hall.

President Barack Obama announced the appointment of four members to his science and technology team, a group charged with crafting science policy regarding the life sciences, the environment, health and technology.

“It’s about ensuring that facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology. It’s about listening to what our scientists have to say, even when it’s inconvenient,” Obama stated on his website. The newly elected president emphasized that government officials must provide necessary resources to scientists and work hand-in-hand with them to design effective legislation.