Filters
Topics
Campus & Community
Colleges & Schools

Study the birds of spring

Take the edge off the long, cold winter by taking the annual Spring Field Ornithology course at the Lab of Ornithology, March 25 to May 17. (March 12, 2009)

Puff, the smokeless dragon, goes green for Dragon Day

The 108th annual Dragon Day parade across campus begins at 1 p.m. Friday, March 13. This year, the burning of the dragon will follow new environmental regulations.

Jobs will be lost but also won, faculty told at meeting

About 450 faculty members attended a special meeting March 9 to listen to - and ask questions of - President David Skorton, who discussed the university's financial situation.

New tracking tags are providing fish-eye views of ways to manage depressed fisheries

New tracking tags are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, according to a new study. (March 11, 2009)

Devastating invasive pest threatens hemlock trees in region

Cornell natural-areas staff spotted small fluffy white sacs along the base of the needle on an eastern hemlock: telltale signs that a devastating pest had invaded Cornell's hemlocks for the first time.

Women opt out of math/science careers because of family demands, study concludes

Women are underrepresented in math-intensive careers not because they lack good math ability, but because they prefer other careers with more flexibility to raise children, says a new Cornell study. (March 11, 2009)

MBA/law course explores how corporate culture can corrupt

A new course for Johnson School and Cornell Law School students explores how corporate culture can induce even the best-intentioned employee to do wrong. (March 11, 2009)

Author Alexie talks about growing up Indian and learning the value of boredom

Native American writer Sherman Alexie discussed his experiences growing up on a reservation with humor and insight in his Olin Lecture, March 6 in Cornell's Statler Auditorium. (March 11, 2009)

Conference airs new approaches in transgender studies

Scholars came to campus March 6-8 for TransRhetorics, a conference celebrating diverse interdisciplinary work in transgender studies and new rhetorical approaches in representations of transgender lives. (March 11, 2009)

WHO physician warns of widespread, underreported violence against women

Claudia Morrissey, president of the American Medical Women's Association, spoke about widespread violence against women at the first Summit on Women's Issues in Global Health and Development on campus. (March 10, 2009)

CU will play role in global energy future, says Clancy

Speaking to the President's Council of Cornell Women March 7, Professor Paulette Clancy reviewed the many ways that Cornell is contributing to the sustainable energy field. (March 10, 2009)

'Cornell changemakers' share their stories of international service at Ashoka event

A March 7 forum on campus recognized 35 students who were nominated by faculty members as 'Cornell changemakers' - people who are working to make a difference internationally. (March 10, 2009)