Charles H.K. Williamson, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a popular Cornell teacher, has been named New York state's top professor by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council…
Nathan Poffenbarger, a suspended sophomore in Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations who stabbed a visiting Union College student on West Campus early this year, pleaded guilty to assault as a hate crime Nov. 22 in…
With 300,000 Sudanese dead, a third of the population displaced and cries of genocide ringing fiercely, the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, has recently come to the forefront of the international political scene.
"If water flows downhill, why is its protection an uphill fight?" asked Henry Lickers, Nov. 18, addressing a large audience in Cornell's Berger Atrium. His provocative question was at the center of a two-day conference, "Native…
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, director of Cornell's Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI), has been asked to serve on a College Board panel of higher education researchers to study student aid, the Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE…
So many young women are dying to be thin ... literally. In fact, "One out of seven diagnosed cases with anorexia nervosa will die. People with eating disorders develop amenorrhea and osteoporosis, many lose teeth and hair…
The Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars has announced its Excellence in Leadership Awards recognizing nine of its students for their exceptionally strong and successful leadership. The recipients from this past academic year…
Patricia Baron Pollak, Cornell associate professor of policy analysis and management and director of graduate studies for community and rural development, was honored with the 2006 Margarita McCoy Award.
When Lisa Stensland, senior project manager of administrative systems for the Cornell Office of Information Technologies, pulled into the parking lot at 120 Maple Ave. at 11:30 Saturday night, July 29, she was prepared for a…
Cornell is revising its Campus Code of Conduct -- which defines appropriate behavior and disciplinary actions required when rules are broken -- and campus administrators are requesting feedback from the Cornell community at http:…
Twenty years ago, the most popular video games were made by teenage computer gurus in their spare time. With a knack for computer programming and some enthusiasm, anybody could be making the next best game.Not anymore. The video…
