Krishna Ramanujan/Cornell ChronicleHorticulture graduate student Rebecca Harbut harvests beach plums at Cornell Orchards.It's harvest time at Cornell Orchards, and beach plums (Prunus maritima), commonly found on coastal dunes,…
Anurag Agrawal, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has received the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) George Mercer Award for his 2004 paper, "Resistance and Susceptibility of Milkweed: Competition, Root…
The U.S. Census Bureau could improve the quality of its population estimates by working more closely with a partnership of local, state and federal officials, Warren Brown, a leading Cornell demographer, testified to a U.S. House…
While the West views nature as an entity that should be controlled and dominated and that is in opposition to culture, traditional Native American philosophies view nature as kin, inseparable from humans, to be treated with…
Two members of the Cornell College of Engineering faculty have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's 12th annual Symposium on the Frontiers of Engineering, Sept. 21-23, at Ford Research and…
The newly refurbished and renovated Bailey Hall is ready for prime time, the building itself having been inaugurated with classes, symposiums and a concert since reopening in August.
Being married to a university for 50 years is an occasion to celebrate, so the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) and students of Arthur Ruoff, the Class of 1912 Professor of Engineering, have organized a…
Cornell Professor Gregory Alexander's latest accomplishment is cause for celebration -- and debate -- at the Cornell Law School.The publication of Alexander's new book, "The Global Debate Over Constitutional Property: Lessons for…
Ithaca's Mu Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. will have a public dedication ceremony of a sitting stone to recognize students of color, particularly women, and to commemorate the chapter's 30th anniversary on…
On Sept. 11, 1906, Mahatma Gandhi launched his peaceful campaign against injustices toward Indians in South Africa.It is not the event we normally associate with Sept. 11. But on a day of remembering the victims of the Sept. 11,…
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and his colleagues will unveil the design for Milstein Hall, an expansion of the Cornell College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Bailey…
An innovative technology and a well-formed business plan are the key ingredients to launching a successful company.That's what Brad Treat, MBA '02, hopes to instill in the entrepreneurially minded students, faculty and others at…
