The 56 county-based Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) associations are a vital part of Cornell's land-grant mission. They act as fingers reaching out from Cornell, providing information and services that may be the only…
If a Danish newspaper doesn't have the freedom to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad, should the TV cartoon show "South Park" also not be free to satirize Mormons? That was the question posed by Michael Shapiro, associate professor of communication at Cornell, in a panel discussion Feb. 21.
"What thoughts and images come to mind when you hear the words 'Islam' and 'Muslims?'" asked Omer Bajwa, a Ph.D. candidate in Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies, speaking on campus last week (Feb. 20). Far too many non…
When it comes to terrorism, Muslim Americans aren't part of the problem, they're part of the solution, according to Ahmed Younis, national director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. According to Younis, the author of …
The 2005 Cornell University United Way Campaign closes a very successful fund-raising effort with a celebratory luncheon Tuesday, March 7, at noon in the Duffield Hall atrium.
An increase in high-risk drinking among Cornell's undergraduate women has led to a media campaign designed to reduce both the incidence and the consequences of high-risk drinking, particularly among women. The "Smart Women"…
Faculty, academic staff, and junior and senior students have until March 8 to submit nominations for the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Award. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1992, the award recognizes tenured…
Cornell Associate Professor of Law John H. Blume was scheduled to argue a case involving the death penalty before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Feb. 22. In the case, Holmes v. South Carolina, Blume, the director of the…
Bettina Wagner, assistant professor of population medicine and diagnostic sciences and a veterinary immunologist in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, has been awarded $344,000 over three years as part of a $2.1…
In a simple world rivers would flow in straight lines, every airplane ride would be smooth, and we would know the daily weather 10 years into the future. But the world is not simple -- it is turbulent. That's good news, since…
Educator Maire Ullrich, who consults on vegetable crops for Cornell Cooperative Extension, and farmer Jeff Kubecka of Kirkville, N.Y., have both won Excellence in IPM Awards from the New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM…
