We all know of great scholars, said President Hunter Rawlings at the Beacon Theatre on Manhattan's Upper West Side. And we all know of great teachers. But to find in one person, Walter LaFeber, the greatest of scholars and of teachers, he continued -- that is a remarkable thing.
Walter LaFeber is a historian who relishes being one of the "old school" types with a sense of humor, a warmth and wisdom grounded in the fundamentals that come from cultivating a long view, whether it be in foreign relations history or baseball. And oh my, are we going to miss him.
Kent L. Hubbell '67 has been reappointed to a second five-year term as Cornell's Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students. The reappointment, announced by Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan H…
For the virulent H5N1 strain of avian flu to establish itself on U.S. soil via wild birds, a string of events must come together, none of which can be predicted, according to experts at Cornell's Lab of Ornithology. They are…
About 80 anxious callers a week contact Cornell's Lab of Ornithology with questions about avian influenza and the possibility of the virus arriving in the United States via migratory birds. A steady trickle of calls and e-mails…
The third campus forum on music downloading, like its two predecessors, produced no answers. But it just might have come a bit closer to defining the question -- perhaps because, for the first time, the panel included a student. …
America has a crisis on its hands, and that is its dependence on foreign oil, said U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-22nd Dist.) speaking at Cornell on federal energy initiatives April 18. The talk, in a packed 401 Warren Hall, was…
Current construction projects, increasing campus congestion and traffic streaming through surrounding neighborhoods signify growth for Cornell University. But university administrators and the town of Ithaca want to manage that…
Thornton Wilder's satirical Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," which opens April 27 at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Arts, is ostensibly about a typical American family in classic 1950s suburbia. But it also…
N'Dri Assie-Lumumba, associate professor of Africana studies, has been named to membership in the World Academy of Art and Science in recognition of her "outstanding contributions to the world of scholarship and practice on the…
Elizabeth Lamb has been named ornamental Integrated Pest Management (IPM) coordinator of the New York State IPM Program, which is part of Cornell Cooperative Extension. As former coordinator of the University of Florida's…
