As Cornell University restructures its life sciences with the New Life Sciences Initiative, constructs new buildings, upgrades its infrastructure and hires new faculty members, university officials stress that improving graduate…
Researchers at Cornell are recipients of the first round of seed money that promises to turn research discoveries into marketable products. Two examples: the world's first hand-held sprayer for concentrated pesticides and microbe…
GENEVA, N.Y. -- With the aim of turning economically disadvantaged central New York into an economic powerhouse, the new Finger Lakes New Knowledge Fusion project is to fund cutting-edge scientific research, new technologies,…
Noted scholar and teacher Professor John W. Kronik, 74, died Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. He was a professor emeritus of Spanish literature in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell. A memorial service is planned for Sunday,…
The potential for disaster due to climate change is so great that we should err on the side of caution, stressed Linda Harrar '71 in addressing the President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) April 1 on campus. When the stakes…
Although people are still extremely connected to their cars, the way we get from place to place is evolving from a monoculture of automobiles into a culture featuring a mix of much more sophisticated systems of transportation…
"Is it fair trade when you get designer prices for it?" "New York education standards should require students to learn the relationship between their shirt and the global world." "We need to connect fair trade with local poverty…
Insects are good for the economy. According to a new study co-authored by John Losey, the dollar value of some insect services is more than $57 billion a year.
Former "Python" John Cleese is among three Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large who will give public talks at Cornell University this month – but he's the only you will need tickets to hear.
Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, India's largest and most successful business conglomerate, will give the 2006 Hatfield address, Monday, April 10, at 4:30 p.m. in Kennedy Hall's Call…
NEW YORK -- On March 30, Martin F. Scheinman, B.S. '75, M.S. '76, a prominent arbitrator and mediator of workplace disputes and a longtime supporter of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, received the Judge…
Give New Yorkers the opportunity to buy more state-produced maple products and New York maple-syrup producers could reap profits five times greater than what they make now. So says Stephen Childs, an extension associate in…
