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Turkey is the focus of a weeklong cultural and intellectual exploration

'Turkey: Culture, Change and Development,' a weeklong program featuring numerous cultural events, photography exhibits, films, readings and leading-edge forums.

'Show your big red heart in solidarity' -- for hurricane victims

Cornell employees request donations of personal care items for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Search committee members get first look at growing list of candidates

During a meeting of the full committee in the Cornell Club in Manhattan Sept. 21, PSC members got their first look at a database of more than 150 presidential nominees whose names were submitted through both formal and informal channels.

Contagious equine flu virus infecting dogs across U.S. is isolated by Cornell researchers

Cornell veterinarian Ed Dubovi isolated an equine flu virus that has for the first time jumped species to dogs, causing respiratory flu to spread among man's best friends, according to a paper published in the Sept. 26 issue of Science Express.

New Office of Postdoctoral Studies will create community for advanced Cornell scholars

A new Office of Postdoctoral Studies has been established by the Graduate School and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Cornell, in 384 Caldwell Hall.

Eisner wins 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science

Thomas Eisner, a world authority on animal behavior, ecology and evolution, is the winner of Rockefeller University's 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science

Cornell marks first Constitution Day

Cornell commemorated Constitution Day Friday, Sept. 23, with a discussion that challenged the modern interpretation of one of the living document's most fundamental tenets: the separation of church and state.

Celebrating four decades, materials science department looks back and forward

Cornell's Department of Materials Science and Engineering marked 40 years with a daylong symposium Sept. 20 titled 'Materials Science and Engineering in 2020.'

Labor leaders urge students to seek careers that 'make a difference' in lives of others

More than 100 Cornell students from across campus discussed opportunities for careers in the U.S. labor and social justice movements with 18 labor professionals Sept. 16, as part of the Third Annual Labor Roundtable.

Urie Bronfenbrenner, father of Head Start program and pre-eminent 'human ecologist,' dies at age 88

Urie Bronfenbrenner, a co-founder of the national Head Start program and widely regarded as one of the world's leading scholars in developmental psychology, child-rearing and human ecology died on Sept. 25.

In a funky setting, Science Cabaret debuts with images of Mars

Ithaca area residents turned out for the debut of Science Cabaret, a public event featuring talks and discussion sessions in informal social venues.

Unwed mothers' prospects for marrying well, or at all, are greatly diminished, Cornell study finds

Unwed mothers are significantly less likely to marry; when they do marry, they are less likely to improve their socioeconomic status through marriage than their childless counterparts, says a Cornell study.