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Law students research high-stakes legal issues in course on water law

In a new course, students at Cornell Law School are studying water law -- and learning that it has become a hot-button issue for communities. The course, Water Law in Theory and Practice, is a clinic that is both theoretical and…

Film-discussion series on Africa awarded 12th annual James A. Perkins Prize

Creators of "Around the World in 8 Days ... Goes to Africa," a film and discussion series at Cornell University focusing on the continent, recently won the 12th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and…

Johnson School MBAs help diverse group of aspiring entrepreneurs

Successful startup businesses are a way to make a town or neighborhood more economically vibrant. But mainstream agencies that help people start and sustain small businesses have often overlooked the minority community. That's…

New York state's HIV/AIDS cases lead the nation, Cornell disease education project leader notes at forum

New York is the hardest hit state in the country when it comes to HIV/AIDS, said Jennifer Tiffany, director of the HIV/AIDS Education Project at Cornell's Family Life Development Center, speaking at a forum in McGraw Hall on…

Artificial intelligence grad students meet at Cornell to network, discuss and practice

"These are our future colleagues," said Cornell graduate student Filip Radlinski, waving his hand at some 100 other graduate students assembled in Upson B-17 for a talk by Tom Mitchell, professor of computer science at Carnegie…

Come play Cornell-designed computer games

Sit down and play computer games and explore 3-D interactive environments that you have probably never seen before. Try out new, motion-sensitive game controllers not yet commercially available. Families and children are welcome…

Decades of acid rain is causing loss of valuable Northeast sugar maples, Cornell researchers warn

Acid rain, the environmental consequence of burning fossil fuels, running factories and driving cars, has altered soils and reduced the number of sugar maple trees growing in the Northeast, according to a new study led by Cornell researchers.

Does general relativity have limits? Jim Cordes looks for answers in the universe's most hostile environments

In the years since Einstein published his theory of general relativity -- in which he proposed that gravity, traditionally considered a force, is actually a manifestation of curved space and time -- the theory has been tested and…

State budget includes $5 million for New York Farm Viability Institute

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Cornell University-affiliated New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI) will receive $5 million through the 2006 New York state budget to continue producing significant impacts for New York farmers,…

Learning and giving: Cornell student 'philanthropists' get hands-on experience by handing out $10,000

While many final projects at Cornell this semester involve producing a research paper, students in Brenda Bricker's Leadership in the Nonprofit Environment (HumEc 407) class get to give away money.As part of the course, which…

Kids Growing Food produce gardens in some 300 schools across the state

On P.S. 84's rooftop in New York City, students tend an herb garden and share the harvest with school staff and others in their lunchroom. At an elementary school in Van Etten, N.Y., second-graders grow their own "vegetable soup"…

Mothers and daughters are separated by discord over clothes, weight and hair, says linguist Deborah Tannen

When people ask author and linguist Deborah Tannen, What is it about mothers and daughters and why do they have so many problems, especially since they are both women, the answer she gives them is, "Because they're both women."…