Chris Barrett's economic development research takes him into the most poverty-stricken areas of rural Africa, the halls of Washington, D.C., and back to Cornell University, where he collaborates with biophysical and social scientists on innovative ways to improve the lives of some of the poorest people on Earth.
Academic women of color today aren't hindered so much by a glass ceiling, but one made of concrete, said Akanke Omorayo, the program coordinator of the University of Michigan's Women of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP). She…
"Do I speak language or does language speak me?" The British poet and philosopher of language Denise Riley tackled this question in a campus talk March 30. She took an attentive audience of Cornell graduate students and faculty…
All Cornell seniors are being invited to participate in a senior survey to give Cornell administrators feedback about their college experience. All members of the Class of 2006 have been officially notified via an e-mail that…
"The current state of math in the media is abysmal," said math journalist Sara Robinson at an applied mathematics colloquium April 14 at Cornell University. What the math community needs, she said, is an independent mathematical…
Technology leaders, venture capitalists and intellectual property experts who have been successful in getting their products to market in today's environment will share their experience with students, faculty and other aspiring…
Syndicated columnist, commentator, attorney and best-selling author Ann Coulter '84 will visit Cornell for a talk sure to please conservatives and confound liberals, May 7 at 6 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. Ticket holders for the…
The man who revolutionized the Chinese language, Hu Shih, a 1914 Cornell graduate, and a number of other notable Chinese alumni are part of a century-long association between Cornell and China.
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The Manhattan area has the most urban estuary on the planet. So imagine it with oyster reefs, shoreline wetlands in Harlem, public waterfront for small boats, bird-nesting islands and thriving populations of striped bass and…
Try mixing caramel into vanilla ice cream -- you will always end up with globs and swirls of caramel. Scientists are finding that galaxies may distribute themselves in similar ways throughout the universe and in places where…
For research scientists, the landscape of government regulations, ethical guidelines and accountability standards is changing more quickly than ever, making the task of staying up-to-date with forms and protocols a constant…
Arch T. Dotson, Cornell University professor emeritus of government, died April 6. He was 85. Dotson joined the Cornell faculty in 1951 and, among many other duties, served as chair of the government department from 1969 to 1976…
