The ingredients: several dozen yards of yellow 'caution' tape, 800 first-year students and a bullhorn. The result: the official photo for the Class of 2009, with students spelling out the year '2009' across Libe Slope.
Shimon Edelman of Cornell and colleagues have developed a method for enabling a computer program to scan text, infer the grammar behind it and generate new sentences.
Anthropology professor Rebekah Nathan enrolled as a freshman at her own university, immersing herself in student life. The resulting book, 'My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student.'
Robin Hadlock Seeley, a Cornell marine biologist, spearheaded an invasive species survey of Cobscook Bay, Maine, that has discovered a sea squirt there that could potentially threaten the important fishing area.
Nell I. Mondy, 83, professor emerita of nutritional sciences at Cornell, died Aug. 25 at Cayuga Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Sept. 17, at the First Baptist Church.
Hurricane Katrina promises to bring winds -- and rains -- of change to much of New York State early this week. The storm should help convert one of central New York's driest months on record.
Stewart's Processing Company of Saratoga Springs has been named New York State's top milk producer for 2005, according to Cornell University's New York State Milk Quality Improvement Program.Stewart's earned a 94.4 score this…
Since DNA can polymerize - linking many molecules together into larger structures - scientists have been using it as a nanoscale building material, constructing geometric shapes and even working mechanical devices. Now Cornell University researchers have made DNA buckyballs - tiny geodesic spheres that could be used for drug delivery and as containers for chemical reactions.
Cornell's Society for the Humanities will focus on 'Culture and Conflict' during 2005-06, with visiting and Cornell faculty offering seminars directly related to the theme.
Cornell's Presidential Search Committee, which has been charged with conducting a search for the university's next president, will hold open meetings in the coming days to receive input from the campus community.
