Scholars and collectors interested in African art have long focused their attention on traditional works -- particularly the wooden sculptures and ethnographic artifacts that may be seen in today's Western museums and are described in mainstream art history textbooks.
A group of alumni of the Cornell International Nutrition Program are gathering in Ithaca this week to honor the work, life and ideas of their friend and mentor, Michael Latham, M.D., Cornell professor of international nutritional sciences.
Biddy Martin, the chair of Cornell University's Department of German Studies for the past two years, has been appointed associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.
The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City on Thursday, June 20. The meeting will be held in Room A/B of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 East 44th St.
The Exxon Education Foundation, which donates $3 for every $1 Exxon employees and retirees contribute to colleges and universities, recently presented Cornell with a check for $270,267.
Cornell transportation officials have announced that a temporary bus stop has been added on East Avenue, by Stimson Hall, to address the needs of southbound passengers generated by the Sage Hall renovation project.
More than 2 billion people -- one-third of the planet's population -- suffer from "hidden hunger," debilitating mineral and vitamin deficiencies that impair growth, physical and intellectual development, activity and survival, especially among women, infants and children in developing nations.
The Ithaca Fire Department, in cooperation with the Ithaca Police Department and Cornell Police, is investigating a fire of suspicious origin that broke out shortly after 3 a.m. today (June 10) at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house at 2 McGraw Place.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings has named the 1996 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows, honoring their "effective, inspiring and distinguished teaching of undergraduate students."
When it comes to calming "nuisance-barking" dogs, a spritz of fragrance under the chin is more effective than electric shock, a test by the Animal Behavior Clinic at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine has found.
Biologists at Cornell and Washington universities have genetically engineered and successfully field tested rice plants that resist some of the most destructive insects as well as salt and drought damage.
