Instead of whiling away the lazy summer days listening to Hootie and the Blowfish and playing video games, a select group of 15-year-olds will be discoursing on the theories and philosophies of John Stuart Mill, Machiavelli and Plato, and earning three college credits.
Patrons of Cornell's Guest Chef Series will be able to get a taste of history when John Doherty, executive chef of the Waldorf-Astoria who has prepared meals for state dinners hosted by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, recreates these historic dinners for the public March 3.
Eight trailblazers in integrated pest management work were honored in January with "Excellence in IPM" awards by the New York State Legislature, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and Cornell in ceremonies in Albany.
With a little practice, almost anyone can learn to imitate a signature. But only the most highly skilled forger can rip it off just the right way, with the same variations in speed, the same order of crossing the t's and dotting the i's.
Karl N. Stauber, undersecretary of research, education and economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will visit Cornell on Thursday, March 7, to meet with deans and hear faculty presentations on selected programs.
Checkmate? Not yet. But having a supercomputer battle the world's human chess champion to a draw is just a hint of the future power of these man-made analytical superstars.
Forever looking to save money, dairy farmers soon may be able to pocket up to half the energy cost of milking cows thanks to new technology developed by Cornell agricultural engineers that provides energy-efficient ways to control vacuum levels on milking machines.
Andrew D. White, first president of Cornell University, was a bookish man -- a scholar who knew, loved and collected books. Though the university's founder, Ezra Cornell, was not bookish, he appreciated the value and necessity of assembling a proper library for the students and faculty of the university that was to bear his name.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings announced Wednesday that the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of Inge T. Reichenbach as vice president for alumni affairs and development, effective immediately.
