America's major research universities have enjoyed a long period of unprecedented success, but they are facing a rapidly changing environment in which higher education is becoming deregulated and subject to ever-increasing scrutiny, writes Frank H.T. Rhodes in his new book.
Harold A. Scheraga, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell, will be honored by biomolecular researchers from around the world at a symposium on campus on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Cornell will build the central engine for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), an online resource that will make high-quality source materials in science available to students from kindergarten through college.
It's only fitting that ceremonies for the official dedication of the Sheila W. and Richard J. Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts include elements of theater, film and dance performed by Cornell University students.
Helene R. Dillard has been named an associate director of Cornell Cooperative Extension. She will focus her attention on agricultural issues and on programs in the university's New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has topped off a successful fund-raising campaign for its new facility with a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Higher-paid and better-educated workers are much more likely to use medical flexible spending accounts (FSAs) than are lower-income and less-educated workers, conclude researchers from Cornell and the University of Minnesota.
Higher-paid and better-educated workers are much more likely to use medical flexible spending accounts (FSAs) than are lower-income and less-educated workers, conclude researchers from Cornell and the University of Minnesota.
Cristina Garcia, acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban and The Aguero Sisters, is the guest speaker for the Ninth Annual Unity Dinner hosted by Cornell's Latino Studies Program (LSP).
Members of the Cornell University Board of Trustees and Cornell University Council will arrive on campus Thursday, Oct. 18, for Cornell's annual Trustee/Council meeting.
Legislators, politicians, educators, governmental agencies, business leaders, judges and others regularly attempt to make decisions based on sound scientific research. Translating that research to sound policy decisions can be challenging.
