Before Cornell Professor of Psychology James B. Maas achieved national recognition as a sleep researcher and educator, he was a parent, and he knows all about that ploy for postponing bedtime.
To address the technology and computer training needs of local nonprofits, the Cornell-Ithaca Partnership (C-IP) has partnered with United Way of Tompkins County and its 40 member organizations to form Computer Aid.
The birds could fly, but they couldn't hide for long from the thousands of volunteer bird-watchers throughout North America who reported their observations to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
An institute at Cornell is building a 'digital Earth' that will become an important resource for geoscience researchers and also will provide easy-to-use teaching tools for educators from elementary school through college.
Dr. Alfonso Torres, deputy administrator for veterinary services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, has been named director of the New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory.
'Fun From Mathematics, and Mathematics From Fun' will be the title of the 2001 Kieval lecture Nov. 9, hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Cornell.
If you've always wanted to sit in on a real live appeals court, here's your chance. On Friday, Nov. 9, the Third Department of the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division will be in session at Cornell's Law School.
Families in upstate New York reap numerous benefits, such as a strong sense of safety, moderate cost of living, proximity to jobs and relatives and numerous community amenities according to a new study.
President Hunter Rawlings was elected vice-chair of the Association of American Universities (AAU) at its annual fall meeting Oct. 23 at the University of Maryland. He will serve a one-year term and then assume the chairmanship of the association in October 2002, succeeding Robert Berdahl.
Researchers at Cornell, in collaboration with Clark Atlanta University (CAU), have received funding to support a five-year, $8 million effort to conduct research and training aimed at promoting economic growth and relieving poverty in Africa.
'Global Development and Terrorism: Related Topics?' is the title of a Cornell forum that will attempt to identify the key issues in U.S. foreign policy and global affairs.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings was elected vice-chair of the Association of American Universities (AAU) at its annual fall meeting Oct. 23 at the University of Maryland. He will serve a one-year term and then assume the chairmanship of the association in October.
