Millions of years before humans invented the barometer to measure atmospheric pressure, a primitive winged insect was experimentally measuring air's density and leaving barometer readings in the fossil record, according to a Cornell geologist.
Although hard-working gardeners look forward to the end of another growing season, a few precautions during the winter months will make plants healthier in the spring, according to experts at Cornell Plantations.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Committee on Athletics Certification has approved Cornell's athletic programs for certification in Division I. The certification, announced Dec. 2.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Frederick A. Rogers, Cornell's senior vice president and chief financial officer, announced Dec. 9, 1999 that he will be stepping down from that position to assume the presidency of a new Internet company that will serve the education community.
Don M. Randel, provost of Cornell since 1995 and a faculty member since 1968, has been recommended to the board of trustees of the University of Chicago to serve as its 12th president, the University of Chicago.
A fortified, orange-flavored powdered drink, tested in Tanzania by Cornell researchers who found it can significantly help improve children's nutrition and growth, has been launched as a commercial product by Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) in the Philippines.
Geoffrey Coates, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell, has been selected by 'Technology Review' magazine as one of 100 young innovators under the age of 35.
About three-quarters of middle-income, dual-earner couples in a study in upstate New York -- and almost all of those couples raising children -- "resist the demands of a greedy workplace" by scaling back their work commitments for the sake of their families and to have more discretionary time, according to a new Cornell study.
Cornell announced today that Daniel Usner, a highly regarded historian of American Indian-Colonial relations, will succeed Jane Mt. Pleasant as the director of the University's American Indian Program.
The Executive Committee of Cornell's Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St.
About three-quarters of middle-income, dual-earner couples in a study in upstate New York - and almost all of those couples raising children - "resist the demands of a greedy workplace" by scaling back their work commitments for the sake of their families.
