In a recent series of studies, Cornell neurobiologists are showing why females of some avian species choose suitors with the most elaborate courtship songs: Fancy singers have more elaborate brain structures (to learn singing and other life skills), brains that the females hope their offspring will inherit.
The Cornell University-Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Partnership will host its first Cancer Biology Lecture in Room G-01 in Biotechnology Building on Dec. 1. Antony Burgess, M.D., co-discoverer of a powerful cellular stimulant, will discuss "Signaling Therapeutics: Designing Drugs to Treat Cancer."
In a concerted effort to focus attention on the need for expanded international programs, Cornell has joined colleges and universities across the nation to celebrate the first U.S. International Education Week, Nov. 13-17.
Former Nicaraguan vice president Sergio Ramirez will deliver two public talks during his visit to Cornell next week. The first address titled, "Adios Muchachos: The Sandinista Revolution Revisited," a personal account of the events that took place in Nicaragua during the 1980s and early 1990s.
A Cornell sociologist has transformed the small world concept of "six degrees of separation" into a scientific sampling method for finding and studying "hidden populations," from drug users to jazz musicians.
This year, for the first time ever, the prestigious Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lecture Series will be an interactive teleconference between two of the leading architectural design programs in the United States: Cornell's Department of Architecture, which manages the series, and Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
The presidential and U.S. Senate races are not the only contests roiling the waters in Ithaca. On Nov. 7, residents will vote on a referendum that could allow fluoridation of the municipal water supply for the first time in the upstate city. A Cornell research class has found that while a vocal minority opposes fluoridation, city residents appear to support it.
A Cornell University research team has uncovered the mechanics of a critical reaction in the combustion of hydrogen that could have implications for the future of energy production.
