"Privacy in the Age of Media" is the topic of a lecture at Cornell University by Tom Wicker, retired political columnist for The New York Times and one of America's most respected journalists, Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m.
Just in time for Halloween, spider expert Linda Rayor will be showing and telling all about certain scary arachnids, in her talk "Tarantulas: Terrific or Terrible?" Saturday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. at Ithaca Sciencenter.
It has become fairly commonplace for homeowners to test their houses for radon, the colorless, odorless and tasteless radioactive gas that seeps from the ground and can cause lung cancer. But schools, where a child can spend 14,000 hours by the time of high school graduation, often are overlooked, two Cornell University housing experts report.
As the College of Human Ecology at Cornell celebrates the centennial of the field of home economics with events throughout the year, its faculty and administration are reflecting on the college's role as the gateway for women into higher education and scientific careers over the past century.
Dual-earner couples might seem to have new-millennium marriages. But for the great majority, strategies to manage work and family demands turn out to be, in fact, a variant of the traditional breadwinner/homemaker gender division. Except, the new version includes two careers but only one on the front burner.
Chemical biologists at Cornell have pioneered a new imaging technique that offers researchers a new way to observe the working of therapeutic drugs within single cancer cells.
Walter R. Lynn, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and of science and technology studies at Cornell University, has been named interim director of the Cornell Center of the Environment.
Cornell University's College of Engineering and Lockheed Martin have established a partnership to provide specialized graduate education specifically for Lockheed Martin employees.
