The annual Cornell Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference will be held Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hosted by Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management.
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.
This fall Cornell's Preservation Studies Student Organization undertook a stabilization project at a historic local cemetery whose oldest headstones date from 1844. The Davis Family Cemetery is located on an easement on Steep Hollow Farm in the Town of Ithaca.
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.
James A. Johnson, chairman and CEO of Johnson Capital Partners, a private investment company, will speak at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management Nov. 16 on "Corporate Responsibility in the 21st Century."
A significant gift from a Cornell Law School alumnus has helped transform an ordinary classroom in Myron Taylor Hall into a fully wired and equipped high-tech facility. The Harriet Stein Mancuso '73 Amphitheater.
With support from major industrial partners, Cornell University has opened a state-of-the-art laboratory for the design and testing of radio-frequency integrated circuits, such as the transceivers in cellular phones and other wireless devices.
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.