An entirely new class of rubbery plastics has been produced in the laboratory by a Cornell researcher and two co-workers. Because the material uses two common and inexpensive petroleum products, ethylene and polyethylene, for its feedstock, the research has the promise of greatly reduced production costs.
The transition to retirement is particularly stressful, especially when one spouse retires before the other, says a new study by researchers at Cornell. During this time, couples fight much more and are significantly less satisfied with their marriages.
Daniel A. Carp, chairman, president and CEO of Eastman Kodak Co., will be the Johnson Graduate School of Management's Park speaker on Monday, April 9, at 4:30 p.m. in B09 Sage Hall. The title of Carp's talk is "Crossing the Digital Divide." The event is free and open to the public.
The Cornell Board of Trustees, at its regular meeting March 9 on campus, approved a tuition increase of $1,140 for undergraduate resident students in Cornell's statutory colleges for the academic year 2001-02.
In post-socialist Eastern Europe, tension has been high between national and ethnic minorities. To avoid these kinds of strains, Hungary passed Act 77, a progressive Law on National and Ethnic Minorities in 1993.
Is abstinence-only sex education unconstitutional? Yes, say a Cornell Law School professor and a Washington, D.C., attorney, because it has the purpose and effect of endorsing a religious agenda.
As if the free ice cream was not enough. Cornell University's famous a capella singing group The Hangovers will serenade holiday revelers at the Cornell Dairy Bar's fifth annual "Lighting of the Cows" Friday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m.
