Scholarships for Cornell's Summer College are being offered to local high school students

Cornell's Summer College -- one of the nation's first summer programs for high school students -- is offering full scholarships for students from high schools in Tompkins County. A special fund has been established to provide two full scholarships a year for the next five years.

Cornell officials unveil new strategic plan for the fraternity and sorority system

Cornell officials have unveiled a new strategic plan aimed at strengthening the Greek system and helping to integrate fraternity and sorority residential life with the undergraduate educational experience.

Guest Chef Series brings California, Chinese and Mediterranean cuisine to Cornell

California, Chinese and Mediterranean cuisine will tempt the palates of patrons attending this year's Guest Chef Series, sponsored by Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.

New Zealand sperm whales with 'crittercams' reveal whereabouts with click sounds, but biologists don't expect to hear much from elusive Architeuthis

When the National Geographic Society's hunt for living giant squid sends sperm whales with video cameras to the ocean depths this month off New Zealand's South Island, the "camerawhales" will be tracked by the Cornell Bioacoustics Research program.

Scientists read the leaves: House plants show importance of vitamin C

By looking into the plant world, researchers are expanding human appreciation of ascorbic acid -- vitamin C. There is no doubt that this vitamin is key to human health or that people get it from the foods they eat.

Cornell program and director stress global dimensions of gender studies

The Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women called for "removing all the obstacles to women's active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision-making."

Witness, a Grammy-nominated Gospel group, will perform at Cornell University's Festival of Black Gospel Feb. 21

Witness, a Grammy-nominated singing quartet, will headline the 21st Annual Festival of Black Gospel at Cornell, Feb. 21 to 23. The festival is the centerpiece of the university's Black History Month celebration.

Cornell study finds employee personality holds key to successful work-sharing

Work-sharing, a workplace management approach used primarily in the auto- and apparel-manufacturing industries, may not be suitable for all types of employees, finds an ongoing Cornell study.

Cornell's College of Human Ecology offers expertise to state policy-makers

Welfare reform provides New York state an opportunity to examine all its programs affecting families, children and work, but to benefit from that opportunity, programs need to be carefully planned and evaluated using state-of-the-art research, a Cornell expert said.