Birth control procedure carries heightened risk

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found that women who choose to be sterilized using surgical permanent birth control versus getting their tubes tied have a 10-fold risk of follow-up surgery.

Cornell conference confronts food security challenges

The second International Conference on Global Food Security held Oct. 11-14 at Cornell confronts elements of human welfare and environmental concerns connected with feeding billions more people.

Peter Lepage to lead education, innovation at Arts and Sciences

Peter Lepage, professor of physics and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the college’s first director of education innovation.

Misreading Frost, rethinking the lyric in new poetry books

In their new books, English professors Jonathan Culler and David Orr add to the field of poetry studies with a sweeping history of lyric poetry and a deep analysis of Robert Frost's most famous poem.

Physicist's experiments resolve nature of neutrinos

A profile of Peter Wittich, associate professor of physics, who works on neutrinos with ever larger teams of scientists at major international research facilities such as Fermilab and CERN.

N.Y. boosts funding to $7 million for Food Venture Center

The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station will receive a total of $7 million from New York state to foster craft beer brewing, food testing and offer expanded technical training to farmers.

Al Jazeera VP to give Kops Freedom of the Press lecture

Amjad Atallah, executive vice president for content for Al Jazeera America and an expert on conflict, will deliver the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press lecture Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4:45 p.m.

'Bridge' fuel may escalate atmospheric greenhouse gas

While the EPA suggests a decline in measurable atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use in the United States, a Cornell scientist says the agency's computation may be in error.

High-profile lawyer David Boies to speak Oct. 22

David Boies, who helped engineer a major high court victory for same-sex marriage in 2013, will deliver a talk, "Litigation as a Tool of Social Change," Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.