Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization, was the keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Global Land Grabbing at Cornell Oct. 17-19.
In a campus lecture, John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist for NPR, PBS and Al-Jazeera, explained how and why Greece is on the brink of bankruptcy. (Oct. 23, 2012)
From studies on the vocal organs to how foreclosures have impacted racial integration, social science research at Cornell just got a boost from the university's Institute for the Social Sciences. (Oct. 22, 2012)
Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Rick Santorum debated a range of issues in their program, 'The Role of Government in a Free Society,' Oct. 18 in Bailey Hall. (Oct. 19, 2012)
Alumnus Doug Usher, a professional pollster, discussed the upcoming election and noted that the eventual victor will have to win Colorado, Ohio and Virginia. (Oct. 19, 2012)
Social misfits, rejoice. You might be more like Steve Jobs, Lady Gaga and Albert Einstein than you realize, if rejection boosts your creativity, reports a new Cornell study. (Oct. 17, 2012)
Children who are poor from the time they are born through age two are twice as likely to suffer from arthritis and high blood pressure when they grow up, according to a new Cornell study. (Oct. 17, 2012)
At 15 low-income schools spread across six New York state counties, elementary students are growing fruits and vegetables - and their minds, with Cornell's help. (Oct. 17, 2012)
