A new study finds that who we perceive as responsible for fixing the digital divide - those with and without Internet access - depends on how the issue is presented. (March 29, 2011)
Alice Fulton, the Ann S. Bowers Professor of English, is one of eight recipients to receive the 2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. The award will be presented to her in May. (March 29, 2011)
Three English M.F.A. alumni have earned praise for their first novels. Two of the authors, Tea Obreht and Alexi Zentner, both M.F.A. '09, will give a joint reading April 4 at the Cornell Store. (March 29, 2011)
Professor Mary Beth Norton will discuss her new book, 'Separated by Their Sex: Women in Public and Private in the Colonial Atlantic World,' April 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Cornell Store Book Department. (March 29, 2011)
As part of a Getting to Know Europe outreach project via Cornell, students at South Seneca Middle School are 'e-pals' with Polish and Slovakian students and using their art motifs in their own work. (March 29, 2011)
Historian Barry Strauss separated myth from reality regarding the warrior Spartacus and contrasted ancient and modern military tactics used during insurgencies in a March 28 lecture in Manhattan. (March 29, 2011)
For those who enjoy nature shows as well as Godzilla movies, a new TV series starring Cornell entomologist Linda Rayor is right up their alley. The Science Channel's 'Monster Bug Wars' begins March 29. (March 28, 2011)
Cornell researchers have discovered a gene that boosts the risk of colon cancer in laboratory mice when their diets are inadequate in folate, a B vitamin. The study is published in Cancer Research. (March 28, 2011)
Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle, this year's Hans A. Bethe lecturer, will give a free, public lecture, 'When Freezing Cold Is Not Cold Enough,' April 13 in Rockefeller Hall's Schwartz Auditorium. (March 28, 2011)
Fifteen students turned their lessons learned about invasive species into artwork that will be on display for the month of April at the Cornell Plantations' Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center. (March 28, 2011)
Even urban dwellers are hopping on the agribusiness boom. In response, Cornell is holding workshops, including one in New York City, on how to start a small dairy processing operation. (March 28, 2011)
On March 23 Cornell held a Library Salon at Lighthouse International in Manhattan that focused on the 1911 Triangle factory fire and the ILR School's Kheel Center collection and website about the fire. (March 28, 2011)
