The arguments we have throughout our lives help form our ethical consciousness, anthropologist Webb Keane said in his Nov. 9 Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture. (Nov. 23, 2010)
Six seniors have just wrapped up their playing careers as the class with the most wins in Cornell field hockey history. Over four years, they compiled a 41-22 record overall and 20-8 in the Ivy League. (Nov. 23, 2010)
M.H. 'Mike' Abrams, Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, discussed the four dimensions of six poems by poets ranging from Emily Dickinson to A.R. Ammons at a lecture Nov. 18. (Nov. 22, 2010)
The reaccreditation team seeks comments on a draft report that describes Cornell's programs and assesses how well those programs accomplish the university's goals and meet accreditation standards.
Cornell researchers will develop a tool to knock out genes in maize and will sequence wild rice genes, identify their functions and insert key genes into cultivated lines for breeders. (Nov. 22, 2010)
An architecture firm hired to improve the safety of gorge bridges has assessed the conditions on each bridge and laid out an approach for the project. (Nov. 22, 2010)
A symposium at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, N.C. celebrated the work of Cornell's A.R. 'Archie' Ammons, the late Goldwin Smith Professor of Poetry who also was a Wake Forest alumnus. (Nov. 22, 2010)
A special town-gown tribute to Cornell's women's ice hockey, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation, is slated for Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. at Lynah Rink, when Cornell takes on ECAC rival Clarkson. (Nov. 19, 2010)
Professor Karl Pillemer is the receipient of the Lawton Award from the Gerontological Society of America for his work on improving the lives of older adults in nursing homes and community settings. (Nov. 19, 2010)
Campaign co-chairs Jan Rock Zubrow '77 and Stephen Ashley '62, MBA '64, announced the milestone Nov. 18 at 'Cornell on the Charles,' an event attended by hundreds of Boston-area Cornellians. (Nov. 18, 2010)
President David Skorton and alumni Rob Dyson and Howard Milstein have been named by Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo to a transition team charged with finding the best minds to lead New York's economic revitalization. (Nov. 18, 2010)
