Liberation, not equality, should be the goal of social justice, asserted Amber Hollibaugh, an activist for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in Cornell's Lewis auditorium, March 4.
Afif Safieh, the Palestine Liberation Organization representative to the United States, advocated intervention from the U.S. and others outside the Middle East to resolve the region's problems. (March 5, 2008)
By studying what were once pockets of hot, melted rock 13 kilometers deep in the Earth's crust 55 million years ago, Cornell scientists are able to explain how granulite, a major component of continental crust, is formed. (March 5, 2008)
Assistant Professor Rafael Pass has received a five-year, $450,000 award from the National Science Foundation to conduct research that could lead to secure online voting systems and improved Internet security overall. (March 5, 2008)
A portion of Hoy Road, from the Dwyer Dam Bridge (Dryden Road and Route 366) to the parking garage entrance, will be closed to all vehicular beginning May 27 through the summer for road work. (March 5, 2008)
A fifth-century mosaic of a lioness attacking an ibex, donated to Cornell by M.H. (Mike) Abrams, now graces the entrance of Goldwin Smith Hall, where Abrams wrote his acclaimed books of literary criticism.
Cornell food experts debated whether buying and eating more local food is worth it in terms of nutrition, emissions, food safety and land efficiency at a panel discussion, Feb. 28 in Emerson Hall. (March 4, 2008)
National Book Award-winning novelist and short story writer Denis Johnson hosted nine Cornell undergraduates enrolled in his seminar at a staged reading of his play 'Des Moines,' Feb. 29 at The Flea Theater in Manhattan. (March 4, 2008)
Two new courses for food science and undergraduate business majors teach leadership and team-building skills with help from Cornell's Team and Leadership Center. (March 4, 2008)
Representatives from the American Physical Society were on campus March 1 to unveil a plaque in Rockefeller Hall, where the Physical Review journal was first published by Cornell physicists in 1893.
About 80 girls from the Girl Scouts Seven Lakes Council learned about science March 1 when Cornell's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team presented 'Science is All Around Us' in Phillips Hall.
The global food system is in disarray: Prices of fuel and food are skyrocketing; weather is wreaking havoc; and subsidies are misdirected. There is an urgent need for new policy priorities, says Per Pinstrup-Andersen in a Cornell Perspectives piece. (March 3, 2008)
