With the advent of genetics research, Eleanor Maccoby, professor emerita of psychology at Stanford University, revisited the classic developmental question of whether children are more influenced by nature or nurture.
Rebecca B. Robertson '82, a specialist in early-stage investment in medical devices and diagnostics, will deliver the annual Thorpe Lecture, sponsored by Cornell's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
A Nov. 4 symposium will honor the life and contributions of longtime Cornell professor Arch Dotson. The former Cornell Institute for Public Affairs director and professor of government died April 6 at age 85.
Donald P. Hayes, Cornell professor emeritus of sociology and developer of LEX, a scientific measure of the lexical difficulty of text, died at his Ithaca home Oct. 17.
The name was modified to reflect a model for social change activism that breaks the traditional us-versus-them approach and seeks to turn adversaries into allies.
Because men born in Qatar get an annual salary from birth, they are more apathetic toward education than women are, said Linda Finlay, who recently taught at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.
Cornell's emphasis on outreach to a wide range of farmers is now bringing science-based expertise to one of New York's most traditional farm communities: Amish families in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. (Oct. 13, 2006)
Dan Luo, whose work in nucleic acid engineering is changing the way scientists look at DNA, has garnered a prestigious 2006 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation. (Oct. 12, 2006)
President David Skorton detailed accomplishments, new initiatives and challenges as he led Cornell's leadership on virtual tours of the university in the present day and in 2015 during his first State of the University Address.
John V. Murra, whose pioneering research on the Incas transformed historical understanding of pre and post-Columbian Andean social systems, was a member of the Cornell faculty from 1968 to 1982.
