Tall tales writ large adorn the walls of the Johnson Museum's lower gallery, where the story cloths of Bali hang like a collage clipped from a giant graphic novel. Indeed these embroideries represent narratives of epic…
Temple Grandin, renowned designer of humane livestock facilities and associate professor of animal science at Colorado State University, will speak on "Animal Behavior, Autism and Welfare Auditing," Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m…
NEW YORK -- The year got off to a furious start for Cornellians in the Big Apple. Events relating to art, music, theater and work were just a few of the offerings during January.
Making winter break work
Undergraduate and…
A decade ago, when some of Wolfgang Sachse's graduate students began to dance tango, they invited him to watch. He brought his camera. "I was intrigued by what I saw: the connection between two persons moving beautifully through…
Like the spiders she studies, Linda Rayor -- senior research associate of arthropod behavior at Cornell -- spins webs. Her webs, however, aren't to snag prey but to capture the scientific imagination of people of all ages. Using…
NEW YORK -- Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) are partnering with Lockheed Martin to develop a computerized system to help hospitals nationwide plan for and deal with mass casualties from disasters such…
With no known enemies in North America, two types of invasive vines are growing rampant in forests and fields, threatening reforestation, fragile butterfly populations and bird habitats.
NEW YORK -- At an unusual international labor conference in New York City, Feb. 9-11, trade unionists and scholars will strategize about the role of the labor movement in a globalized world.
"Global Companies-Global Unions…
To give consumers low- and no-cost energy tips to save money, Cornell Cooperative Extensions associations offered more than 335 free workshops in 30 counties in New York state. Another 135 workshops are scheduled for the upcoming months.
John W. Kronik, professor emeritus of Spanish literature in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University, died Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. He was 74.
Kronik joined the Cornell faculty in 1966 from the University of…
You wouldn't think a plant pathology text with the title "Diseases of Trees and Shrubs" could double as a coffee-table book. But given its subject matter, the handsomely designed and revised second edition of Wayne A. Sinclair's…
