Sir Quett Ketumile Masire, former president of Botswana, will visit campus Oct. 31 and give an evening address. Masire's talk, at 6:30 p.m. in the Biotechnology Building conference hall.
The most detailed analysis to date of how humans differ from one another at the DNA level shows strong evidence that natural selection has shaped the recent evolution of our species, according to researchers from Cornell University, Celera Genomics and Celera Diagnostics.
Understanding how the avian flu virus enters and infects a cell may lead to new vaccines and antiviral drugs that will be critical if a virulent form of bird flu jumps to humans.
With an intense focus on acculturation through language learning, its semester-long externships to Washington, D.C. and Beijing and its rigorous programming, the China and Asia-Pacific Studies program is unlike any major at Cornell or anywhere else.
A gift from Michael Zak '75 helped launch Cornell's China and Asian Pacific Studies (CAPS) program, which enrolled its first students this fall. As an undergraduate Zak studied Mandarin and Asian culture in addition to his engineering courses.
Jeff Lehman, who resigned June 30 as Cornell's 11th president in June, was honored, along with his wife, Kathy, by Cornell faculty at an Oct. 14 farewell ceremony.
A diverse group of 120 Cornell students visited UN headquarters in New York City on Sept. 30, some of them international by citizenship, others by birth and yet others by academic interests.
A common soil bacteria can 'smell' a wound on plants like roses and wine grapevines, which triggers the microbes to copy their DNA many times over and insert them into plant cells, causing tumors associated with crown gall disease, according to new research.
The Cornell Council for the Arts has announced the winners for three awards: 2005-06 Edward R. Murray Scholarship, Undergraduate Student Artist Award and Distinguished Alumni Award.
