Daniel Cohn-Bendit's Nov. 11 talk, "Quo vadis Europe: the Franco-German Dialogue in the European Community," is the advance keynote presentation for "Franco-German Relations and the New Europe," Nov. 19. (November 9, 2005)
The first rounds of interviews by the Presidential Search Committee are nearing completion. One of the members of the committee is Juris Hartmanis, the W.R. Read Professor Emeritus in Engineering and Computer Science. (November 9, 2005)
Peace-building in Colombia, the lessons learned from the Vietnam War, aiding sustainability in developing countries and opportunities in international internships, study and research are among the topics of Cornell University events marking International Education Week, Nov. 14-18. (November 9, 2005)
The Scientist magazine announced that Cornell ranks 10th in its survey of the best places in the United States for life scientists to work in academia. And Foreign Policy said Cornell offered the 10th best education in the country for students interested in pursuing an international relations career in academia. (November 07, 2005)
Cornell University President Hunter R. Rawlings will be heading to China Nov. 14 for a four-day trip to Beijing. He plans to sign an official partnership agreement with Peking University (formalizing Cornell's newest academic major, China and Asia-Pacific studies), deliver a keynote address at the 2005 Beijing Forum and participate in an engineering workshop with Tsinghua University. (November 07, 2005)
What's needed as a corrective to harmful self-interest is principled leadership that cares about the greater good, says Cornell University's Clint Sidle, author of "The Leadership Wheel: Five Steps for Achieving Individual and Organizational Greatness."
Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation's first Greek collegiate organization established by black students at Cornell in 1906, will prepare for its centennial with a pilgrimage to Cornell on Saturday, Nov. 19.
A new exhibition, "Will Boys Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art," now through Jan. 8 at the Johnson Museum, explores, deconstructs and redefines "boy-ness" as a socially determined identity. (November 04, 2005)
NEW YORK (November 3, 2005) -- A toxic gas appears to speed neurological decline in mice bred to mimic Alzheimer's disease, and inhibiting the production of this gas -- called nitric oxide -- led to dramatic slowdowns in the rodents' disease-related brain damage, according to a new study by researchers at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Sir Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, a central figure in Botswana's remarkable transformation and its former president, spoke at Cornell on Oct. 31 about the development of sustainable leadership in Africa as part of the Institute for African Development's Special Speaker Series. (November 03, 2005)
What does it take to make a television show No. 1? About 28 million viewers and two Cornell graduates, among other things. Carol Mendelsohn, A.B. '73, is executive producer and showrunner of "CSI," and Naren Shankar, B.S. '84, engineering, M.S. '87 and Ph.D. '90, applied physics, is co-showrunner. (November 2, 2005)
