The library has acquired more than 100 items from the latter half of the 19th and the 20th centuries; items include sashes and fabrics printed with presidential portraits and scarves that were souvenirs from World Fairs.
With more than 43,000 applications for admission to the Class of 2018, the highest number of freshman applications in university history, Cornell's prospective undergraduates are diverse and academically strong, while admissions have become more selective.
Cornell's three-wheeled vehicle shows what it would be like to ride a bike in zero gravity and offers insights into the design of narrow, leaning vehicles proposed to ease traffic congestion.
'Cyberasociality' (inability or unwillingness to relate to others via social media) is the new dyslexia, sociologists say: a kind of online motion sickness.
Gavriel Shapiro, professor of comparative and Russian literature, will talk about his new book about the unusual harmony between Vladimir Nabokov and his father April 10 at 4:45 p.m. in in 106G Olin Library.
A permanent exhibit of simple black silhouettes of North and South American birds now graces the white north wall of the visitor’s center at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Sarah Brubacher McDonald, MBA ’99, chief of staff to the president of eBay, energized a mostly female Johnson event in New York City March 21, offering tips on career planning and success in technology businesses.
Cornell Dining chefs worked with national celebrity Chef Jet Tila this week, learning principles and subtle techniques in Thai cuisine that they can use in their own cooking at Cornell.
Soda taxes and beverage portion size restrictions were unpalatable to the 1,319 U.S. adults questioned in a 2012 survey as part of a study reported online March 10 in the journal Preventive Medicine.
Paul Streeter, assistant dean for finance and administration at the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named Cornell’s new vice president for budget and planning, effective April 1.
Cornell researchers have discovered five new species of a group of bacteria called Listeria – including one named for Cornell, providing new insights that could lead to better ways to detect the soil bacteria in food.
