British historian and Merrill Family Visiting Professor Andrew Roberts gives a public lecture in defense of Winston Churchill’s legacy, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in 196 Statler Hall.
A study of an early retirement incentive given to teachers in Illinois in the 1990s shows that although early retirement incentives lead to the replacement of experienced educators with novice teachers, they do not result in reduced student test scores.
Researchers have developed a brain-machine interface that adjusts the anesthetic infusion rate to control the level of brain activation in a medically induced coma.
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
Sun-Uk Kim, president of Ewha Womans University in South Korea, delivered the Law School's Clarke Lecture Oct. 21 and also signed a memorandum of understanding with Cornell.
A.O. Scott, chief film critic for The New York Times, will give the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture Nov. 7 on campus and introduce "Sweet Smell of Success" Nov. 6.
“India: The Story of Growth, Democracy and ‘Soft Power’” will be the topic when Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, consul general of India in New York and that country’s representative to the United Nations, speaks 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at Cornell.
