Carol Graham of the Brookings Institution said that happiness and well-being are important factors to public policy, in speaking on campus Sept. 15. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Niklaus Largier, of the University of California-Berkeley, spoke on aesthetic experience and possibility in a College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture Sept. 13. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Architect Richard Meier '56, B.Arch. '57, and artist Frank Stella discussed their disciplines, their work and their friendship at the inaugural Eli Broad Lecture, Sept. 12, at the Morgan Library in Manhattan. (Sept. 19, 2011)
The term 'birdbrain' may take on new meaning as a Cornell study proves that the capacity for learning in birds is not linked to overall brain size, but to the relative size of their brain parts. (Sept. 19, 2011)
In honor of her husband and fellow ILR School graduate Joe Rich, Beth Florin endowed a professorship in his name to advance their shared love for the field of compensation. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Harold Scheraga, Cornell's Todd Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, will be honored with a symposium and room naming, in honor of his 90th birthday, Sept. 23-24. (Sept. 19, 2011)
The international symposium, 'Rice and Language Across Asia,' Sept. 22-25 on campus, will examine the relationships between crops, language and socio-cultural developments in early Southeast Asia. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Josh Tetrick '04, CEO and founder of 33needs, which allows people to invest in social enterprises around the globe, will deliver the 10th annual Iscol public service lecture Sept. 26. (Sept. 19, 2011)
New research finds that while subjects in a nationwide survey identified happiness as a goal, other goals - such as a higher income - may lead them to choose money over happiness. (Sept. 16, 2011)
Cornell Professors Itai Cohen, physics, and Bruce Lewenstein, science communication, discussed the excitement and challenges of the future of nanotechnology at the Science Cabaret downtown. (Sept. 16, 2011)
