Cornell's newest Rhodes Professor R. Spencer Wells has spent much of his career studying humankind's family tree and closing the gaps in the understanding of human migration. (July 31, 2009)
The Cornell Conference on Aging and the Environment was the beginning of a major new push to consider the effects of the aging population in the context of the environment. (July 31, 2009)
In a paper recently named one of the top 50 management articles of 2008, researchers say tailoring materials to different kinds of learners may improve on-the-job learning. (July 31, 2009)
Events at Cornell this week include a lecture by writer Joyce Carol Oates, Latin music on the Arts Quad, stargazing, films and an engineering symposium. (July 31, 2009)
In his third interactive webcast with Cornell alumni and friends, President David Skorton addressed the university's research goals, state funding and fiscal challenges. (July 30, 2009)
Cornell's Thinking Like a Scientist program shows that even second-graders can learn how to distinguish good from bad sources of information and the elements of sound experimental design. (July 30, 2009)
Cornell Silicon Valley gathered a group of about 100 alumni July 22 in Mountain View, Calif., to discuss possible solutions to a future punctuated by traffic congestion and environmental decline. (July 30, 2009)
Identifying cancer-causing genes is a major challenge, but now Cornell scientists have devised a technique using yeast cells to pinpoint cancer genes that may also be found in humans. (July 29, 2009)
A group of Cornell students are working day and night to get their full-size, fuel-efficient, plug-in hybrid vehicle ready for on-road testing Sept. 1 in preparation for the Automotive X Prize Competition. (July 29, 2009)
Staff and faculty members can now apply to the 2010 Child Care Grant Subsidy Program, which awards up to $5,000 a year, tax-free, to help pay for child care expenses. Application deadline is Sept. 4. (July 29, 2009)
While overseeing the second-largest college at Cornell for 10 years, Henry focused CALS activities on the land-grant mission, the applied social sciences, the environmental sciences and the new life sciences.
The inaugural class of new Master of Professional Studies programs in plant breeding and food science arrived at Cornell's Ithaca campus from India's Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in early June. (July 27, 2009)
