Next April, Cornell virologist Karel Schat will be traveling to Australia to spend a total of six months at a high-security disease center to study a gene change in the avian flu virus and to test if this mutation is increasing the virus's virility. (November 01, 2005)
Comedian Whoopi Goldberg joked about aging, current politics and even poverty during her performance Oct. 28, during Cornell's First-Year Family Weekend. (November 01, 2005)
A combination of hard work, revisions of earlier writings, coincidence and swift turnarounds in publication led to Shawkat Toorawa's remarkable coup of four books in one academic year (November 01, 2005)
Cornell agronomist Jane Mt. Pleasant joins the likes of Maya Angelou, Bill Gates, Andy Goldsworthy, Wes Jackson, Yo-Yo Ma and E.O. Wilson as one of "35 People Who Made a Difference in the World" in the November 2005 issue of Smithsonian Magazine. (November 1, 2005)
More than 6,000 county residents -- about 9 percent -- are living below the poverty line, based on numbers provided by the Tompkins County planning department. (November 01, 2005)
Harold Craighead, professor of applied and engineering physics, and research assistant Rob Ilic have their research featured in the 2006 edition of 'The Guinness Book of World Records.'
'Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions and Other Many-Legged Creatures' by Cornell's Thomas and Maria Eisner and Emory University's Melody Siegler.
Spain's Ballet Flamenco José Porcel will perform traditional flamenco and modern works set to live music Thursday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre in Ithaca. The show is presented by the Cornell Concert Series.
Richard Wesley, J.D. '74, jurist-in-residence at Cornell Law School, was on campus Oct. 23 through 27 telling Cornell law students how rewarding the job of a law clerk can be.
The artist who gave the world its first glimpse of prehistoric life in 3-D and living color is the subject of a new special exhibition at the Museum of the Earth.
