Even after they have paired with a male, the female North American barn swallow still comparison-shops for sexual partners. And forget personality - females judge males by their looks: the reddish color of the males' breast and belly feathers.
Cornell University Library has worked hard to improve document delivery services, enabling users to access current and older materials at their place and time of convenience.
The Cornell Library Collaborative Learning Computer Laboratory, also known as (CL)3, in Uris Library marked its first anniversary in August. Approximately 10,000 users have taken advantage of the lab during public hours, and seven courses use the lab for all or some of their classes.
Faculty and staff advisers play an extremely important role in supporting Cornell's student organizations. It is a natural point of contact in which students can interact with and learn from faculty and staff around shared…
A team of Cornell researchers has been awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop advanced Web tools for social sciences research.
Sunday brunches in Appel Commons hosted by medieval studies professor Paul Hyams feature special guest speakers and students in informal conversation that, like the brunch buffet, is colorful, diverse and never less than filling.
Hand Buzz Spector a book, and there's a good chance he'll destroy it. Read a profile of the Cornell art professor and art department chair, who has meticulously torn the pages of hundreds of books to create cascading images within their bindings.
In an effort to enhance the university's diverse representation within nonacademic staff, the Office of Human Resources (OHR) has been working for the past year on a new initiative to increase recruitment and applicant tracking.
Cornell's Division of Nutritional Sciences is sponsoring a celebration symposium, The Changing Face of Human Nutrition: 1965-2005, to honor the career of Jean-Pierre Habicht.
Thomas Eisner, a world authority on animal behavior, ecology and evolution, is the winner of Rockefeller University's 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science
Cornell commemorated Constitution Day Friday, Sept. 23, with a discussion that challenged the modern interpretation of one of the living document's most fundamental tenets: the separation of church and state.
Cornell's Department of Materials Science and Engineering marked 40 years with a daylong symposium Sept. 20 titled 'Materials Science and Engineering in 2020.'
