A collective sigh of relief could be heard around the corridors of Cornell's Space Sciences Building late Tuesday night when the Mars Odyssey spacecraft went into orbit around Mars.
Cornell has received support from Microsoft Corp. to develop and test new technology that could help protect computers from viruses and other malicious code downloaded from the Internet.
A lush, tasty squash with cream-color skin and forest-green stripes, named Cornell's Bush Delicata, has been named a 2002 All-America Selection (AAS), a seed-industry award. It is the first Cornell-developed variety to win the prestigious award in 39 years.
Some 150 scholars of Asia will convene at Cornell University Oct. 26 and 27 for the New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS). The conference is open to the public, but registration is required.
The stuff your doctor used to write down on a file card now goes into the doctor's computer, and is probably shared with your HMO. The same sort of thing is happening with your school and employment records.
The effects of childhood family disruptions -- such as parental divorce, long-term separation from biological parents, parental abandonment and foster care -- can reverberate into later life, says a Cornell sociologist.
Harold A. Scheraga, one of the world's most eminent and widely published chemists and the George W. and Grace L. Todd Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell.
Charles S. ReVelle, a professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, will present a seminar, 'The Design of Nature Reserves -- an Eco-Informatics Discipline in Development.'
America's major research universities have enjoyed a long period of unprecedented success, but they are facing a rapidly changing environment in which higher education is becoming deregulated and subject to ever-increasing scrutiny, writes Frank H.T. Rhodes in his new book.
