Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) will host a National Transit Institute Fellows Workshop and the Federal Transit Administration's Advanced Public Transportation Systems Mobile Showcase.
Cornell's contract colleges will hold an Open House for prospective freshman students Saturday, Oct. 20, and a Transfer Day for prospective undergraduate transfer students Friday, Nov. 2.
Familiarity breeds contempt. Nonfamiliarity produces seed. Just as humans have a natural aversion toward marrying kin, some food crop plants have genes that allow them to avoid being fertilized by 'self-related' pollen.
The Rev. Kenneth I. Clarke, formerly director of the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs at the Pennsylvania State University, has been named director of Cornell United Religious Work (CURW).
Buckle up, Cornellians. During the week of Sept. 7 - 16, law enforcement agencies throughout the state, including the Cornell Police, will be participating in the "Buckle Up New York" campaign coordinated by the New York State Police.
The day will come when people will be screened for hundreds of diseases through a simple blood test if the vision of the newest faculty recruit under the Strategic Plan for Research at Weill Cornell Medical College is fulfilled.
Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, will hold two lectures among other events during his first campus visit to Cornell.
While unemployment payments can help protect recipients against health deterioration during forced unemployment, welfare benefits don't, finds an international study by a Cornell University epidemiologist.
Terrill Cool, professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell, has been awarded $354,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a three-year study of combustion chemistry.
Christopher Ober, professor of materials science and engineering at Cornell, has been awarded a $1.3 million, four-year grant by the National Science Foundation to produce and study polymer microphotonics.
