Cornell soon will be putting its electronics expertise to work as part of a national consortium of seven universities chosen to take part in an ambitious national semiconductor research effort.
The move of the Johnson Graduate School of Management into its new location in Cornell's venerable Sage Hall marks a milestone in adaptive reuse of historic buildings. The project team was led by The Hillier Group of Princeton, N.J.
Motorists and bicyclists on the Cornell campus will be greeted by a pleasant (and smooth) surprise this week. Tower Road, a main east-west route through the heart of campus, is opening ahead of schedule on its summer construction projects.
As economic models go, this one from Cornell could please most political palates: It offers great mileage and moderate taxes. One of the measures the U.S. Senate will consider when it takes up the environmental changes called for in an international treaty aimed at reducing global warming.
For more than 10 years, from 1948 until 1959, renowned author Vladimir Nabokov taught at Cornell. Cornell will keep the Nabokov presence on its campus very much alive this fall by sponsoring a Nabokov Centenary Festival.
A Cornell official today reacted to the announcement that Beverly Enterprises Inc. has dropped its appeal to reinstate a libel suit against Cornell labor professor Kate Bronfenbrenner by stating that the lawsuit had "no basis in law or fact."
An all-family adventure -- orienteering with map and compass through Cornell Plantations' F.R. Newman Arboretum -- is planned from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, at Cornell.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- An all-family adventure -- orienteering with map and compass through Cornell Plantations' F.R. Newman Arboretum -- is planned from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, August 30, at Cornell University. Admission to the "Explore the Arboretum" event is free to all who register a week in advance. Admission the day of the event is $5 per family. Families may begin the course anytime between 1 and 4 p.m. The orienteering course starts at a tent at the arboretum ponds. The event is sponsored by the Class of 1940 gift to Plantations and the Central New York Orienteering Chapter.
Plants of China and Japan, foods of South America, tree rings of the Mediterranean and gardens of New England are among the topics for this fall's free Wednesday night lecture series sponsored by Cornell Plantations at Cornell.
Carol L. Anderson, associate director of Cornell Cooperative Extension, was installed as the president-elect of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) at the association's annual meeting in Atlanta earlier this month.
