Social science departments are too diffuse for the university to excel in the discipline and should strategically merges some units, according to task force findings discussed Dec. 1.
The rally, organized by Kyoto Now!, sought to raise awareness about water contamination from hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from the earth. (Dec. 2, 2009)
The Presidential Life Sciences Fellowships program is intended to help form integrative new disciplines within the life sciences and to expand and support students' interdisciplinary interests. (Dec. 1, 2009)
A new study helps untangle how marriage, gender and ethnicity are related to body weight. The study of almost 8,000 men and women will be published in the journal Obesity. (Dec. 1, 2009)
Cornell Cooperative Extension is on the front lines of educating citizens and communities about natural gas drilling into the Marcellus Shale. (Nov. 30, 2009)
A biosensor made from a common bacterium that can detect toxic metals in water won the Cornell Genetically Engineered Machines student project team a bronze medal at a recent competition. (Nov. 30, 2009)
How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socioeconomic class and gender, reports a new study. (Nov. 24, 2009)
