A new one-credit course, The First American University, covers Cornell's history as a coeducational, nonsectarian institution and a multitude of factoids on Cornell lore.
Two educators discussed anti-sexism, masculinity, the role of violence in male culture and related issues March 9 in Call Auditorium in the third of a series of community forum events held on campus. (March 14, 2011)
MEDEX Global Solutions, a 24-hour travel emergency service, will protect Cornell travelers beginning March 18. It also provides medical assistance, medical and political evacuation and more. (March 10, 2011)
A herpetologist and a political scientist have won Luce scholarships to study in Asia for a year. The Luce Scholars Program began in 1974 to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders. (March 10, 2011)
Using a very fast oscilloscope, researchers have figured out how to quantify the strength of current-induced torque used to write information in memory devices called magnetic tunnel junctions. (March 9, 2011)
The new library Animal Legends exhibition opened with a lecture by Vice Provost Laura Brown on 'Love, Paradise, and the Rise of the Animal in English Literature,' March 4. (March 8, 2011)
At the Capital Poetics: Poetry and the Economic conference March 4, scholars discussed the relation of poetry to the political economy. (March 8, 2011)