Twenty-seven students from Brazil have arrived on campus for a year of study in engineering, life sciences, film and other fields, as part of an initiative funded by the Brazilian government.
Cornell researchers have peered into the complex network of receptors that give bacteria the ability to sense their environment and respond to chemical changes as small as 1 part in 1,000.
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)
Native writers, storytellers and filmmakers from across the country will meet at Cornell University April 2-3 for the third annual Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Conference.
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar and political activist, will deliver a talk, 'Peace in the Middle East: Who Needs It?' Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public. (Sept. 11, 2007)
A new initiative on Sustainability Via the Humanities and Arts will foster new collaborations between scientists and humanists, working on climate change, energy and other research areas. (Feb. 3, 2011)
Three Cornell faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They were among 159 new Fellows and 26 foreign honorary members to be elected.
Every wound requires biomaterials to close it. A new book provides comprehensive information on state-of-the-art, innovative biomaterials, devices and techniques used in wound closure.
Cornell teams placed first, fifth and 18th out of 51 teams at the 2009 ACM Greater New York regional programming contest; the first-place team will compete in the international finals. (Nov. 19, 2009)
A Cornell sophomore who allegedly stabbed a visiting Union College student on West Campus Feb. 18 has been indicted for a hate crime assault by a Tompkins County grand jury.
Tompkins County District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson…