Thomas J. Burr, Richard Durrett, Dexter Kozen, Sally McConnell-Ginet and John C. Schimenti have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Feb. 5, 2009)
Severe winter weather outbreaks are more likely due in part to the seemingly far-off problem of melting sea ice in the Arctic, according to Cornell earth scientists.
Laura Flanders, author and radio host on Air America, will present a lecture, "Gender Politics in the Age of Bush," on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. in Auditorium D, Goldwin Smith Hall on the campus. The event is sponsored by Students Acting for Gender Equality and by Mock Election 2004.
After more than a decade of planning, NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory completed its first three science flights Nov. 30, Dec. 3 and Dec. 7, carrying the Cornell-built FORCAST infrared camera. (Dec. 9, 2010)
Antigone goes prime time: WSKG-TV will broadcast a full-length performance of the Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance's fall 2003 production of Sophocles' Antigone.
A conference at Cornell June 3 included planners and architects, discussing how compact, walker- and biker-friendly communities with high-performance buildings would help the energy, climate crises. (June 16, 2011)
Delivering the meditation at the last Vespers service of the academic year in Sage Chapel, Provost Biddy Martin pondered endings, beginnings, education and the cognitive age. (May 5, 2008)
Cornell Professor Doug Antczak '69 discussed hybrids and chimeras, real and imagined, and how some myths are coming closer to reality with the help of modern science, June 9 during Reunion.
Cornell researchers have developed a tool that can predict - and thereby perhaps prevent - flash stock market crashes, such as the one that occurred May 6, 2010. (Dec. 1, 2010)
Results of a universitywide staff survey, faculty accomplishments and parting thoughts from the outgoing dean of the faculty were highlights of the open session of the board of trustees meeting, May 25.