Cornell and the Africana Studies and Research Center are co-sponsoring a major international conference, 'Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan,' at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 21-22. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Cornell scientists have received a $2.19 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for developing a portable X-ray detector, which will serve as a novel set of 'eyes' for observing dynamic matter. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Alumni experts and several faculty members addressed 470 Cornellians and friends April 30 at the "A New Wave of Innovation" event, in Mountain View, Calif.
Whether the European Union or Asia will reign as the global regional power was a focus of a panel discussion to celebrate a new Cornell student journal, the Cornell International Affairs Review. (Feb. 15, 2008)
While serving in the New York State Senate, Ezra Cornell met Andrew Dickson White of Syracuse. At the time, Cornell was the oldest member of the Senate and White the youngest. (May 10, 2007)
Out of chaos, control: Cornell molecular biologists have discovered how a protein called PARP-1 binds to genes and regulates their expression across the human genome. (Feb. 7, 2008)
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded a $1.86 million grant to Cornell's Peace Studies Program to provide additional research and training in science and security studies.
Historian Richard Polenberg and five other faculty members gave New Student Reading Project lectures Aug. 21, on E.L. Doctorow's historical novel 'Homer and Langley.' (Aug. 23, 2011)
Library employee Tom Cotton brought back an American flag that had flown over his base in Kuwait as a way of thanking Cornell Library for supporting him during his nine months of active duty. (Oct. 16, 2008)