It took a humanist to lasso the talents of Cornell lawyers, engineers, development sociologists and others to teach a new graduate course, 'Water and Culture in the Mediterranean: a Crisis?' (March 13, 2007)
Stimulus funding will enhance Cornell's e-print arXiv of scientific papers to help users identify a work's main concepts, see research reports in context and easily find related work. (Nov. 17, 2009)
Stepping onto the sixth floor of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, it was evident something of note was taking place. Flowers adorned tables beset with hors d'oeuvres. The buzz of students, faculty and staff filled the room. …
Forty alumni from the Cornell in Honduras trips in the 1960s will reconnect June 13-14 after all these years to reminisce and reflect on how the trips impacted their personal and professional lives. (June 3, 2010)
Cornell researchers found that as few as three 'co-locations' on a photo-sharing site could predict that two people were socially connected. The results have implications for online privacy. (Dec. 8, 2010)
The showcase exhibiting eight brains from Cornell's Wilder Brain Collection on the second floor of Uris Hall has been redesigned, restaged and relighted, thanks to the volunteer efforts of two undergraduate students, Bernadette…
The government of India has named Cornell economist Kaushik Basu as its new chief economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance. He will be on leave from Cornell for two years, beginning in December. (Nov. 5, 2009)
NEW YORK -- To shut one's eyes was to be transported back to a dark table in a corner of the El Morocco nightclub during the late 1930s. The mournful yet soaring opening of "Rhapsody in Blue," played by jazz virtuoso Al Gallodoro…
"Time and a Chair," an exhibit of historic photographs depicting ordinary Americans posing in chairs in remote parts of the country from 1840 to 1940, is on display until Aug. 29.
Two campus musical ensembles explored their different cultural and religious traditions together in collaborative performances supported by Cornell's Breaking Bread Initiative. (March 25, 2009)