Between the voter and the candidate stands the machine. The voting machine, that is. In a presidential race where every vote counts, how those votes are getting counted is the subject of increasing public scrutiny.
Events on campus this week include a tech industry career fair, a conference honoring Mary Beth Norton, a lecture on serving global healthcare, and an epic Turkish film. (Sept. 27, 2012)
After a quick introduction by Peter Lepage, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell professor of psychology Tom Gilovich began his Reunion Weekend lecture on "The Fallibility of Everyday Thinking," June 9, with a…
Cornell is announcing the first winter program of the Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST), a project of the Cornell Public Service Center. POST is an opportunity for students to participate in hands-on community service, learn about the Ithaca community and make a group of new friends.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $250,000 grant to Cornell University to boost the marketing infrastructure for lambs and goats in the Northeast. The initial project, which runs to July 2002.
The news was met with cheers from supporters on two continents. After months of negotiations, Cornell and Technion's proposal was announced the winner of a bid to build a groundbreaking campus in New York City.
After stops at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., galleries in Boston, Charlotte, N.C., and Florence, Italy, and two weeks at Ithaca College's Handwerker Gallery, the artist Jason Dilley's startling exhibit on the faces and voices of AIDS, Project Face to Face, will open at the art gallery in Willard Straight Hall.
The materials and technology of the 21st century will be under examination when a major industrial research conference, the 11th annual Polymer Outreach Program symposium, is held at Cornell University May 22 and 23.