Edward M. Scolnick, president of Merck Research Laboratories (MRL) and executive vice president for science and technology of MRL's parent, Merck & Co. Inc., will give a public talk, Wednesday, April 3.
What do the New York state apparel industry, the Czech Republic, Vermont home knitters and Cornell have in common? Answer: Suzanne Loker, professor of textiles and apparel.
Michael Malin, a world- renowned geomorphologist and Mars expert, will present a talk at Cornell Oct. 13 on the latest discoveries made by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Malin's talk, hosted by the Cornell astronomy department.
Four-time National Poetry Slam champion Taylor Mali will be the featured artist for the Lauren Pickard '90 Emerging Artist Series Monday, April 12, at Cornell University. His performance is free and open to the public. A noted poet, playwright and former sixth-grade teacher who has appeared in two seasons of HBO's "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry," Mali will bring his humorous, provocative, full-body poetry assault to the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room beginning at 7:30 p.m. (April 1, 2004)
The emerging field of nanobiotechnology could hasten the creation of useful ultra-small devices that mimic living biological systems - if only biologists knew more about nanotechnology and engineers understood more biology.
A group of 10 alumni and 25 historic preservation and planning students went to prison in April -- for a work weekend at the Eastern State Penitentiary complex in Philadelphia. (May 30, 2007)
"One year, I took a map of the [state] fairgrounds and colored in all the 4-H exhibits," said Celeste Carmichael, the 4-H youth development program specialist who has helped coordinate Cornell-related 4-H events at the Great New…
Grammy Award-winning artist Richard Smallwood, singing with the choir Vision, will headline the 22nd Annual Festival of Black Gospel at Cornell Feb. 20 to 22.
For the seventh time since their arrival as members of Cornell's music faculty, Karlton E. Hester and Roberto Sierra each have garnered an award from the American Society of Composers, Publishers and Authors (ASCAP).