A Feb. 10 panel discussion, part of 'Darwin Days' events marking the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth, provided perspectives on what race meant to Darwin and what it means to evolutionary biologists today. (Feb. 11, 2009)
Martin Bernal, author of 'Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classic Civilization,' continues to take his lead from late 18th-century Western scholars who looked to Egypt -- not Greece -- as the root of ancient culture. (Oct. 18, 2007)
The Cornell Board of Trustees recently elected three new trustee fellows and re-elected three at-large trustees, one trustee from the field of agriculture and two trustee fellows.
A significant gift from a Cornell Law School alumnus has helped transform an ordinary classroom in Myron Taylor Hall into a fully wired and equipped high-tech facility. The Harriet Stein Mancuso '73 Amphitheater.
The Ithaca Downtown Partnership, in conjunction with Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins-Cortland Community College, is sponsoring a new, annual event — College and Community Expo — on the Ithaca Commons this weekend.
Cornell's first Summer Institute of the Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative, held June 16-20, explored how Cornell could restructure its curriculum and help students access information. (June 20, 2008)
Challenge Industries has begun operation of the state-of-the-art Cornell Hydroponics Facility, an 8,000-square-foot greenhouse using Cornell-developed technology to grow lettuce.
When a beam of X-rays is fired through a crystallized protein sample, the beam is scattered into a pattern that depends on the arrangement of atoms in the crystal. By decoding that pattern, experts can find the arrangement of the atoms and the shape of the protein molecule.
A group of Cornell graduate students has formed a consulting firm to find ways to relocate a camp of earthquake survivors to a better site and secure permanent new housing opportunities. (March 18, 2010)