Harold A. Scheraga, one of the world's most eminent and widely published chemists and the George W. and Grace L. Todd Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell.
The Cornell Interactive Theater Ensemble proves to be an 'extraordinary teaching resource' by helping Professor Carl Hopkins run a class discussion on responsible conduct in the biological sciences as part of a freshman biology course.
Members of the Cornell University Board of Trustees and Cornell University Council will arrive on campus Thursday, Oct. 18, for Cornell's annual Trustee/Council meeting.
Long before the so-called "lost generation" of 20th-century American writers in Paris unleashed their profound yet homesick talents on the world, two giants of 19th-century American letters had long since charted expatriate territory in body and soul.
Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D., assistant professor of education at Moorhead State University, Minn., will lecture on "Bandwagons, Band-Aids and Beliefs: Some Thoughts on the Efficacy of Special Education," on Sept. 30, at 4:30 p.m., Room 345, Warren Hall.
More than 80 percent of college undergraduate students are smart enough to take a nap and help restore their mental and physical powers, according to a survey of 802 Cornell psychology students.
CHICAGO -- Prominent national architects and city planners will lay out their visions of public places and private spaces in the 21st century at a conference, "Public Places, Private Spaces and People's Lives," in Chicago on Oct. 4-5 sponsored by the President's Council of Cornell Women, a Cornell University alumnae group. One of the highlights of the meeting will be a presentation by New York architect Jill Lerner, co-chair of the Civic Alliance Memorials Committee and the New York Visions Memorial Committee, an open process to develop a plan for the memorials at the World Trade Center site in New York. She will speak Friday afternoon on the debate over rebuilding the trade center or building a memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The conference also will address many other issues -- from urban development and public policy to America's new communities. (October 3, 2002)
"Fishy Business," "Itty Bitty Pictures" and "Plants Can Breathe" have one thing in common: they were a few of the many hands-on workshops at Expanding Your Horizons, an annual conference at Cornell that encourages girls in grades 7 to 9 to explore careers in science and technology.
Welfare reform provides New York state an opportunity to examine all its programs affecting families, children and work, but to benefit from that opportunity, programs need to be carefully planned and evaluated using state-of-the-art research, a Cornell expert said.
A scholarly reflection on the legacy of the late French philosopher Jacques Derrida titled "Literature and Democracy" will be held April 15 to 16 on the Cornell University campus. It is free and open to the public. Hosted by the Cornell Program in French Studies, the symposium brings together nine outstanding scholars in the fields of literature and literary theory -- Derrida's happy hunting grounds. (April 12, 2005)