An annual rite of spring on the Cornell campus is the screening of student films. This year, there's some Mike Figgis, Quentin Tarentino, Silence of the Lambs, a tip of the hat to Disney and plenty of action to make audiences…
Barclay G. Jones, Cornell professor of city and regional planning and regional science who was a noted expert on protecting historic structures from earthquake damage and on the social and economic devastation of national disasters, died May 26 at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, N.Y.
That alliance is the theme of a conference that will be held at Cornell April 11-13, titled "History and Memory: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference." All programs are free and open to the public and will be held in the A.D. White House.
In September at the United Nations, President Clinton and leaders of four other superpowers signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, prohibiting the testing of nuclear devices around the globe. As of January, 140 nations had signed on.
The New York City tech campus is generating interest - and questions - from around the community. Tech campus proposal leaders will answer questions at a forum Feb. 3, and the Chronicle periodically will run an FAQ. (Jan. 26, 2012)
The Cornell University Institute for Animal Welfare has been established to foster discussion and research on issues concerning animals in agriculture, laboratories and the wild.
There's mystery afoot in Cornell's Human Biology Laboratory, where an X-Files clock hangs on the wall and every drawer is filled with human bones or the special instruments used to measure them.
Trying to cope with red flashing lights on green moving objects, the human visual system is tricked into revealing where yellow -- and all other colors -- apparently are composed: in the visual cortex of the brain.
Infrared measurements of Comet Hale-Bopp by Cornell and NASA investigators are yielding valuable clues about the makeup of the celestial visitor and, perhaps, the origins of the solar system.
The New York state apparel manufacturing industry ships $3.9 billion worth of apparel goods each year and employs more than 87,000 workers. A tip sheet on research and outreach conducted by the apparel faculty at Cornell.