To honor Cornell’s research role in the Cassini spacecraft’s achievements, the Department of Astronomy will hold a community farewell celebration Sept. 15.
A hot hand may be hokum: Cornell researchers have examined the concept of “winning momentum” with varsity college hockey teams, and they conclude that momentum advantages don’t exist, says a new study in the journal Economics Letters.
Events on campus this week include A.D. White Professor-at-Large Hélène Cixous, a student research symposium, a lecture on saving the planet, witchcraft films and a poster exhibition, and an international organ competition.
Cornell ushers in a new era of disease diagnosis and prevention Oct. 1 with the opening of the state-of-the-art New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to monitor human and animal disease. (Sept. 29, 2010)
Veterinarian Alfonso Torres is co-leading the charge to increase the number of veterinarians around the world who are familiar with animal diseases that could threaten the health of livestock and poultry globally.
The 2014-15 Civic Leader Fellows will present their projects Friday, Sept. 11, at 3:30 p.m. at 102 Mann Library. The fellowship helps community leaders, students and faculty solve community needs.
In response to a number of reports of sexual assault and bias on campus in recent months, students and administrators have been working together on new initiatives aimed at educating the campus and assisting victims. (Nov. 8, 2012)
Extension educators in New York City are changing the way that people at mosques, senior centers and soup kitchens eat by giving free nutrition workshops and sidewalk education.
Muna Ndulo, professor of law and director of the Institute for African Development, won the New York Africana Studies Association's 2012 Distinguished Africanist Award. (Jan. 24, 2012)
A new study finds growing racial inequality in the ability to remain a homeowner among African-Americans, due in part to deregulation legislation in the 1980s that have led to the subprime mortgage market.