For deans Michael Kotlikoff and Kathryn Boor, an opening day visit to the 2010 New York State Fair Aug. 26 was a welcome chance to relax, explore and reminisce. (Aug. 27, 2010)
Alumni Peter and Stephanie Nolan have endowed the David J. Nolan Directorship of the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell. Professor Loren Tauer will hold the position.
Cornell's Mark Bridgen has developed a new Inca lily, Tangerine Tango, that will be sold in 2010. Its orange, yellow blossoms, accented with brown and lime tint flecks, lasts two weeks in a vase.
Civil rights activists Andrew Young, Vincent Harding and Dorothy Cotton will speak at the first Dorothy Cotton Institute Gala Dinner Tuesday, Dec. 10, when the three will receive Martin Luther King Jr. Awards from the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Law professor Laura Underkuffler's new book, "Captured By Evil: The Idea of Corruption in Law,” tackles a concept hitherto largely unexplored in legal scholarship.
Art historian Benjamin Anderson's book "Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art" compares cosmological art between 700 and 1000 A.D. and what distinguishes it in each of three cultural spheres.
For the first time, a Cornell Speech and Debate Society student team made it to the grand final of the World Universities' Debating Championships, held this year in Cape Town, South Africa.
An artificial intelligence that can automatically plan and execute experiments may soon provide new insights into the biology of addiction to drugs and alcohol. (Jan. 8, 2010)
Cornell faculty and students will be among thousands of scientists representing an array of research to swarm Washington, D.C., Feb. 11-15 for the annual AAAS meeting and exposition.