To see if rural towns benefit from selling local farm products to urban consumers, the USDA awarded a $500,000 grant on Feb. 25 to a team of Cornell researchers led by economist Todd Schmit.
Social scientists have known for several years that kids enrolled in run-down schools miss more classes and have lower test scores. But they haven’t been able to pin down why. A Cornell environmental psychologist has an answer.
The 204 students from Tulane, Xavier and the University of New Orleans have begun to blend into the campus, and Cornell President Hunter Rawlings has issued a new leave policy for faculty and staff involved in Katrina relief efforts.
Kent L. Hubbell '67 has been reappointed to a second five-year term as Cornell's Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students.
The reappointment, announced by Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan H…
A host of Cornell scientists participated in LUX, a light, art and nature exhibition with speakers April 21 in Milstein Hall auditorium. (April 23, 2012)
What would Cornell Reunion Weekend be without video portraits of the lives of graduates from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) by videographers Phil and Maddy Handler?
Cornell's future lies in its ability to take advantage of being the only institution in New York that bridges the divide between upstate and downstate, said President Rawlings in his State of the University Address Oct. 28.
The Alloy Orchestra will return to Cornell Cinema Nov. 3-5 to accompany four classic European silent films in Willard Straight Theatre, including Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."
Students have launched Practice Makes Perfect, a nonprofit student organization that pairs high school students with fifth-graders for summer mentoring. (Dec. 7, 2011)