Organized by Modesto Quiroga, Cornell’s Cosmopolitan Club first met Nov. 10, 1904, in Barnes Hall, with 60 students attending. For the next five decades, the Cosmopolitan Club fostered international awareness and elevated peaceful thoughts.
A new study finds that softening the lighting and music in fast food restaurants resulted in diners consuming 18 percent fewer calories. (Aug. 29, 2012)
A study compares the genetics between the tame and aggressive silver foxes in two areas of the brain, shedding light on genes altered by domestication.
The ability to “live in her head” has served chemical engineering student Grace Chuang ’18 well in her filmmaking and storytelling passions and in her ability to envision the “what-ifs” that propel discovery.
Social scientist Scott Page discusses the search for excellence in academic institutions and the benefits that people of diverse perspectives and backgrounds offer, in a campus lecture April 22.
Assistant professor of economics Matt Backus is using experience from his year at eBay Research Labs to inspire a variety of consumer behavior research projects.
Native bees are better pollinators and more plentiful than honeybees, finds entomologist Bryan Danforth, who is involved in two big projects to further study native bee populations.
From working with school groups and garden clubs to actively participating in his church and the local Chamber of Commerce, Michael Farrell spends much of his time in community service. (May 26, 2009)