For 55 years, biophysicist George Hess has been teaching, running a research lab and mentoring students. On April 18, colleagues will celebrate his work and career with an academic seminar. (April 9, 2012)
Farmers will grapple with new and aggressive crop pests, summer heat stress and water problems that could strain family farms to the limit, warns David Wolfe, a Cornell expert on the effects of climate change on agriculture. (July 11, 2007)
Using a novel combination of mathematical methods, Cornell linguists suggest that comprehension in Asian languages works in much the same way as it does in European languages.
Last month, a team of Cornell staff, graduate students and faculty members attended workshops in and around Reykjavik to learn more about geothermal resources and science in collaboration with Icelandic energy leaders.
Assistant Professor Kathleen Vogel will use the grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York for a study on U.S. and former Soviet Union bioweapons history. (May 13, 2008)
The Cornell DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) Team are this year's winners of the James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony.
Staff and faculty members currently enrolled in the Group Universal Life plan can elect additional life insurance protection equal to one times your annual salary without showing proof of good health. (Oct. 21, 2009)
A new set of efforts is under way at Cornell to better arm faculty, staff, students and parents with the skills to recognize a person in distress, and to know what to do about it. (Sept. 9, 2009)