Cornell's emergency notification system made about 5,800 voice calls in 15 minutes and delivered more than 14,000 text messages Oct. 14, as part of a test of the system. (Oct. 19, 2009)
Professor emerita of architecture Bonnie Graham McDougall died Nov. 26 at age 76. She was an expert on South Asian architecture and culture whose research and teaching interests included anthropology and linguistics.
NEW YORK -- Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) are partnering with Lockheed Martin to develop a computerized system to help hospitals nationwide plan for and deal with mass casualties from disasters such…
Army ROTC cadets spent the first weekend in November on Mount Pleasant for an intensive retreat that tests the leadership mettle of juniors while introducing freshmen and sophomores to Army rigor. (Nov. 15, 2010)
The Cornell University Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City Thursday, Sept. 11. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St., at 11:45 a.m. (September 8, 2003)
"The current state of math in the media is abysmal," said math journalist Sara Robinson at an applied mathematics colloquium April 14 at Cornell University. What the math community needs, she said, is an independent mathematical…
In a letter to the editor, Elizabeth Hoare Cowles writes in to agree with May Berenbaum's premise that there are too few women entomologists. (April 6, 2012)
Adadot Hayes ’64 said she will never forget Jeffrey, a baby born with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal condition that left him without eyes, with a cleft palate and a host of other problems.
Elephants are not bothered by dynamite explosions, but nearby human activity prompts them to dramatically change their behavior, reports a Cornell study. (Sept. 8, 2010)
Kelvin Lee, associate professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University, is the new director of Cornell's Institute for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Technologies. The institute promotes research, education and technology transfer to benefit the Life Sciences industries, including agriculture and medicine.