Peter Hohendahl, professor of German studies and of comparative literature, will be honored with the conference, 'Literature and Criticism in the Public Sphere,' April 29-30 at the A.D. White House. (April 13, 2011)
The Cornell University Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City Thursday, June 22. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, E. 44th St.
Cornell University Library will open its new exhibition, 'Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children's Literature,' Nov. 7 with a lecture by award-winning author M.T. Anderson. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Thomas W. Simons Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and Poland, returns as the Provost's Visiting Professor at Cornell and will deliver a lecture titled 'Islam and the West Since Iraq' on Feb. 21.
NEW YORK (March 22, 2005) -- The discovery by Weill Medical College of Cornell University researchers that a specific type of human fetal stem cell can co-differentiate simultaneously into both muscle and blood vessel cells may unlock the door to therapies that replace damaged tissue in the heart and other organs.Heart attack and other events can destroy cardiac muscle and the surrounding vasculature (blood vessels), so effective heart repair requires concurrent replacement of both these types of tissues.
In the heat of competition, these sporty clothes help keep you cool. Cornell students in fiber science and apparel design have incorporated the comfort and sensibility of athletic wear with fabric that senses body temperature and can help determine whether an athlete is overheated.
Coyotes tend to avoid human contact. But recently, coyotes have been getting increasingly aggressive in the eastern United States, including southeastern New York state, attacking neighborhood pets.