Hunter R. Rawlings III announced today his intention to retire from the presidency on June 30, 2003, and to assume a full-time professorship thereafter in the university's Department of Classics.
When the elderly fall or become socially isolated, a cascade of health problems tend to follow. But how practitioners tackle these problems in their day-to-day working with seniors can be worlds away from the approach suggested…
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker '61 will present highlights from her work, including several features and documentaries directed by Martin Scorsese, at Cornell Cinema's Willard Straight Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 19.
A researcher using data from Cornell's Kheel Center has uncovered the final six victims of the Triangle Factory Fire on March 25, 1911. (Feb. 24, 2011)
The Johnson Museum explores Australian aboriginal painting with a new exhibit, 'Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya,' and a symposium, 'Papunya Then and Now,' planned for Feb. 14.
A genetics investigation into the symbiosis between soil fungi and plants for bioenergy production could lead to more efficient uptake of nutrients, which would help limit the need for fertilizers.
To support his long-running research on vitamins folate and vitamin B-12 and their link to chronic disease, Patrick Stover, professor of nutritional biochemistry, has received funding for 10 years.
To the editor:
It's wonderful that Cornell employees will have a sense of job security in the midst of the economic downturn, but let's not forget that the university's hiring freeze will also cause devastation for Ithaca…
Cornell Information Technologies has launched a campaign to spread 'digital literacy' - the ability to find, evaluate, utilize and create information using digital technology. (Dec. 14, 2009)