Author and alumnus Barry Eisler made a case for curiosity, persistence, fear of failure, and the notion that a law degree can lead to careers far beyond the scope of the traditional practicing attorney. (Aug. 31, 2009)
In a statement regarding actions taken by the board of trustees, President David Skorton urges community involvement to protect Cornell's strength. Actions include extended hiring and construction pauses, and tuition rises. (Jan. 25, 2009)
Professor Muawia Barazangi says peak oil production in the Middle East could be delayed if oil companies would invest more heavily in drilling and extraction technologies and push to explore new sites. (Jan. 24, 2007)
The biology of tumor growth has long been a mystery. While it has been known that tumors recruit cells to form new blood vessels -- a process called angiogenesis -- and that growth factors are necessary to promote this, the origin of the cells that form the early, new blood vessels has been poorly understood.
An agreement by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a Cornell University-based consortium of institutions will help to establish the new Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) here. NSF funding over a five-year period could reach $19 million.
Donald F. Smith, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, will end his 10-year deanship in June 2007 to return to the veterinary faculty.
Smith, who was appointed by Cornell President Hunter Rawlings in April…
A week of events starting Sept. 26 will mark the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Open Doors, Open Hearts and Open Minds statement on diversity, tolerance and inclusiveness at Cornell.
Vladimir Nabokov wanted his family to destroy his unfinished final work, 'The Original of Laura.' Finally published in its original form after 30 years, scholars are praising its 'magnificent style.'
Like many U.S. immigrants from China, Qian Ya Luo, a home-care aide in New York City, is literate in Chinese, with its thousands of characters, but is still learning English since coming to the United States several years ago.