Professor John Cawley is the editor of 912-page volume, 'The Oxford Handbook of The Social Science of Obesity' (2011), a new 'Rosetta stone' on the causes and consequences of obesity. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Thousands of Cornellians are expected to return to campus Sept. 16-18 for Homecoming 2011. Among the weekend's highlights are a mobile scavenger hunt, a student parade and the first-ever Fan Festival. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Rice University Professor Cary Wolfe will deliver a lecture, 'Humans and Animals in a Biopolitical Frame,' Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m. at Cornell's Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Cornell has stepped up efforts to support faculty and staff who have been affected by the flooding this past week, including an additional two paid days off and emergency funding possibilities. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Provost Kent Fuchs has announced that Stephanie Wiles, director of Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum since 2004, will be the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
By learning how the herpesvirus is contagious, College of Veterinary Medicine researchers have paved the way for future drugs. Their study is published in PNAS. (Sept. 13, 2011)
Three scholars debated the effects of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the state and status of the United States, in the Lund Critical Debate, Sept. 12 in Statler Auditorium. (Sept. 13, 2011)
The 20th anniversary of Akwe:kon - Cornell's 'Indian country' - was celebrated on campus Sept. 9; speakers included Cornell President David Skorton. (Sept. 13, 2011)