U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) will be the featured speaker at a seminar sponsored by the Institute for Women and Work at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations on "Work & Retirement: The Impact of Changes in Social Security and Pensions in the New Millennium" Jan. 26. T
Five students recently traveled to Kenya for an intense 10-day field study. They worked with two local seed companies to lay out business and marketing strategies in Kenya's competitive seed industry. (Feb. 27, 2007)
At its meeting on Friday, Jan. 23, the Board of Trustees approved a set of planning parameters for the 2004-05 budget that calls for a 4.8 percent tuition increase for most students in the endowed colleges.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees approved a set of planning parameters for the 2003-04 budget that calls for a 5 percent tuition increase for most endowed Ithaca students at its meeting in New York City Friday, Jan. 24.
Andrew R. Chraplyvy and Robert W. Tkach, who have been research partners for more than two decades, will receive the $100,000 award for their research into optical fiber nonlinearities. (July 9, 2009)
Two groups of Cornell researchers have been awarded U.S. defense agency contracts aimed at exploring a new generation of electronics technology at the molecular and nanoscale levels.
A gift from Michael Zak '75 helped launch Cornell's China and Asian Pacific Studies (CAPS) program, which enrolled its first students this fall. As an undergraduate Zak studied Mandarin and Asian culture in addition to his engineering courses.
A common soil bacteria can 'smell' a wound on plants like roses and wine grapevines, which triggers the microbes to copy their DNA many times over and insert them into plant cells, causing tumors associated with crown gall disease, according to new research.
Students from across campus came together April 1 to hear Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick '09 speak about volunteering and diversity at Cornell during an event called 'Class of 2017: Engage, Impact, Inspire.'