Jeremy Handrup and Erin Ferro-Murray, students in the course Parasites! The Art and Media of Imposition, devised art projects that explore the notion of parasites in different settings.
More than 200 faculty members gathered Sept. 16 to talk with President David Skorton and Provost Kent Fuchs about the university's strategic planning process.
This academic year for the first time, incoming first-year and transfer undergraduates at Cornell completed an on-line alcohol education course before arriving on campus for orientation. AlcoholEdu is a commercial program designed to assist students in making healthy decisions regarding alcohol use in college.
Cornell has begun installing steel-mesh net systems on seven gorge bridges as part of its comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. Barring weather delays, the net systems should be installed by Jan. 1, 2013. (Aug. 23, 2012)
With its innovative sustainable design features including chilled beams, radiant heating and a green roof, Milstein Hall has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. (Aug. 23, 2012)
"Consumer-directed" models of health insurance that give consumers more financial accountability and responsibility for decisions about their health care will be the focus of a conference at Cornell University, April 8-9. (March 24, 2005)
Former Vice President Joe Biden extolled his love of ice cream and his optimism for the future of America in his 2017 Senior Convocation Address at Cornell, May 27 at Schoellkopf Field.
A Cornell study offers clues to a little known area of research: how Western diets, which have driven an epidemic of obesity and metabolic syndrome, increase mortality in humans.
The George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the 1996-97 season will be awarded to Ben Brantley, chief drama critic of The New York Times; Elinor Fuchs, author of The Death of Character (Indiana University Press).
Lester Eastman, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, died Aug. 9 at age 85. Calling hours will be Aug. 15, and a celebration of his life will be Aug. 16.