Cornell expects to save at least $90 million in annual administrative costs over the next four years, making a significant dent in its projected deficit, Provost Kent Fuchs reported Oct. 1.
The Cornell Costume and Textile Collection has more than 9,000 items of apparel, dating from the 18th century to the present, as well as a substantial collection of ethnographic textiles and costumes. It features an online catalog and 3-D photo images of highlighted items. (December 15, 2005)
"Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management," just released by Cornell and available online, offers organic growers research-based information on how control insects and diseases.
With the holiday season now in full swing, the 2005 Cornell United Way Campaign is well on its merry way to meeting its goal of $627,000. (December 13, 2005)
Bassam Tibi, University of Gottingen, Germany, is an expert on modern Islam, Arab nationalism, democracy and religion, and the multifaceted challenges of globalization confronting both Islam and Europe. To visit campus.
Ph.D. student Leliah Krounb is studying how to turn human waste into soil nutrients in Kenya by using pyrolysis – thermal combustion in the absence of oxygen.
April was not 24 hours old before three all-time snowfall records were shattered in the Northeast, according to climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell. April's temperatures were cooler than normal and the month was also drier than normal.
Turning Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and fried rice into a brand new bricks-and-mortar school for children in rural China is nothing new for Cornell University rising junior Richard Zhao.
As a high school senior in Illinois, the…
Cornell officials say David Skorton's Feb. 22 signing of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment is only one piece of the larger picture for Cornell's sustainability goals. (Feb. 27, 2007)