When honeybees seek a new home, they choose the best site through a democratic process that humans might do well to emulate, says a Cornell biologist in his new book, 'Honeybee Democracy.'
The President's Council of Cornell Women's Affinito-Stewart Grants Program has awarded research grants to seven assistant professors to help them complete research important in their tenure process.
Cornell's Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management will celebrate its recent naming gift with two panel discussions Oct. 1 in Kennedy Hall's Call Alumni Auditorium. (Sept. 22, 2010)
Nine students from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, will visit Cornell Sept. 26 to Oct. 6 to get a taste of life on an American campus. (Sept. 22, 2010)
A Sept. 21 visit to campus by Richard Kessel, president and CEO of the New York Power Authority, was highlighted by a discussion about state and local efforts toward sustainability. (Sept. 22, 2010)
The second season of 'Sidelines,' a weekly show featuring interviews about Cornell Athletics, kicks off Sept. 28 with host David Keating '10 and Kent Austin, Cornell's new football coach. (Sept. 22, 2010)
Research fellow Nimat Hafez Barazangi said Muslim women can use the Quran to build a stronger identity for themselves in Muslim societies at a talk at Cornell Sept. 16. (Sept. 22, 2010)
The Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences has awarded five grants, from creating an online collection of Cornell's plaster casts to digitizing 25,000 pages of Nepali texts.
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, the king of Malaysia, toured the College of Veterinary Medicine Sept. 18 and discussed potential future collaborations between Cornell and the Malaysian national university. (Sept. 21, 2010)