Cornell and Foundation House in New York City, in association with Teachers College of Columbia University, have created a new foundation to conduct experiments in distance learning and related purposes.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded $1.9 million over four years to Cornell University, continuing its support of programs in undergraduate biology education and K-12 outreach.
Ever since the German doctor Alois Alzheimer gave his name to the dementia suffered by many of the aging, nearly a century ago, it has been known that the brains of these patients show an accumulation of plaques.
Slope Day, the annual event celebrating the last day of classes, spilled over Libe Slope May 6. The weather cooperated nicely, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-60s. (May 6, 2011)
About 270 undergraduates, 60 master's degree candidates, 40 Ph.D. candidates and a lone Johnson School MBA candidate participated in the fourth annual midyear graduation ceremony, Dec. 16.
Cornell and Columbia University libraries will collaboratively support Slavic and East European collection development at both institutions. (Sept. 16, 2010)
The Executive Committee of Cornell's Board of Trustees will hold a brief open session when it meets in Manhattan Nov. 21 at 12:30 p.m. at the Cornell Club of New York, 6 E. 44th St. The public session will include an update on development of the statutory college operating budget for 1997-98.
"Clean" sweet corn is not easy to grow, but organic and no- or low-spray growers are successfully dealing with potential pest infestations using tiny wasps so consumers won't find little worms when they husk their corn.
The Cornell University-Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Partnership will host its first Cancer Biology Lecture in Room G-01 in Biotechnology Building on Dec. 1. Antony Burgess, M.D., co-discoverer of a powerful cellular stimulant, will discuss "Signaling Therapeutics: Designing Drugs to Treat Cancer."