Professor emerita Sara 'Sally' Blackwell, who played a crucial role in the 1966 reorganization of the College of Human Ecology, died Jan. 4. (Jan. 8, 2009)
Events this week include a winter party at Cornell Cinema, salsa dances for Haiti, a literary lunch, a poetry reading, Darwin Days at PRI, a Johnson Museum reception, and a conference on poverty and jobs. (Feb. 4, 2010)
Spring is arriving up to a week earlier than it did 40 years ago in response to a warming trend in the U.S. Northeast, Cornell University researchers are reporting. They base their conclusion on a study of historical bloom-date records for lilacs, apples and grapes, which suggests that nature's calendar is changing due to an increase in greenhouse gases. In one of the first documented cases that plants in the Northeast are responding to climate change, the Cornell scientists and their colleagues at the University of Wisconsin say that lilacs are blooming about four days earlier, and apples and grapes six to eight days earlier, than in 1965. The findings in the study -- the first to encompass the U.S. Northeast -- are consistent with similar reports in other regions of the United States and in Europe. (December 13, 2004)
The long-term health benefits to Chinese and other Asian people who have traditionally existed on a primarily plant-based diet might be lost as more people in Asia switch to a Western-style diet that is rich in animal-based foods.
Gilbert E. Levine is serving as interim director of the university's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies through June 30, 2009. (Jan. 6, 2009)
Cornell professor of music Annette Richards has produced an exhibit of the portrait collection of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, son of J.S. Bach, in Leipzig, Germany. (Sept. 20, 2011)
Concurrent with the announcement made by the FDA today, Cornell researchers at the Animal Health Diagnostic Center have confirmed that they also have identified melamine as a contaminant in multiple pet food samples.
As the College of Human Ecology at Cornell celebrates the centennial of the field of home economics with events throughout the year, its faculty and administration are reflecting on the college's role as the gateway for women into higher education and scientific careers over the past century.
Cornell's voice just became a little clearer on the radio. Cornell News Service and Media Services have completed the installation of Integrated Services Digital Network service, which provides a high-fidelity telephone link to radio and television stations and networks worldwide