Seventeen Cornell engineering students are traveling to rural Honduras this month to work on AguaClara, a project that brings clean drinking water technology to the Central American nation. (Jan. 8, 2008)
A limited number of general admission tickets are still available for actor and comedian Bill Cosby's performance at Cornell University, Friday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. in the university's Barton Hall. Cosby is appearing at Cornell as part of the university's annual First-Year Family Weekend. Tickets for Cosby's Barton Hall show will remain on sale at Cornell's Willard Straight Hall ticket office (255-3430) until they are sold out. The ticket office is open weekdays, 9 a.m. -5 p.m. General admission tickets are $30 each. (October 24, 2003)
Communication between medical students and patients took a leap forward recently when 25 people -- out of an applicant pool of 150 -- completed a seven-day training program for medical interpreters at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. (June 30, 2006)
Michael Feingold, chief theater critic for The Village Voice, has received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for the 1995-96 season, Cornell University has announced. The award recognizes the American "who has written the best piece of drama criticism during the theatrical year whether it is an article, an essay, treatise or book."
Beef Field Day will be held Saturday, July 22, on the Cornell campus at Morrison Hall from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Cornell Department of Animal Science and the New York Beef Producers Association.
As the new west wing of Cornell University's Martha Van Rensselaer (MVR) Hall nears completion, a date stone and time capsule will be installed in the west wall of the addition during a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12.
More than 1,000 mourners paid their respects to the late Stephen H. Weiss '57, chairman emeritus of the Cornell Board of Trustees, at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City, May 20. (May 21, 2008)
Iris Morales, former minister of information for the Young Lords Party, a New York-based Puerto Rican political/social action group, has canceled her appearance.
The fungus responsible for the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s is back, and could be more threatening than ever. More than 150 years after the famine that took an estimated 1 million lives, a newer virulent strain of the fungus is causing widespread crop devastation in the United States.
There is a new reason to enjoy hot cocoa on a cold winter's night in front of a cozy fire. Consider it a health drink. Beyond the froth, cocoa teems with antioxidants that prevent cancer, Cornell University food scientists say. Comparing the chemical anti-cancer activity in beverages known to contain antioxidants, they have found that cocoa has nearly twice the antioxidants of red wine and up to three times those found in green tea. (November 17, 2003)