Dorothy Cotton, former Southern Christian Leadership Conference education director, will speak on 'Lessons From the Past, Visions for the Future,' Feb. 20. (Feb. 13, 2007)
An exclusive research and license agreement was announced today (June 14) by the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI), Ithaca, N.Y., and Axis Genetics, PLC, Cambridge, England.
Walter LaFeber's latest book was intended for use in the lecture hall. But 'Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism' (Norton, $22.95) has proven to be compelling grist for a much wider audience.
Veteran stage, television and film actor Harold Gould, M.A. '48, Ph.D. '53, best known for his roles in 'The Sting' and 'Rhoda,' died Sept. 11 in Woodland Hills, Calif. (Sept. 14, 2010)
John S. Parker, assistant professor of virology at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2007 Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence.
Much of the nitrogen spewing from vehicle exhausts appears to be contaminating coastal systems, such as Chesapeake Bay, to a much greater extent than previously thought, according to a study by researchers at Cornell.
A concerto, composed by Grammy nominee and Cornell professor of music Roberto Sierra, and perfectly timed images of the planet Saturn are now available on a new DVD.
Layaway 'is being promoted with a moral shine of being debt-free when, like interest charges, all it does is sap working people's incomes,' says the ILR School's Louis Hyman. (Nov. 17, 2011)
The Executive Committee of the State University of New York Board of Trustees, meeting in Buffalo on Monday, July 22, approved a 1996-97 financial plan that allocates $120,418,200 in state appropriations to Cornell University's four statutory colleges. That allocation represents a shortfall of $2.4 million from the $122.8 million level required to support base-level programs plus cover the increased costs of operations, according to Nathan Fawcett, director of statutory college affairs at Cornell.
Health insurance should be included in official measures of U.S. income and poverty, because it will help us to better evaluate public policies like Obamacare, according to a Cornell economist. (Nov. 19, 2012)