A book linking the world-renowned Salzburg Music Festival with Austria's current political flirtation with the right wing has won a top prize in Austria. Cornell professor of history Michael Steinberg's book Austria as Theater and Ideology.
For the first time, advanced neurological imaging suggests the brains of minimally conscious patients recognize and respond to speech in ways similar to healthy individuals, according to a team of researchers. (Feb. 7, 2005)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Adults and children can make an acid-base indicator to test foods, read a book about a rabbit gardener and then sprout a kidney bean, or test several foods for fat using a paper towel. These activities are examples from two new Cornell Cooperative Extension publications that combine fun, food, nutrition and science experiments for parents, teachers, 4-H club leaders, scout leaders and other adults to do with children ages 5 to 12.
As childhood obesity has increased, many states are increasing their physical education (PE) requirements. Yet, increasing time spent in gym class does not appear to increase overall physical activity or prevent childhood obesity…
Alumni working in Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the United Football League discussed innovations in the sports management field at an Entrepreneurship@Cornell talk. (April 18, 2011)
People with disabilities - one in six of us - must surmount workplace obstacles that those without disabilities never even notice, everything from inaccessible work spaces to indifferent, or even intolerant, colleagues.
Dozens of astronomers, physicists and engineers came together for a symposium July 28-29 at Cornell to celebrate the 65th birthday of Joe Burns, the Irving Porter Church Professor of Engineering, a professor of astronomy and a…
Cornell editors and writers received five national awards this year from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which recognizes excellence in programs and publications in development, alumni relations, communications and public affairs.
Gustavo Arnavat '84, U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, spent April 6-7 on campus talking to classes and faculty members. (April 15, 2011)