Who wants to be a millionaire? Cornell junior Natalie Gulyas does. Gulyas, gets her turn to phone a friend, poll the audience and request a 50-50. She will face TV host Meredith Viera while sitting on the hot seat of the television quiz show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
The constant roar from jet aircraft can seriously affect the health and psychological well-being of children, according to a new Cornell study. The health problems resulting from chronic airport noise, including higher blood pressure and boosted levels of stress hormones, the researchers say, may have lifelong effects.
Cornell has been awarded a four-year $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to conduct the first large-scale study of verbal and physical aggression among nursing home residents. (Nov. 5, 2008)
Keshav K. Pingali, professor of computer science at Cornell University, has been named associate director of the Cornell Theory Center, Thomas F. Coleman, director of CTC, has announced.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- A United Nations statute to establish the first permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) received overwhelmingly enthusiastic support from U.N. diplomats convening last summer in Rome and may become international law by the year 2001. An ambitious and timely symposium examining how the new court will work will be held at the Cornell Law School Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6. Titled "The International Criminal Court: Consensus and Debate on the International Adjudication of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Aggression," the forum will take place in the MacDonald Moot Court Room in Myron Taylor Hall. It is being hosted by the Cornell International Law Journal, a student publication, which plans to publish the proceedings in its next issue.
The New York State Court of Appeals today unanimously dismissed the appeal of Cornell Professor James Maas from previous adverse court rulings dealing with his suit against Cornell claiming $1.5 million in damages.
Once again, it's the luminescent-bovine event of the holiday season. Those clopping sounds emanating from the Cornell Dairy Bar's rooftop belong not to reindeer but to Cornell cows.
This year's annual Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 17-20, may yield unusual results with lack of snow cover, experts suggest. The event is open to the public.
"If water flows downhill, why is its protection an uphill fight?" asked Henry Lickers, Nov. 18, addressing a large audience in Cornell's Berger Atrium. His provocative question was at the center of a two-day conference, "Native…
Various field days are attracting farmers and others to Cornell agricultural facilities this summer where visitors learn about Cornell research, including one July 14 at the Musgrave Research Farm. (July 19, 2011)