On Cornell's West Campus, students hang out with faculty members who serve as house fellows, and a new Cafe Scientifique series brings faculty and students together for intellectual discussion. (Oct. 24, 2007)
Cornell's American Indian Program will host a seminar titled “Indian Economic Futures: Governance and State Taxation” on Aug. 30 and 31 in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium in Kennedy Hall.
Pianist Malcolm Bilson says he wants to start a revolution. And he's encouraging the revolt by offering the world of classical music a new take on one of the single most important cycles ever written for piano -- the complete cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas.
Want to know more about that Scottish silver two-handled quaich made in the 1800s or that silver spoon you picked up at an auction? Now, everything you ever wanted to know about extant Scottish silver is available free -- online…
ARECIBO, P.R. -- Sixto González has been named director of Arecibo Observatory, the home of the world's largest and most-sensitive single-dish radio telescope. His appointment is effective Sept. 29. He is the first native-born Puerto Rican to head the observatory. Since 2001 González has been assistant director for space and atmospheric sciences at the telescope facility. He succeeds Daniel Altschuler, who will become the first director of the observatory's Office for the Public Understanding of Science (OPUS), which will provide a multicultural focus for education and public outreach activities in Puerto Rico. (September 26, 2003)
Effective senior management teams play a greater role in company success than charismatic CEOs, according to a new study by Randall S. Peterson of the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.
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.
According to Ellis Hanson, around 1994 we were transformed into cybersexuals. The transformation was brought about by the explosion of digital technology, most significantly by the webcam, with its ability to transmit and receive…
The contents of the world's largest collection of nature sounds and videos of birds in their natural habitats soon will be accessible to the general public via the Internet, thanks to a gift of computer equipment to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology by EMC Corp.
Mel Horton, vice president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' District 5, and Ann Twomey, president and founding member of Health Professional and Allied Employees and national vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, will speak at Cornell.