Nancy Hinkley of the ILR School's Employment and Disability Institute draws on her life experiences to help young people with disabilities. (May 12, 2011)
Cornell has once again been named one of "50 Best Colleges for African Americans" by Black Enterprise magazine.
The university, which has been on the list every year since it was first published in 1999, was ranked 26th this year…
Cornell trustee Martin Tang '70 has made a gift to create the Martin Y. Tang International Scholarship Challenge. The goal is to create 12 scholarship endowments of $1 million each. (May 22, 2008)
At an event April 1 at Cornell Library, Peter Katzenstein spoke on 'Europe in the World,' and winners of a student competition to create academic projects on European identities were announced.
Why has tuition outpaced the Consumer Price Index? The simple answer is that Cornell offers a premium product (an education at an elite institution) in an extremely competitive market, and to stay ahead of the pack, the university must keep getting the best students, faculty and facilities -- and the best rankings. And that costs a lot of money.
Several precipitation records belonging to Atlantic City, N.J., were flooded out of the history books in August, while many parts of the Northeast region remained dry, according to the climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell. The Atlantic City rain event of August 20-21 deluged the area with 13.52 inches.
The same types of bacteria found in arterial plaque, which causes atherosclerosis, are also found in the mouth and gut, according to a Cornell study. (Oct. 12, 2010)
Common scientific wisdom posits that a diverse ecosystem can still thrive if a species within it declines. But a new study found that when just one important species in a river declined, the ecosystem was seriously changed and…
Neal Freeman '97 directs the award-winning play about Vincent Van Gogh, 'Vincent in Brixton,' at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Feb. 1-5, 8-11.