Such working conditions as irregular work schedules, long hours and job dissatisfaction of parents in low-income families significantly impact family food choices, reports a new Cornell study. (Sept. 14, 2009)
Cindy van Es, senior lecturer in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is one of five faculty members in the nation to receive one of the new Inclusive Excellence Awards from Ernst & Young LLP. (Sept. 14, 2009)
Cornell hockey star and Canadian politician Ken Dryden '69 joined former athlete, U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, Sept. 10 to discuss sports, service and leadership with ESPN host Jeremy Schaap '91. (Sept. 14, 2009)
With flu kits and meals delivered to their rooms and daily check-ins via e-mail and phone, Cornell students ill with the flu are getting support from staff and fellow students. (Sept. 12, 2009)
Forty-seven students minoring in Cornell's new Global Health Program spent the summer in various low-resource countries doing volunteer work and research as part of the requirements for their minor. (Sept. 11, 2009)
The Rev. Robert Smith, the Robert R. Colbert Sr. '48 Catholic Chaplain at Cornell, offers a perspectives piece on the the upcoming Colbert Symposia series. (Sept. 11, 2009)
Events this week include a public reception at the Johnson Museum, 'The Servant of Two Masters' onstage, a Literary Luncheon, new documentaries, 1950s school films and a debate on the financial crisis. (Sept. 10, 2009)
Cornell researchers fabricated, tested and measured a simple solar cell called a photodiode, formed from an individual carbon nanotube. (Sept. 10, 2009)
Cornell's first comprehensive tree inventory, conducted this summer, quantifies the ecosystem services that trees provide and helps with the university's climate plan, to be unveiled Sept. 15. (Sept. 9, 2009)