Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has signed a memorandum of understanding with École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris to facilitate academic exchanges and to support collaborative research activities…
In the developed world, societies enjoy abundant diets more varied now than at any other time in history. That's in stark contrast to the developing world where millions of people confront profound food insecurity every day.
If a Danish newspaper doesn't have the freedom to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad, should the TV cartoon show "South Park" also not be free to satirize Mormons? That was the question posed by Michael Shapiro, associate professor of communication at Cornell, in a panel discussion Feb. 21.
Cornell has been named by Conceive Magazine as one of the top 50 most family-friendly employers in the United States because of the benefits it offers to employees who hope to be parents. (Feb. 22, 2008)
Cornell historic preservation students will rescue historic Ellis Island building - and gain essential skills in the process Volunteer effort will stabilize Commissioner's House March 25-28
Cornell faculty members Robert Kleinberg, assistant professor of computer science, and Matthias Liepe, assistant professor of physics, have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. (Feb. 20, 2008)
Rosa A. Clemente, who received a master of professional studies degree from Cornell in 2002, has been named the 2008 vice presidential candidate by the Green Party. Her running mate is Cynthia McKinney. (July 16, 2008)
In an Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture Sept. 27, Rice University's Cary Wolfe asserted that biopolitics is an area in which the body, both human and non-human, is the object of political power. (Oct. 7, 2011)
PATCH, a student group, packaged 60 kits with plastic test tubes, jump ropes, inflatable balls, air pumps, stopwatches and more, with instructions for experiments in Haitian classrooms. (April 10, 2012)