In making decisions about leasing Cornell lands for natural gas drilling, the university should be responsible and transparent, according to a committee of Cornell faculty, staff and students.
Bird lovers across the region are invited to get to know their "neighbors" by signing up for the course Spring Field Ornithology offered by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
Barbara (B.J.) Bristow, extension associate in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell and the project director of Cornell Cooperative Extension's MONEY 2000+ TM program.
Applications for admission to Cornell for fall 1996 have reached the third-highest level in the institution's history, a 2 percent increase over last year. Applications from underrepresented minority groups, with the exception of Native Americans, also increased over last year to be at or near the highest levels for these groups in the past decade, reports Donald A. Saleh, Cornell acting dean of admissions and financial aid.
One of the most bizarre and baffling cat behaviors, fabric-eating, is the subject of a new study at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where nearby cats are sought for medical trials.
Whether or not she wins New York state's hotly contested U.S. Senate seat in the upcoming November election, Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic campaign will be examined by scholars not only for its electoral outcome but for what her candidacy and commentary about her reveal about American culture and values.
About three-quarters of middle-income, dual-earner couples in a study in upstate New York - and almost all of those couples raising children - "resist the demands of a greedy workplace" by scaling back their work commitments for the sake of their families.
A remarkable collection of scientifically accurate glass sea life sculptures by famous glass artists goes on display June 11 in Mann Library with a lecture by Cornell expert Drew Harvell.
Stephen J. "Doc" Roberts, who as an undergraduate, led Cornell University's polo team to its first national championship and then, as a veterinarian, coached the university's polo team to eight national championships, died in Bath, N.Y., Jan. 21, 2005, of heart failure. He was 89. Roberts coached the Cornell polo team between 1947 and 1972, and his teams participated in 14 national championships, winning eight in 25 years. (The winning years: 1955, '56, '59, '61, '62, '63 and '66.) He was the captain of the team when he was an undergraduate. (January 27, 2005)
David W. Butler, who has served as associate dean of executive education at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration since 1993, has been nominated by President Hunter Rawlings to become the school's next dean, Rawlings announced on May 4, 2000.