Blood-red berries, blue-green needles, twisted scarlet stems and papery curls of bark offer some respite from Ithaca's monotonous gray at the Mullestein Winter Garden at the Cornell Plantations. (Feb. 6, 2009)
Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, is guest speaker for the Johnson Graduate School of Management's Park Leadership Series, Tuesday, March 6, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall auditorium.
Bruce Ganem, the Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Department at Cornell, has received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. The award, which includes a $25,000 unrestricted research grant, recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry.
Despite great obstacles, Ken Kunken '72, who was paralyzed from the shoulders down after severing his spinal cord in a sprint football accident, has created a life of meaning and purpose. (Oct. 9, 2009)
The high price of food and unstable prices worldwide are issues requiring separate solutions, economists Chris Barrett and Marc Bellemare argue in a new article in Foreign Affairs. (July 14, 2011)
Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles, Southside Community Center's bicycle program, urgently needs volunteers on a regular basis to work two to six hours weekly, both from home or on-site at its new home on South Corn Street.
The microwave oven is not just for popcorn anymore. Consumers who want fresh microwaved foods that are supposed to be crisp and taste better can look forward to improvement, thanks to new Cornell studies that show how moisture, heating rate and the food's porosity interact during microwave cooking.
How scientific research on the causes of breast cancer influences public policy locally and globally as well as right-to-know issues about diet, pesticides and breast cancer risk will be major topics of discussion when Cornell University's Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology convenes a two-day symposium, Sept. 29-30.
The Sanskrit word "yoga" shares its roots with "yoke," as in the alignment of mind and body. Ongoing research at Weill Cornell Medical College is revealing the extent of yoga's capacity to fight an insidious neurodegenerative disease.
Native Americas, the award-winning publication of Akwe:kon Press at Cornell's American Indian Program, has launched its electronic version: Native Americas Online.