Meredith F. Small, professor of anthropology at Cornell, is the recipient of the 2005 Anthropology in Media Award from the American Anthropology Association (AAA) for 'the successful communication of anthropology to the general public through the media.' (December 22, 2005)
A conference Sept. 11-12 at Cornell brought together scholars to examine how psychologists and philosophers can learn from one another. (Sept. 21, 2010)
Mother Nature had its own April Fools' prank in store for the Northeast -- it took only the first day of this month to record the snowiest April ever for Boston, Worcester, Mass., and Providence, R.I., according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.
On April 17 Agresto lectured about his experiences as senior adviser to Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2003-04 and the influence they had on his ideas about democracy. (April 24, 2007)
The late-bloomer whose high school grades aren't good enough to get him into a four-year college or research university; the student whose family can't afford four years of tuition at a private college but, with help, might be able to swing two years; the returning, nontraditional student who seeks a career in a field that requires specific training not offered at four-year programs, such as nursing. These are among the people who have made community colleges the most-popular choice of the majority of eligible college applicants today. Two-year colleges enroll about 55 percent of all freshmen and about 40 percent of all full-time freshmen throughout the United States, says Ronald G. Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI) and the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University. "The importance of the two-years is likely to continue to grow as state and federal budgets become tighter and enrollment expands," Ehrenberg says. Given those facts, "The Complex Community College" seems a fitting subject for this year's CHERI annual conference, which takes place on Cornell's campus Monday and Tuesday, (October 10, 2003)
Embedded microsensors being developed at Cornell will measure water stress in grapevines and will help vintners strike the precise balance between drought and overwatering. (July 6, 2009)
A new book by Mary Woods, professor of architectural history in Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning, shakes up long-held beliefs about how architecture first emerged as a profession in the United States.
The cost of illness is much higher for many large businesses that self-insure their employees' health care than would be indicated by medical bills alone.
"Caddy-It," a storage bag that attaches to a walker for the elderly or infirm, won top honors for its creators, Lorena Alvarez '08 and Heather Burkman '08, at the annual Undergraduate Business Idea Competition, held Nov. 4.
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