CŽsar Gaviria, president of Colombia from 1990 to 1994 and secretary-general of the Organization of American States since September 1994, will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
To help Northeast consumers choose foods that are not only healthful but also regional and seasonal, Cornell Cooperative Extension offers the new Northeast Regional Food Guide. Eating locally supports farmers and the local economy, protects natural resources and preserves regional farmland, said Jennifer Wilkins, Ph.D., R.D., senior extension associate in Cornel's Division of Nutritional Sciences and author of the materials with Jennifer Bokaer-Smith, nutrition graduate student.
One universal principle – opposites attract – accounts for homosexuality as well as heterosexuality, according to a Cornell University psychologist who proposes a sweeping new theory of how sexual orientation develops.
It's not every day that mathematicians and fiction writers invite each other to their respective department colloquia. But math, says author David Leavitt, is at its heart an art form. (Oct. 10, 2007)
Morris K. Udall Scholarships for the 2003-04 academic year have been awarded to two Cornell University undergraduates – Abigail Krich and Summer Rayne A. Oakes.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- An all-family adventure -- orienteering with map and compass through Cornell Plantations' F.R. Newman Arboretum -- is planned from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, August 30, at Cornell University. Admission to the "Explore the Arboretum" event is free to all who register a week in advance. Admission the day of the event is $5 per family. Families may begin the course anytime between 1 and 4 p.m. The orienteering course starts at a tent at the arboretum ponds. The event is sponsored by the Class of 1940 gift to Plantations and the Central New York Orienteering Chapter.
Fans and bloggers are planning a worldwide blog-a-thon to commemorate the life and legacy of Carl Sagan -- consummate scientist, communicator and educator -- on Dec. 20, the 10th anniversary of his death.
The prevalence of genetic diseases in the Middle East were among the topics of the second Qatar Genetics Symposium held Oct. 31 at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. (Nov. 2, 2009)
The creation of an "Art Church" in Danby and a "Corn Street Garden" in downtown Ithaca are among the 1999 community outreach projects to be funded through new grants awarded by Cornell's Council for the Arts.