Internationally known novelist Don DeLillo, who rarely makes public appearances, will read from his work Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Cornell's David L. Call Alumni Auditorium.
Roll up your sleeves. The United Way of Tompkins County is kicking off its 1997 campaign Sept. 17 with a "Day of Caring," which could become a new tradition.
Forty alumni from the Cornell in Honduras trips in the 1960s will reconnect June 13-14 after all these years to reminisce and reflect on how the trips impacted their personal and professional lives. (June 3, 2010)
No matter how fancy an ergonomic office chair is, it's probably not going to help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome or other wrist injuries that result from working at a computer keyboard, according to a new Cornell study.
"Time and a Chair," an exhibit of historic photographs depicting ordinary Americans posing in chairs in remote parts of the country from 1840 to 1940, is on display until Aug. 29.
Regulations on law and government policies regarding the Internet will be examined by law professors, attorneys, a representative of America Online and the president of Morality in Media at a symposium on April 12.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- James R. Houck, Cornell University professor of astronomy, has been named the Kenneth A. Wallace Professor in Astronomy. Houck, who has been on the Cornell faculty since 1969, earned his Ph.D. here in 1967. He is an expert in developing optical and infrared instrumentation and techniques for observing astronomical sources.
Consumers are not generous when it comes to rewarding good service from waiters and waitresses. The relationship between good service and tipping is weak,finds new study by Cornell University and the University of Houston.
The Facility Planning and Management Program at Cornell, the first undergraduate program of its kind, is now the first such program in the world to be officially recognized by the International Facilities Management Association.