Two classes in Cornell's design and environmental analysis department collaborated with local senior citizens to design and build four full-scale models for the senior housing facility's dining and living areas. (Nov. 30, 2007)
A Cornell entomologist has confirmed the summer's first adult Asian long-horned beetles have emerged from their larval stage, and several have been found in hardwood trees in Amityville. The beetle attacks and kills hardwoods like the Norway maple.
Cornell researchers have taught a computer to derive natural laws from observation of events in the real world - without any prior scientific knowledge on the part of the computer. (April 2, 2009)
A 4-H group in Ontario County is helping local firefighters and other emergency responders by mapping hydrants and other vital information. (April 2, 2009)
Edward J. Lawler, professor of organizational behavior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell, has been nominated to serve a five-and-a- half-year term as dean of the school, beginning Jan. 1, 1997.
Peter C. Meinig, chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees, issued a statement June 11, 2005, to members of the Cornell community about the resignation of Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman.
Does exposure to certain pesticides increase the risk of breast cancer? Is there a link between childhood obesity and adult breast cancer? If human estrogen promotes some kinds of breast cancer, can phytoestrogens from plants possibly offer protection?
While flag burning, bra burning and Robert Mapplethorpe's racy photographs have tested the limits of free speech over the past few decades, a Cornell Law School professor applauds these active demonstrations of dissent.
Three Cornell faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They were among 159 new Fellows and 26 foreign honorary members to be elected.
Cornell historian Fredrik Logevall outlined how the Vietnam War happened and the lessons the war teaches today in his Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture June 7 during Cornell Reunion 2013.