The potential for disaster due to climate change is so great that we should err on the side of caution, stressed Linda Harrar '71 in addressing the President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) April 1 on campus. When the stakes…
An important and far-ranging discussion on the humanities will take place on the Cornell campus May 9. Provost Biddy Martin is convening a group of faculty and academic administrators for a round-table discussion on the state of the humanities at Cornell and on a national level.
Engineers for a Sustainable World, a nonprofit organization based at Cornell, sponsored students to work on engineering projects in developing countries this summer.
Children, especially low-income and minority children, are hurt by the effects of chaos at home, triggered by divorce, remarriage and the fast pace of modern life, said researchers at a videoconference. (July 28, 2008)
Institutional reforms passed in France in 2008 are the most significant in that country in many years, said Justice Guy Canivet at the Cornell Law School Nov. 2. (Nov. 5, 2009)
A Dec. 2 forum explored the future of literary criticism, from discussions on trends in the field, including whether such venues as Twitter and blogs have a future in the discipline. (Dec. 13, 2010)
Having his acclaimed book of literary criticism, "The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition," ranked as No. 25 in the Modern Library's list of the 100 best nonfiction books written in English during the past 100 years doesn't seem to have fazed M.H. (Mike) Abrams.
The findings have important implications for endangered species, which may find mating with relatives unavoidable if they have a small pool of potential mates. (March 24, 2009)
Edward M. Scolnick, president of Merck Research Laboratories, will deliver a public lecture as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor during his visit to Cornell University Feb. 6-9. Scolnick's lecture.
President David Skorton advised the 6,000 graduates to apply four lessons in the years ahead: Forge connections, be alert for opportunity, ask for help when needed and take time to 'taste the wonder.' (May 30, 2010)