The late Erna Gramse, MP '33, a longtime librarian and a graduate chemistry student at Cornell during the Great Depression, has bequeathed a gift to Clark Physical Sciences Library. (March 1, 2010)
Faculty-student relationships are at the heart of the West Campus House System, where residents frequently interact with house fellows, and Far Above ... The Campaign for Cornell makes it possible. (April 11, 2008)
In celebration of M.H. 'Mike' Abrams' 95th birthday, the football team thanked its biggest fan by making him honorary co-captain this year for the Oct. 6 home game against Harvard -- Abrams' alma mater. (July 20, 2007)
Cornell historian Rachel Maines' scholarly book, 'The Technology of Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator and Women's Sexual Satisfaction,' has been made into a documentary that will premiere at Lincoln Center, July 28. (July 19, 2007)
"Epoch magazine is the best-kept secret at Cornell," says the magazine's editor Michael Koch. "Some people are astonished to know that there's a major literary magazine being published on campus."
People will work harder against members of a lower status group because the prospect of losing to those we want to keep below us poses threats we don't want to face, says a Cornell study. (Feb. 24, 2010)
Domestic companies scrambling to carpet the country with modern grocery stores before foreign retailers can get a foothold don't have the food-retailing skills, says Cornell food marketing expert. (April 7, 2008)
Here's a botanical twist: The more stress that is placed on wild populations of St. John's wort, the more effective the plant might be in warding off human depression.
Laurence Senelick, the Fletcher Professor of Drama at Tufts University, is the winner of the 2000-01 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for his book The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre (Routledge 2000).