Lindsay France/University PhotographyFinancial aid made it possible for Dan Kuhr '13 to attend Cornell.
Dan Kuhr '13 spent months in fearful anticipation during his senior year of high school, wondering which colleges would…
Lopez, a first-generation American who plans to specialize in small animal internal medicine, said he has been mindful of how he can serve as an example for other Mexican-Americans and minorities to strive for their dreams.
When does the public's right to know outweigh an individual's right to privacy? Does a reporter have the right to search for any personal information available? Is there a difference between printed records and electronic databases?
Craig Kielburger, who founded Free the Children at age 12, spoke at Cornell, Sept. 10. He told students to not get overwhelmed by the scope of the problems in the world, but to focus on specific issues they care about. (Sept. 11, 2007)
The Automotive X Prize, which promises a multimillion-dollar award for the development of a practical, marketable 100-mpg car, has so far attracted 31 competitors, only one of which is a university: Cornell. (Sept. 10, 2007)
With the help of Weslin Consulting Services, a national public transportation consulting firm, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is initiating a service and fare consolidation study. Currently, City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and Cornell transportation services are operated separately, with different fare structures.
Charles H. Bennett, a quantum computing expert and research fellow at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., will deliver the first in a series of lectures sponsored by the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science. The lecture, "Quantum Information Processing," will be held Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. in 700 Clark Hall and free and open to the public. (April 12, 2005)
Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway and director-general emeritus of the World Health Organization (WHO), will give the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture at Cornell University, April 28. Her lecture, "The Global Significance of Sustainable Development," is free and open to the public and begins at 4:30 p.m. in Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall, on campus. It concludes Cornell's Campus Sustainability Month. (April 12, 2005)
Why have single-parent, stepparent and unmarried-parent families become so common? What are the consequences for growing numbers of children who live apart from their biological fathers? Such questions are at the heart of the first three-year theme of the Institute for Social Sciences (ISS).
Cornell undergraduate Kevin Hwang '07 was named to the All-USA College Academic Team by USA Today in its Feb. 15 issue. Among other accomplishments, Hwang was noted for founding The Triple Helix: The National Journal of Science,…